- FTC Investigates 'Censorship' By Social Platforms
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 20, 2025
"Today's announcement marks an important step forward in restoring free speech a ...
- Trump Claims Power Over FTC, FCC
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 19, 2025
President Trump late Tuesday ordered the FTC, FCC and other "independent" agenci ...
- Kochava Must Face FTC Privacy Charges, Judge Confirms
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 4, 2025
"The FTC has plausibly pled that Kochava's practices are unfair," U.S. Distri ...
- Kochava To Revise Privacy Practices To Settle Class-Action
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 31, 2025
Mobile data broker Kochava says it will implement a feature aimed ...
- New FTC Chair Cancels Comments On 'Surveillance Pricing'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 23, 2025
The FTC is no longer asking consumers and businesses to comment ...
- General Motors Hit With 5-Year Data Ban
Marketing Daily - Top of the News, Sarah Mahoney - Tuesday, January 21, 2025
After secretly selling driver intel, the auto giant is prohibited from disclosi ...
- Lina Khan To Depart FTC
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Federal Trade Commissioner Lina Khan, who spearheaded crackdowns on data brokers, sa ...
- Court Rejects Request By IAB, Others: Won't Block Click-To-Cancel
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 20, 2025
A panel of the 8th Circuit rejected a bid by the IA ...
- FTC Updates Children's Privacy, Further Restricts Behavioral Advertising
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 16, 2025
"When the amendments go into effect, operators of child-directed sites or onli ...
- Snap's My AI Poses Risk To Young Users, FTC Alleges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 16, 2025
The FTC referred Snap to the Department of Justice over allegations th ...
- Judge Sides Against Google In Privacy Suit Over Children's Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 13, 2025
A federal judge has rejected Google's bid to dismiss claims that ...
- IAB, Others Press Court To Scrap Click-To-Cancel
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The IAB, Michigan Press Association, cable lobby and others say businesses wi ...
- Citing Surveillance Fears, Women's Group Praises FTC Settlements
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 26, 2024
"Data brokers' continued collection and sale of people's personal information, such ...
- FTC Finalizes Settlement With AI Company Rytr
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Rejecting arguments by the tech industry, the FTC has finalized a settleme ...
- Judge 'Inclined' To Side Against YouTube In Battle Over Children's Data
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 11, 2024
"The court is inclined to deny dismissal of the privacy claims becau ...
- Trump FTC Chief Pick Warned Against Online Data Collection
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The "massive collection, repackaging, sharing, and retention of our private and intima ...
- IAB, Cable Lobby, Others Ask Court To Block Click-To-Cancel Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, December 5, 2024
The FTC's click-to-cancel rules require companies to let consumers cancel subscriptions throu ...
- Senators Press House To Vote On Kids Safety Bill
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Six U.S. Senators are urging Republican leaders of the House of Representativ ...
- GoodRx Agrees To $25 Million Privacy Settlement
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Monday, December 2, 2024
Drug discounter GoodRx has agreed to pay $25 million to settle clai ...
- News/Media Alliance Protests Against Changes In Google's Reputation Abuse Policy
Publishers Daily, Ray Schultz - Monday, December 2, 2024
The letter to the DOJ and FTC argues that the changes wi ...
- 80% Of U.S. Consumers Are Either Negatively, Positively Influenced By Reviews
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Twenty-eight percent of U.S. consumers say they always look at online us ...
- Amazon Must Face Consumers' Antitrust Claims
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Siding against Amazon, a federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss ...
- Antitrust Complaints Could Prompt Microsoft Cloud Business Investigation By FTC
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, November 15, 2024
Two months after Google filed an antitrust complaint in Brussels against Microsof ...
- House Republicans Urge FTC To Halt 'Controversial' Work
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 8, 2024
"As a traditional part of the peaceful transfer of power, the F ...
- Review Platform Sitejabber Inflated Clients' Ratings, FTC Alleges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Sitejabber allegedly boosted its e-commerce clients' ratings by soliciting, and then postin ...
- FTC Fights Kochava's Bid To Dodge Privacy Charges
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 31, 2024
Kochava and its subsidiary "waste the court's and the parties' time a ...
- Google Urges Court To Dismiss Yelp's Antitrust Suit
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 29, 2024
"The four-year statute of limitations applicable to Yelp's claims ran long ago ...
- IAB, Cable Lobby Challenge Click-To-Cancel Regulations
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 24, 2024
Business groups including the IAB and NCTA are suing to invalidate n ...
- Michigan Newspapers Sue Over FTC Click-To-Cancel Rules
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 23, 2024
The regulations are "arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion," say t ...
- FTC Requires Newspapers, Gyms And Others To Offer 'Simple' Cancellation Methods
MediaDailyNews, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 16, 2024
The FTC said Wednesday that companies must allow consumers to cancel subscriptio ...