YouTube Network “Deceived Customers” With Paid-For Xbox One Videos

The United States government has determined that some Xbox One video materials from around the time of the system's launch in November 2013 qualified as "deceptive marketing." The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Wednesday that popular YouTube network Machinima–which claims to have more than 400 million unique subscribers–has agreed to settle charges related to publishing positive videos about the Xbox One without disclosing it had been paid tens of thousands of dollars to do so. Microsoft, meanwhile, is mostly absolved of wrongdoing.