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Cory Doctorow / 9:23 am Tue, Sep 29, 2015

With Roca Labs smackdown, the FTC slams non-disparagement clauses for the first time

I cheered the news that the Federal Trade Commission was suing Roca Labs, the sleazy "weight-loss" company that sold people industrial food thickeners as "non-surgical gastric bypasses" and made them sign contracts promising not to post about any negative experiences they after trying the scammy, high-priced "treatment." Read the rest

Cory Doctorow / 7:16 am Fri, Sep 25, 2015

FTC clobbers Roca Labs, the terrible weight-loss company that banned negative reviews

If you follow my tweets of interesting stories from one year ago, you'll have seen the Roca Labs saga popping up again. Roca sold a "non-surgical gastric bypass" that was mostly made from industrial food-thickeners that were supposed to gunk up your stomach and fill you up. Read the rest