The Federal Trade Commission and a handful of states announced settlements Monday with Google and iHeartMedia related to misleading radio advertisements about a Google cellphone.
The settlements stem from complaints alleging Google paid to have radio personalities endorse and talk about their personal experiences using the Pixel 4, one of the company’s cellphones, according to California Attorney General Rob Bonta. At the time, the phone wasn’t available and many of the radio DJs had not used it, Bonta said.The ads ran more than 23,000 times across 10 media markets, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, Bonta’s office said.
“These Radio Personalities did not own or regularly use a Pixel 4 and had not used a Pixel 4 to take pictures at night, as indicated in scripts,” according to the complaint. The Illinois Attorney General‘s office announced Monday that Illinois will receive more than $1.5 million from the settlement. The office said that many of the false ads aired on iHeartMedia radio stations in the Chicago media market.
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