FTC report on predatory social media data hoarding hints at future regulations
A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn't really ...
FTC Urges Congress to Pass Comprehensive Privacy Legislation
While lucrative for the companies, these surveillance practices can endanger people’s privacy, threaten their freedoms, and ...
Scioto Valley Guardian18h
FTC report exposes data practices of major social media giants
A new report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff examines the data practices of major social media and video ...
The Atlantic24d
The Last-Minute Curveball for a Big FTC Ban
An FTC spokesperson told me in an email that the agency was “seriously considering” appealing the Texas judge’s ruling. Even if the agency doesn’t salvage its own ban, though, a ...
Forbes28d
FTC Noncompete Rule – And FTC Competition Rulemaking – Are On The Ropes
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I'm an antitrust expert and former FTC general counsel. On August 20, federal trial court judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas ...
Dallas Morning News1mon
FTC sues D-FW auto dealers, alleging they overcharged Black and Latino customers
The FTC voted 5-0 to issue the complaint against ... to protecting consumers shopping for cars and leveling the playing field for honest dealers.” Approximately 75% of Asbury’s customers ...
Bloomberg L.P.1mon
FTC’s Noncompete Ban Got Struck Down. What Happens Next?
That was set to change in early September after the US Federal Trade Commission approved a near-total ban on such provisions, but on Aug. 20 a federal judge blocked the rule, saying the FTC lacked ...
Fierce Healthcare29d
Federal judge blocks FTC's nationwide noncompete ban
"This rule would create an unlevel playing field for tax-paying hospitals, an outcome completely at odds with FTC’s mission to promote competition," FAH President and CEO Chip Kahn said in a ...
Ars Technica1mon
Federal judge in Texas strikes down FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements
The judge wrote in a previous ruling that the FTC lacks authority to issue a rule banning noncompete agreements and granted a preliminary injunction. But that previous ruling only postponed the ...
AOL14d
Opinion - FTC rules on fake reviews aren’t enough: Hold sites accountable
According to Amazon, one group alone had over 43,000 members. A whole fake review industry flourishes in places beyond the FTC’s reach, such as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. In one public ...
Gizmodo1mon
A Federal Judge Just Struck Down the FTC’s Ban on Non-Competes
On September 4, a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule was set to take effect that would ban non-compete clauses. America was a few weeks away from a world where no employer could restrict ...
Variety29d
Judge Strikes Down FTC’s Ban on Noncompete Employment Agreements, Calling It ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’
A federal judge shot down the FTC’s rule banning noncompete agreements, a setback for the agency’s effort to free workers from restrictive employment contract terms. The commission said it is ...