Call for claims against Post’s $15m class action settlement agreement
If you purchased a Post-branded breakfast cereal in the US between 2012 and 2020, you may be entitled to make a claim against the company s $15m settlement agreement. Pic: GettyImages/AVN photolab
In 2016, two of Post Foods’ customers filed the lawsuit in the California federal court alleging that
Post had mislead the American public with statements on the labels of its cereals suggesting they were nutrient-dense, healthy foods.
Plaintiffs Debbie Krommenhock and Stephen Hadley filed the false advertising class action lawsuit, alleging the cereals actually contained a high sugar content.
The defendant denied all allegations of wrongdoing and maintained its stance that the claims on its packaging were true. The court also did not arrive at a definitive decision that either party was correct, however, Post agreed to a $15m class action settlement. The cereal producer also agreed to remove certain state
FTC Shines Light Inside ‘Dark Patterns’
Move over cookies, fingerprinting, ad trackers there’s an old species of internet chicanery in town
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It’s hard to find a nongovernmental clearing house filled with useful and unbiased information. Normally we find ourselves running around the same circuit of trusted watchdog organizations for source material.
But we’re happy to say we’ve found a brand-new resource for our gentle readers to check out: darkpatterns.org.
Launched by Harry Brignull, a U.K.-based cognitive scientist and user-experience courtroom witness, the site is a helpful introduction to/encyclopedia of “dark patterns,” a set of allegedly manipulative user interface designs deployed by website engineers.