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Dec 19 • 5 months ago

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

The grocery app will also stop hiding refund options and obscuring delivery costs. ...

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Nov 19 • 6 months ago

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta. ...

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Sep 25 • 7 months ago

Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B

Amazon’s settlement with FTC kills the “No, I don’t want free shipping” button. ...

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Sep 04 • 8 months ago

Trump asks Supreme Court to permit FTC commissioner firing

President Trump took his fight to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) leaders without cause to the Supreme Court on Thursday, a move that could prompt the justices to overrule a key precedent blessing...

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Aug 23 • 9 months ago

Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.

Here's the "least silly way" to wrap your head around the FTC's war over X ads. ...

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Aug 18 • 9 months ago

Elon Musk’s “thermonuclear” Media Matters lawsuit may be fizzling out

Judge blocks FTC's Media Matters probe as a likely First Amendment violation. ...

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Aug 09 • 9 months ago

Trump could be 'wild card' in NFL, ESPN media deal: 5 things to know

A blockbuster deal between the NFL and ESPN that would clear the way for the Disney-owned sports network to purchase several of the league's top media assets could face a key hurdle before it clears: ...

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Jul 31 • 9 months ago

US moves to ban shady subscription auto-renewals after FTC court loss

Canceling subscriptions should be easy, lawmakers say, reviving FTC fight. ...

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