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Jun 01 2023
News
Amazon will pay $25 million in FTC child data-privacy fine
Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids’ voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant. Separately, the company agreed to pay $5.8 million in customer refunds for alleged privacy violations involving its doorbell camera Ring.
Christian Science Monitor
Apr 12 2023
News
House GOP Subpoenas FTC for Twitter Investigation Documents
The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Federal Trade Commission for documents related to the agency’s continuing privacy investigation of Twitter Inc., according to a committee aide and documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jun 12 2023
News
The FTC is making its next move against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans an injunction seeking to block Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of the popular video game company Activision Blizzard, according to an exclusive report by CNBC. The decision by FTC chair Lina Khan is the latest move in a multiyear legal battle to block the merger of the two companies, on the grounds that it would stifle competition in the video gaming
Quartz
Jun 12 2023
News
FTC to seek federal court order temporarily blocking Microsoft-Activision deal
The Federal Trade Commission plans to file in federal court to prevent Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard from closing their $69 billion merger, according to a person familiar with the matter. The filing, which is not yet public, will ask the US District Court for the Northern District of California for a temporary restraining order that could keep the companies from consummating the
CNN (Online News)
Jun 21 2023
News
FTC: Amazon tricked users into signing up for Prime and made it too hard to cancel
The Federal Trade Commission formally accuses Amazon of tricking users into signing up for expensive recurring subscriptions and intentionally making it harder to cancel them. The development of user interface "dark patterns" to confuse users was so extensive that Amazon called it "Project Iliad." "Amazon tricked and trapped people into recurring subscriptions without their consent, not only
Boing Boing
Jun 12 2023
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FTC Plans to Seek a Restraining Order to Stop Microsoft From Closing Activision Deal
The Federal Trade Commission plans to seek an emergency court order that would block Microsoft MSFT 0.90%increase; green up pointing triangle from closing its $75 billion deal for Activision Blizzard ATVI -0.56%decrease; red down pointing triangle, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Wall Street Journal (News)
Jul 13 2023
News
SPECIAL REPORT: Celsius Network’s Alex Mashinsky Is Arrested as SEC, CFTC, FTC Sue Bankrupt Crypto Lender
CoinDesk
Jun 21 2023
News
Amazon enrolled customers in Prime without consent, made it hard to cancel, FTC says in lawsuit
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused online retail giant Amazon of underhanded practices to keep customers enrolled in its Prime program, in a complaint filed in federal court.
The FTC is accusing Amazon of intentionally manipulating consumers into subscribing to Amazon Prime via "coercive or deceptive user-interface designs" known as "dark patterns."
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Fox Business
Jul 11 2023
News
The FTC's campaign to stop the massive $68.7 billion deal between Microsoft and Activision just got smacked down by a judge
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard is a step closer to happening after a California judge has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) injunction request, which would have blocked the deal. The decision, announced Tuesday morning, does not clear the deal entirely, however. The FTC may appeal the ruling. And Microsoft and Activision must also convince regulators in the UK to
Fortune
Apr 19 2023
News
Congressional Democrats Urge FTC To Ban Noncompete Agreements ‘Without Delay’
Democrats in the Senate and House sent a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan on Tuesday urging the agency to implement its proposed ban on noncompete agreements “without delay” and keep the rule as broad as possible.
The FTC announced in January that it plans to bar employers from using such contracts to lock workers into their jobs and prevent them from taking better
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