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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Mike Bedigan

The Kars4Kids earworm ad has been banned in California. Here’s why

A California judge has banned all ads for children’s charity Kars4Kids in the state, including those containing an earworm jingle, on the grounds that it violated false advertising laws.

Rather than helping “underprivileged children,” money from the New Jersey-based charity was used to fund teenagers’ trips to Israel as well as construction of a building worth $16.5 million, according to a lawsuit filed in 2021.

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