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Jan 21 • 6 months ago

Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case

FTC will appeal ruling that found Meta has no monopoly in social networking. ...

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Jan 15 • 6 months ago

Six months later, Trump Mobile still hasn’t delivered preordered phones

Lawmakers seek FTC investigation, but Trump has taken control of the agency. ...

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Dec 19 • 7 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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Dec 09 • 7 months ago

Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat

Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies. ...

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Sep 25 • 10 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 09 • 10 months ago

Trump’s attempt to fire FTC Democrat gets a boost from Supreme Court

John Roberts issuing stay means FTC Democrat has to leave her post again. ...

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Aug 29 • 11 months ago

FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency. ...

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Aug 18 • 11 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 17 • 11 months ago

Judge blocks FTC probe into progressive media watchdog

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) investigation into Media Matters for America on Friday, arguing the agency is likely in violation of the progressive media watc...

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Jul 31 • 1 year 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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