• Zekas@lemmy.world
      40·
      5 months ago

      Actually that’s outlawed, the trickery starts surrounding what’s being sold.

      FTC laws state that whatever you’re selling with a photo must be real in the image. To use a familiar example, if you’re selling corn flakes the flakes must be real. But then it gets interesting. You can use white glue instead of milk in your bowl of flakes because you’re not selling the milk, only the corn flakes."

      • niktemadur@lemmy.world
        4·
        5 months ago

        Or they can take their time to assemble a perfect looking burger with tweezers if need be, lit and photographed or filmed by the best technicians in the ad business.

        It’s not a lie by legal standards, but it definitely is deceptive.