- Amazon Used 'Dark Patterns' To Dupe Prime Subscribers, FTC Charges
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 21, 2023
"Amazon used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as 'dark pattern ...
- Meta Announces Future Plans For Reels Ads, AI At Cannes Lions
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Reels and AI were the focus of Meta's presentations at Cannes th ...
- Bipartisan Bill Would Establish Commission To Explore AI Regulation
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The proposed National AI Commission Act would establish a panel to revi ...
- Meta Lowers VR Age Restrictions For Quest Accounts, Leaves Child Safety To Parents
Digital News Daily, Colin Kirkland - Monday, June 19, 2023
Meta has decided to lower its age restrictions for Meta Quest account ...
- Ad Industry Issues Privacy Guidance For Connected Devices
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 15, 2023
The self-regulatory group Digital Advertising Alliance has issued a best practices gui ...
- Mobile Data Broker Kochava Wants FTC's 'Scandalous' Complaint Kept Under Wraps
Mobile Insider, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The FTC's amended privacy complaint against Kochava is "rife with false statement ...
- FTC Will Try To Block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard Acquisition: Report
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 12, 2023
The FTC is set to file for an injunction that would enab ...
- Senators Question Twitter Over Privacy, Security
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 6, 2023
"Regardless of his personal wealth, Mr. Musk is not exempt from t ...
- FTC Renews Battle With Kochava
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 5, 2023
The FTC on Monday brought an amended complaint against mobile data brok ...
- Microsoft Agrees To $20 Million FTC Settlement Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 5, 2023
Microsoft has agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations that ...
- FTC Fines Amazon $25M Over Children's Voice Recordings
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Amazon has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that ...
- Meta Battles FTC Over Teens' Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The FTC's attempt to revise a prior consent decree is unconstitutional, Me ...
- Amazon's Ring Fined $5.8M After Staff, Contractors Caught Spying On Users
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Thursday, June 1, 2023
Amazon also this week agreed to pay the FTC $25 million f ...
- Consumers Battle Kochava Over Location Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Smartphone users are pressing a judge to allow them to proceed wi ...
- Ed Tech Company Violated Children's Privacy Laws, FTC Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Education technology company Edmodo violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ...
- Parents Can Sue YouTube Over Children's Privacy, FTC Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 22, 2023
"Congress did not intend to wholly foreclose state protection of children's onli ...
- FTC Sounds Alarm On Biometric Data
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 18, 2023
"Uses of biometric information or biometric information technology can pose significant ris ...
- FTC Eyes Companies' Use Of Biometric Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 11, 2023
The FTC plans to vote next week on a policy statement regardi ...
- Judge Dismisses FTC Complaint Against Mobile Data Broker
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 4, 2023
A federal judge threw out the FTC's complaint accusing mobile data brok ...
- FTC Chair Warns Of Dangers Posed By AI, Calls For Timely Regulation
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, May 4, 2023
AI "can already do a vastly better job of crafting a seeming ...
- FTC Seeks To Prohibit Facebook From Harnessing Minors' Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Meta Platforms violated prior privacy settlements, and as a result should st ...
- Supreme Court Takes Up Battle That Could Thwart FCC, Other Agencies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, May 1, 2023
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal in ...
- State Attorneys General Can't Force Meta To Shed Instagram And WhatsApp
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 27, 2023
Siding with Meta Platforms, a federal appellate panel refused to revive ...
- Smartphone Users Lack Grounds To Sue Over Alleged Location Data Sales, Kochava Says
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, April 21, 2023
Mobile data broker Kochava is pressing a federal judge in Idaho ...
- Advertisers, Broadcasters And Others Blast FTC Proposal To Ban Noncompetes
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 20, 2023
"Noncompetes serve vital business and employee interests," the ANA, NetChoice, Chamber ...
- FTC Commissioner Challenges 'Myth' That Artificial Intelligence Is Unregulated
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 6, 2023
"If a company injures consumers in a way that satisfies our te ...
- Privacy Regulations Could Offer Clarity, FTC Commissioner Argues
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, April 3, 2023
Privacy regulations could benefit companies by making clear the type of da ...
- Advocates Ask Federal Trade Commission To Halt GPT-4
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 30, 2023
GPT-4 "is biased, deceptive, and a risk to privacy and public safety ...
- FTC Proposal Would Require Newspapers To Accept Online Cancellations
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 23, 2023
The FTC's proposed "click to cancel" rule would force companies to all ...
- FTC Investigates Paid Ad Practices Related To Fraud, Financial Scams, Counterfeit
Performance Marketing Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, March 16, 2023
The FTC on Thursday put eight social media and video streaming platfor ...