Browsing: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Netflix’s co-CEO argues its WBD deal won’t hurt consumers. If so, they can cancel with one click
Netflix’s co-CEO told lawmakers the company’s merger deal with Warner Bros. Discovery won’t hurt its customers and said subscribers can make…
Amazon is sending out refunds to millions of customers as part of a $2.5 billion settlement with federal regulators over…
Character.AI bans teens from talking to its chatbots amid mounting lawsuits and regulatory pressure
AI startup Character.AI is cutting off young people’s access to its virtual characters after several lawsuits accused the company of…
Why Amazon actually got off easy despite ‘historic’ $2.5 billion Prime deceptive practices settlement
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday announced a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon just days into a trial over the…
ChatGPT went from homework helper to confidant to ‘suicide coach,’ parents testify in Congress after teen’s death
Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of…
Courts once again bend to Trump’s will, upholding his power to fire a FTC commissioner because he thought she disagreed with his ‘administration’s priorities’
Chief Justice John Roberts let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission on Monday, the latest in string…
Biden-era FTC rule on ‘click-to-cancel’ blocked at 11th hour because of failure to do preliminary analysis
A “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required businesses to make it easy for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions and memberships, has…
Fortnite players can cash in on another $126 million in refunds after being ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases—here’s how
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is sending out the latest round of refunds to consumers it says were “tricked” into purchases they didn’t want…
Ex-FTC commissioner accuses former chair Lina Khan of ‘procedural shenanigans’ that iced M&A activity
Former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Wilson is airing out more of her views on former Commission Chair Lina Khan. In…
Mark Zuckerberg said that ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok posed a “highly urgent” competitive threat to Meta Platforms Inc. when it first…











