The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited Amazon’s backyard to discuss the state of competition in the… Read More
During his first year and a half on the Federal Trade Commission, Rohit Chopra has built a reputation as Big Tech’s toughest critic — and today at the GeekWire Summit,… Read More
In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one of Big Tech’s biggest skeptics. He frequently breaks ranks with… Read More
In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one of Big Tech’s biggest skeptics. Chopra was one of two… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission opened an antitrust investigation into Facebook in June, the company confirmed in its second-quarter earnings report released Wednesday. The agency sought clearance to launch an inquiry… Read More
The $74 billion merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene has been delayed as FTC pushback spurred Celgene to divest a major psoriasis drug. The news rattled investors’ confidence and sent… Read More
Consumer advocacy and privacy groups filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday asking to investigate Amazon for allegedly illegally collecting information via its Echo Dot Kids Edition device. The… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has brought first-ever fraud charges against a company accused of commissioning a company to write fake reviews on Amazon. The charges are against Cure Encapsulations,… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has settled with three people accused of running what it called a scheme promising the “secrets for making money on Amazon” and defrauding people by… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into Facebook’s privacy practices, following reports last week that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica obtained 50 million Facebook users’ personal data without permission.… Read More
It’s been a good day for Amazon and its quest to acquire Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion. Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it will not pursue further… Read More
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, an organization that represents more than 1 million retail workers across the U.S., has come out with criticisms of Amazon’s $13.7 billion deal… Read More
Newly appointed FCC Chairman Ajit Pai moved to halt a key portion of the Obama administration’s internet privacy rules on Friday, asking the commission to block the rollout of broadband-specific… Read More
The Internet of Things can be a rough neighborhood, as October’s massive botnet attack illustrated – and so, in an attempt to head off future hacks, the Federal Trade Commission has… Read More
In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, lawmakers and community groups are asking the U.S. government to investigate how many Airbnb and HomeAway rentals are operating like hotels. They… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has given its approval for Tesla Motors’ acquisition of the SolarCity power panel company, saying that the combination would create no antitrust concerns. The go-ahead removes… Read More
Lawyers working for The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who have gone to court in an attempt to block a merger between two office-supply powerhouses, are being accused of trying to convince… Read More
A federal judge learned on Tuesday that when it comes to providing large corporate customers with office supplies, Amazon is just not a big enough player yet to compete with… Read More
Amazon is mulling an acquisition of Office Depot’s corporate business unit, according to a report in The New York Post. The Post cited an anonymous source close to a “prominent… Read More
As one of the first journalists to write about the identity theft phenomenon more than a decade ago, people often ask me if I think LifeLock is worth it. I’ve… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has once again called on states to ease off on laws preventing car manufacturers from selling their vehicles directly in a new blog post today. Entitled… Read More
A confidential report prepared by staffers at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission found that Google took product rankings from Amazon and other companies like Yelp and TripAdvisor to improve its… Read More
T-Mobile will pay out $90 million in a massive settlement over the company’s involvement in “cramming” practices, following months of legal wrangling with the Federal Trade Commission and states’ Attorneys… Read More
Verisk Analytics has scrapped its planned $650 million acquisition of Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technology Corp., after the Federal Trade Commission threatened to sue in order to block the deal. Deborah… Read More
A federal judge has denied Amazon’s request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission, which accuses the retailer of failing to get parents’ permission for purchases made by children inside… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission this morning filed suit against AT&T over the company’s practice of reducing data speeds for customers on unlimited data plans after they reach certain thresholds for data… Read More
Google will refund at least $19 million to parents who paid for in-app purchases that their children made on Android devices without their knowledge as part of a settlement it made with the Federal… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has sued Amazon for charging parents for unauthorized in-app purchases made by their children. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western… Read More
Amazon is fighting claims by the Federal Trade Commission, which charge that it failed to get parents’ permission for purchases made by children inside applications on its Kindle Fire tablets. The Federal Trade… Read More
The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against T-Mobile, alleging that the Bellevue-based wireless carrier made millions of dollars by allowing third-party services to bill customers without those customers… Read More