16 CFR 465.6
§ 465.6 Company-controlled review websites or entities.
United States · 16 CFR — Commercial Practices · Status: effective
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- 16 CFR 465.6, § 465.6 Company-controlled review websites or entities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/64603
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Full text
It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice and a violation of this part for a business to materially misrepresent, expressly or by implication, that a website, organization, or entity that it controls, owns, or operates provides independent reviews or opinions, other than consumer reviews, about a category of businesses, products, or services including the business or one or more of the products or services it sells.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.