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Part of the skill of advertising/marketing/branding/campaigning/influencing is knowing how to mislead without actually lying.

Anecdotally, can you remember the last time a big (any?) company got nailed for false advertising? I remember reading marketing material my old company would send out and I knew the application didn't do $the_thing they said it did.

Actually yes [1], but penalties seam to only be imposed on foreign companies.

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/03/hyundai-and...

None of the three are "just outside regulation." They are so far outside it they invest millions lobbying to change the laws so their illegal activity is no longer considered such.