Federal Trade Commission
FTC Issues Orders to Nine Social Media and Video Streaming Services Seeking Data About How They Collect, Use, and Present Information
The Federal Trade Commission is issuing orders to nine social media and video streaming companies, requiring them to provide data on how they collect, use, and present personal information, their advertising and user engagement practices, and how their practices affect children and teens. The FTC is issuing the orders under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act, which authorizes the FTC to conduct wide-ranging studies that do not have a specific law enforcement purpose.
FTC and states sue Facebook as an illegal monopoly, setting stage for potential breakup
The Federal Trade Commission and 48 state attorneys general filed wide-ranging antitrust lawsuits against Facebook, setting the stage for a potential breakup of the social-networking giant over charges it engaged in illegal, anti-competitive tactics to buy, bully or kill its rivals. The twin lawsuits filed in federal district court chiefly challenge Facebook’s past acquisition of two companies: Instagram, a photo-sharing tool, and WhatsApp, a messaging service.
FTC Requires Zoom to Enhance its Security Practices as Part of Settlement (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 11/09/2020 - 15:06Settlement with Data Center Company over Allegations it Deceived Consumers about its Participation in the EU Privacy Shield (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:31
Remarks Of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks CTIA 5G Summit
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief a host of problems that at their core are about fairness—issues of racial justice, economic security, and the digital divide, among others. I am an optimist, and believe that technology, and the wireless communications sector in particular, has an important role to play here.
National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2020 (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 10/27/2020 - 12:05FTC Data Shows Big Jump in Consumer Reports about Scams Originating on Social Media (Federal Trade Commission)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/21/2020 - 12:52FTC Halts Scheme that Falsely Claimed to Offer Unlimited Inmate Calling Plans
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court issued a temporary restraining order against Marc and Courtney Grisham and two companies they operate, Disruption Theory LLC and Emergent Technologies LLC, which do business as inmatecall.com and inmatecallsolutions.com. In its complaint, the FTC alleges that the operators advertised and marketed calling plans for unlimited minutes, which they did not provide.