A Facebook tool rolling out in the coming months will allow users to see which apps and websites have tracked them and shared their personal data with Facebook while they were not using the social media platform.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Joe Simons said Tuesday he remains prepared to break up America’s largest technology companies, even by reversing past mergers, as part of the regulator antitrust investigation into big tech.
The White House is reportedly planning an executive order that would give the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) a role in determining what gets censored on big tech platforms.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reportedly started investigating Facebook’s acquisitions, including Facebook and WhatsApp, as part of a practice to take out its competition.
American approval of the country’s largest technology companies has plummeted over the last several years, according to a poll released Monday.
A privacy-centric advocacy group sued the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Friday in an attempt to force the federal agency to charge the terms of its reportedly lax deal with social media giant Facebook.
Two consumer advocacy groups, the Center for Auto Safety and Consumer Watched, have renewed their call for the FTC to investigate Tesla over the company’s claims related to its “autopilot” feature. The organizations believe that Elon Musk and Tesla engage in “dangerously misleading and deceptive practices” when describing the software’s capabilities. In a separate post to social media, safety expert Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger commented on Tesla’s fully self-driving ambitions, saying they “should concern everyone who will share the same streets as a driver or pedestrian.”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Wednesday that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has “utterly” failed to penalize Facebook “in any effective way” for violating Americans’ privacy.
Silicon Valley tech giant Facebook will reportedly pay a fine of $5 billion to the FTC to settle allegations of mishandling of user data. FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra called the settlement a “Terrible precedent,” arguing “Breaking the law shouldn’t be profitable.”
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday announced it is opening a review into whether the United States’ biggest and most powerful technology companies have stifled competition or hurt consumers.
Amazon and Facebook have both smashed quarterly lobbying records Tuesday amidst rising interest regulating and using antitrust against America’s largest technology companies.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wanted to levy a fine against Facebook in the “tens of billions;” however, the consumer protection agency relented against the social media giant, according to a report.
Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz urged the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate America’s largest technology companies’ censorship practices, given their “enormous influence” and the “alarming and endless” possibilities for abuse.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly approved Friday a $5 billion settlement with Facebook following the social media giants’ handling of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. This serves as the largest fine the FTC has given out for privacy violations; however, politicians and activists have said that this fine serves as a “bargain” for Facebook.
Representatives from the Masters of the Universe at Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple are expected to appear at a congressional antitrust hearing taking place next week.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) stated in a recent interview that he believes Facebook is “expanding their monopoly” with its new Libra digital currency.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is worried that internal emails could show that CEO Mark Zuckerberg was aware of the company’s questionable privacy practices.
Google has reportedly begun firing government lobbyists in a shakeup following news that the government may investigate the company over antitrust issues.
Forty-three state attorneys general sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging it to take action on big tech privacy and competition.
A recent report from MarketWatch claims that ahead of suspected antitrust investigations into Silicon Valley, tech giants may have to reveal to users how much their data is worth. User Data is the lifeblood of the Masters of the Universe, providing them with billions in profits based on targeted advertising.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google have reportedly amassed a “lobbying army” as they prepare to deal with an increasing amount of antitrust investigations and calls to break up America’s largest and most influential tech companies.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started questioning Amazon’s rivals about the online retail giant’s business practices, according to a Tuesday report.
According to votes from Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting last week, 68 percent of outside investors want to see an independent chairman appointed in place of Mark Zuckerberg. Due to Zuckerberg’s chokehold on voting shares of the company, the investors’ vote will have no bearing on his role at the top of the Silicon Valley giant.
The Masters of the Universe are in for a higher level of scrutiny than they are used to as the DOJ and the FTC prepare to investigate major Silicon Valley tech giants. The FTC has announced oversight of possible investigations of Facebook and Amazon.
The House Judiciary Committee said Monday that it will launch a “top-to-bottom” antitrust investigation of America’s largest tech companies, including Amazon, Facebook, and Google, making antitrust behavior of big tech a bipartisan issue.
Apple shares fell Monday following a report that the DOJ is considering an antitrust investigation of the Silicon Valley giant.
According to recent reports, the U.S. Justice Department is preparing to launch an antitrust investigation into Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back against calls by Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to break up the social media giant.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has called for the empire he helped Mark Zuckerberg to assemble to be broken up by the government. Taking it a step further, Hughes argues that the government should regulate big tech and control “acceptable speech” on social media.
Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) called for “forceful accountability measures” against Facebook in the wake of their various abuses of Americans’ private data.
