Markey, Castor Request FTC Edtech Investigation
Investigate Prodigy Education for violations of FTC Act Section 5, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., wrote the FTC Friday. They alleged Prodigy is “misleadingly marketing its product as free, manipulating children and families into making purchases,…
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and publishing unsupported claims about its product's educational benefits.” The FTC confirmed it received the letter. The company didn’t comment.