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Court bans Kars4Kids ads in California for violating false advertising law
- Terr_ 5mo ago'Bout damn time. Spoilers for The Good Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQHHor6mT8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQHHor6mT8 I remember being delighted how the scene skewered an unexpected but very deserving target.
- Supermancho 5mo agoIn California, I remember KFI AM640 ran this ad for a good long time. IIRC in the mornings, during commute times.
- neksn 5mo ago> Kids in need aren’t even really the target of the organization’s financial efforts. Instead, those go to 17- and 18-year-olds seeking gap-year trips to Israel and their families. This is priceless.
- tt_dev 5mo agoThis was the biggest eye opener in that entire article
- chmaynard 5mo agoThe broadcast companies that have been selling air time to K4K for two decades should be held accountable for misleading advertising. Oh wait, the broadcasters own the US Congress and federal regulators. Never mind.
- sciencesama 5mo ago[flagged]
- kstrauser 5mo agopulls up a chair Oh? Do tell! Which is the sole country scamming us out of money?
- erxam 5mo agoIs it really scamming if it was all theirs from the start? We're all their property, you know. G-d said so.
- ceejayoz 5mo agoIs there any reason to believe "an Orthodox Jewish program in New York and New Jersey" is run by Israeli citizens and not Americans?
- hilsdev 5mo agoWell they can be both. And the tourism money ends up in Israel
- UqWBcuFx6NV4r 5mo agoAs a non-American, I never really bothered looking up if this was just a weird Family Guy joke. There you go.
- throwaway81523 5mo agoOMG, I thought those ads were annoying but this tops it off.
- apparent 5mo agoGoing to be interesting to see if they adapt their messaging to be more explicit about who their beneficiaries are, or just stop soliciting in CA. Seems like a good chunk of their donations could come from CA, so it'd be a big loss. Maybe they'll instead spin up some CA-based beneficiaries so they can maintain their mission without having to be more explicit about who is benefiting exactly.
- EtienneDeLyon 5mo agoThere are no "beneficiaries" it's a grift!
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- apparent 5mo agoI think the kids who get to go to camp or Israel for free are beneficiaries. It's not like all of the money goes to executives' salaries, right?
- FireBeyond 5mo agoMaybe look at PA and OH to see what they did there - since courts in those states have separately ruled in a similar manner.
- recursivecaveat 5mo agoFrom their most recent form 990: "Advertising and Promotion: $41,505,368; Grants (domestic + foreign): $36,693,172". More than anything it's a self-licking ice-cream cone. Ads that solicit donations for more ads.
- xnx 5mo agoAlso guaranteed that every possible vendor is friends/family of the organization.
- jmux 5mo agothe story behind the Oorah scam is actually pretty interesting - it’s good to see it finally get banned. I originally learned about it through [the trueanon podcast](https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-477-kold-135145076 https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-477-kold-135145076), their episode on it is really good.
- xnx 5mo agoI know there are worse people in the world (rapists, murderers, etc.), but scamming scum that take advantage of people's good will really boils my blood. F those guys.