Bobby Allen
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The investigation was started under former FTC chair Lena Kahn and continued in the Trump administration.
The company is called JustAnswer.
It runs hundreds of sites like AskWomensHealth.com, AskALawyer.com, and Pearl.com.
FTC investigators say people would find them by clicking an online ad, which would instruct them to sign up to get human help with their questions.
That's when hundreds of thousands of people got allegedly locked into monthly fees up to nearly $80 a month.
It's a tactic known as dark patterns, when consumers are tricked into recurring fees that are difficult to cancel.
In a statement, a JustAnswer spokesman said the company's disappointed with the suit, saying its pricing models are clear and simple.
The investigation was started under former FTC chair Lena Kahn and continued in the Trump administration.
The company is called Just Answer.
It runs hundreds of sites like AskWomensHealth.com, AskALawyer.com, and Perl.com.
FTC investigators say people would find them by clicking an online ad, which would instruct them to sign up to get human help with their questions.
That's when hundreds of thousands of people got allegedly locked into monthly fees up to nearly $80 a month.
It's a tactic known as dark patterns, when consumers are tricked into recurring fees that are difficult to cancel.
In a statement, a JustAnswer spokesman said the company's disappointed with the suit, saying its pricing models are clear and simple.
The investigation was started under former FTC chair Lena Kahn and continued in the Trump administration.
Manus is based in Singapore but has Chinese founders.
It became a hot startup after a demo last spring showed how its AI agent can analyze stock portfolios, book vacations, and screen job candidates.