FTC to Slap $15.1 Mil. Fine on Samsung Electronics for Misleading Gaming Ads
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Samsung Electronics has been fined approximately 20 billion won by the Fair Trade Commission for advertising without disclosing that maximum performance is limited when running high-spec games on Galaxy smartphones. On the 27th, the FTC announced that it would issue a corrective order and impose a provisional fine of approximately 20 billion won on Samsung Electronics for violating the Fair Labeling and Advertising Act.
South Korea Penalises Samsung 20 Billion Won for Deceptive Galaxy S21, S22 and Tab S8 Ads | 📲 LatestLY
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission tentatively fined Samsung Electronics 20 billion won (USD 15.1 million) for deceptive ads. Samsung failed to disclose that its Game Optimising Service capped CPU and GPU performance on Galaxy S21, S22, and Tab S8 devices during gaming, misleading buyers about device capabilities before a 2022 software fix. 📲 South Korea Penalises Samsung 20 Billion Won for Deceptive Galaxy S21, S22 and Tab S8 Ads.
(Sejong = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Soo-hyun = While advertising smartphones such as the Galaxy S21 and S22, Samsung Electronics [is] claiming that the maximum performance of the smart device is [immediately] released as soon as a high-spec game is launched...
The Fair Trade Commission has issued a corrective order and imposed a fine of 20.1 billion won on Samsung Electronics for violating the Fair Labeling and Advertising Act by failing to disclose game performance limitations in advertisements for the Galaxy S21, S22, and Tab S8 series. Samsung Electronics objected to the decision, claiming that GOS was an optimization feature for a stable gaming experience, and indicated it would take legal action.
Samsung fined $15 million for Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S22’s poor gaming performance
Samsung has been fined KRW 20 billion (around $15.1 million) for misleading customers regarding the gaming performance of the Galaxy S21 series, Galaxy S22 series, and Galaxy Tab S8 series. The company failed to disclose that its Game Optimizing Service (GOS) automatically throttles the CPU and GPU performance on those devices when playing graphically intensive […]
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