Tag: FTC

The leading U.S. communications union is joining a coalition calling for the Federal Trade Commission to break up and regulate Facebook.

Rep. Rokita warned that Google has “vast insight and influence into American consumers’ internet activities.”

The FBI, SEC, and Justice Department have joined a federal probe into Facebook’s user data scandal which saw the personal info of 87 million users allegedly shared without their explicit consent.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai claimed on Sunday that his agency’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order would make the Internet free, open, and fast following the repeal of net neutrality.

David Vladeck, the former director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), claimed the FTC will be more likely to “impose a significant civil penalty on Facebook,” every time new scandals come out.

An Uber data breach in 2016 exposed the personal information of over 25 million Americans, according to a report.

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg claimed that Facebook would not exist without net neutrality. However, the company was founded before any net neutrality rules existed.

Twenty-three consumer activist groups signed a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) calling for an investigation against YouTube for targeting ads at children.

Roslyn Layton, a visiting scholar for the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), told Breitbart News Saturday that “Google and Facebook have such an oligopoly” on advertising and that “we need to stop regulating Facebook’s competitors.”

Professor Tim Wu, a former advisor to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has claimed “privacy” is “like kryptonite” to Facebook’s business model.

The CEOs of Apple and IBM gave a blunt assessment of Facebook’s ongoing data privacy scandal.

The FTC has announced that they have opened a federal investigation into Facebook following the company’s latest user data scandal, citing “substantial concerns” about Facebook’s treatment of users’ private data.

Bloomberg claims that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Facebook’s actions in allegedly granting Cambridge Analytica access to its users’ data during the 2016 election.

A long-form piece in the New York Times Magazine highlights how Google is under increasing scrutiny for anticompetitive practices and how it may lead to government regulation.

VTech, the Chinese electronics manufacturer of children’s toys and games, has been fined $650,000 after failing to protect the privacy of their young tech users.

Uber reportedly claimed in a letter to the FTC that their drivers earned less than Uber’s advertised rates because they were choosing not to drive enough.

Maureen Ohlhausen, the current chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, dismissed concerns over Silicon Valley monopolies, Tuesday, citing the rise and fall of AOL.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As part of its review of Amazon’s agreement to buy Whole Foods, the Federal Trade Commission is looking into allegations that Amazon misleads customers about its pricing discounts, according to a source close to the probe.

Instagram “influencers” largely ignore Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warnings about stealth advertising, according to a report.

President Trump’s deregulation of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) went into overdrive this week, with Sinclair Broadcasting launching the first of what will be many television industry consolidations, and the Ninth Circuit granting a full-court rehearing of its August AT&T Mobility decision.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued letters warning big-name celebrities about the laws and guidelines that regulate how they promote products via their respective social media accounts.

President Donald Trump’s power to appoint a majority of the Federal Trade Commission’s members and the agency’s Chairman may usher in aggressive enforcement of anti-trust laws against several Silicon Valley tech giants.

The Federal Trade Commission has warned social media influencers that they must disclose the cash or compensation they receive in exchange for advertising a product.

Amazon is finally ready to take some measure of responsibility for charging customers’ credit cards for their children’s purchases without their consent.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) discussed the possible elimination of the FCC’s 2016 broadband privacy rules on Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow.

Smart TV manufacturer Vizio will be forced to pay a $2.2 million settlement fee following the discovery that their TVs collected information from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the owners.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is reportedly being considered as the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a Republican who has previously advocated opening an antitrust case against Google.

Two consumer privacy watchdog groups have filed a formal complaint to the FTC in response to WhatsApp’s announcement last week that they would start sharing user data with their parent company Facebook.

The anti-free speech Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and two LGBT associations have filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission in an effort to silence groups wishing to assist people trying to overcome same-sex attraction.

The Federal Trade Commission has just released an Enforcement Policy Statement regarding the use of “Deceptively Formatted” ads. In doing so, it may have beheaded the concept of sponsored content advertising with a single stroke.

The FTC is apparently concerned that Google may be unfairly promoting its search engine on their popular Android mobile operating system.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has joined attorneys general in every state in accusing four cancer charities, run by extended members of the same family, of lying to donors, collecting $187 million from 2008 through 2012, while spending only 3% of the total on helping actual cancer patients. The four charities are the Cancer Fund of America, the Breast Cancer Society, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America, and Cancer Support Services.