---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 465.6"
title: "16"
number: "465.6"
heading: "Company-controlled review websites or entities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/465.6"
---

# §465.6. Company-controlled review websites or entities.


It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice and a violation of this part for a business to materially misrepresent, expressly or by implication, that a website, organization, or entity that it controls, owns, or operates provides independent reviews or opinions, other than consumer reviews, about a category of businesses, products, or services including the business or one or more of the products or services it sells.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 57a.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 68077, Aug. 22, 2024, unless otherwise noted.