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The FTC says spam call complaints are way down since 2021
Complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight year, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. Reports of…
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Meta Will Face Antitrust Trial Over Instagram, WhatsApp Acquisitions
Facebook owner Meta Platforms must face trial in a US Federal Trade Commission lawsuit seeking its break-up over claims that…
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Meta must face FTC trial that could separate Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta must face the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit that accuses the company of dominating the social media industry through…
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Meta Pushes Back Against FTC Effort to Toughen Privacy Order
Meta Platforms rebuffed the Federal Trade Commission’s plans to modify a 2020 privacy settlement with the company, arguing that such…
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The FTC orders Sitejabber to stop faking product reviews
The Federal Trade Commission has charged Sitejabber, an online review platform, with violating its new fake reviews rules by using…
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Industry groups are suing the FTC to stop its click to cancel rule
Three industry groups are suing to prevent the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its new “Click to Cancel” rule…
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The FTC is finally making it easier to cancel your gym membership
The US Federal Trade Commission is taking action against subscriptions that are difficult to get rid of. On Wednesday, it adopted…
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Microsoft Says Wrong to Call New Game Pass Standard Tier ‘Degraded’, Calls FTC Filing ‘Misleading’
Microsoft hiked Xbox Game Pass prices and introduced a new tier of the game subscription service earlier this month. The…
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FTC blasts Microsoft’s new ‘degraded’ Xbox Game Pass Standard tier and price increases
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has blasted Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass price increases in a filing to the US Court…
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Adobe Sued by US Government for Hiding Fees, Making It Difficult to Cancel Subscription
The US government sued Adobe on Monday, accusing the Photoshop and Acrobat maker of harming consumers by concealing hefty termination…
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FTC says Amazon executives destroyed potential evidence by using apps like Signal
Now, The Washington Post (which is owned by Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos) reports that Amazon is just…
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The FTC is trying to help victims of impersonation scams get their money back
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a new way to combat the impersonation…
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