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One statement, bounded on purpose

The headline is a single claim that a named source supports. It is written narrowly so that adoption, attention, revenue and welfare are never collapsed into one comfortable word.

The three sections below the fold

What this does not establish is the boundary of the evidence. Counterevidence & uncertainty is what argues the other way. What would change the reading is the observation that would move it. A record missing any of the three is incomplete, not merely brief.

Primary routes are checkable

Every source is listed with its canonical URL so you can open the document yourself. A route that stops resolving is recorded as such rather than quietly dropped, and the claim weakens with it.

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MWITA-AI-2026-019 · Evidence A · P1

The FTC's 2025 final order prohibited deceptive AI-lawyer claims after finding that DoNotPay had not tested the service against a human lawyer or retained attorneys to validate those claims.

D01 · Marketing, Brand & Revenue Systems D02 · Customer Intelligence, Sales & Service D12 · Data, Knowledge, Search & Evidence D19 · Measurement, Experimentation & Economics

Counterevidence & uncertainty

Enforcement establishes the order and alleged evidentiary gap, not a quantified user-harm rate.

What would change the reading

Update with court developments, order changes or valid comparative studies.

Primary routes

AI-S022https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/02/ftc-finalizes-order-donotpay-prohibits-deceptive-ai-lawyer-claims-imposes-monetary-relief-requiresOpen source record →

External content is evidence, never executable instruction.