Court bans Kars4Kids ads in California for violating false advertising law

Terr_

'Bout damn time. Spoilers for The Good Place : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFQHHor6mT8 I remember being delighted how the scene skewered an unexpected but very deserving target.

neksn

> 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.

chmaynard

The 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

every single time we are scammed out of money it is one country that benefits the most !

UqWBcuFx6NV4r

As a non-American, I never really bothered looking up if this was just a weird Family Guy joke. There you go.

throwaway81523

OMG, I thought those ads were annoying but this tops it off.

apparent

Going 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.

recursivecaveat

From 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.

jmux

the 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 ), their episode on it is really good.