S’pore’s consumer watchdog takes action against Courts and Prism+ over misleading website features

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Courts was found to have automatically added unsolicited items into consumers’ shopping carts, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCS) said in a statement on Dec 8. Prism+ used fake countdown timers and misleading stock indicators to pressure consumers into purchases.

Qn: 'Online advertisements use increasingly sophisticated methods to target consumers.’ To what extent does this bring more harm than good? (Cam. 2024)