These groups claim tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (4) of the federal tax code, which is for social welfare groups.

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Section 17a1 is a more appropriate claim in the context of a fraud in connection with the offering of securities.

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This highly analogous recent legal precedent will make it hard for Google to deny the FTC has Section 5 authority over Google or to claim that it is not deceptive for Google to represent one thing to the public and do another.

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