Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom testified as part of the FTC’s antitrust case against Meta, saying Mark Zuckerberg saw Instagram as a threat to Facebook and therefore starved his photo-sharing app of resources after acquiring it more than a decade ago.
The FTC has filed a lawsuit against ride-sharing and delivery giant Uber, alleging that the company engaged in deceptive billing and cancellation practices related to its Uber One subscription service.
Former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg took the stand to face intense questioning by the FTC on Wednesday as the agency seeks to break up Mark Zuckerberg’s social media giant.
During the ongoing antitrust trial against Meta, an email revealed that CEO Mark Zuckerberg contemplated separating Instagram from the company in 2018 due to the “non-trivial” risk the government would move to break up his social media empire.
The FTC’s high-stakes antitrust lawsuit against Meta kicked off today with opening arguments in Washington, DC. Mark Zuckerberg is expected to take the stand to defend his company against the federal government’s claims that the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp should never have been approved.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, is gearing up for a historic antitrust fight with the FTC set to begin on Monday. The lawsuit, filed during Donald Trump’s first term in office, will determine if Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp were designed to put a stranglehold on the social media market.
Both Democrat members of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were fired by President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a shocking move that may have “major implications for the independence of the Fed,” according to a former official.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced an agency task force to combat unfair and deceptive practices that harm American workers, Breitbart News can exclusively reveal.
Conservative leaders on Monday wrote to Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX), urging Congress to confirm FTC Commissioner nominee Mark Meador, who will be a strong advocate for “strong, yet targeted” antitrust and consumer protection enforcement.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Andrew Ferguson took a sledgehammer on Wednesday to his agency’s DEI initiatives, fulfilling President Donald Trump’s America First agenda.
The FTC, along with the states of Illinois and Minnesota, has filed a lawsuit against agricultural equipment giant John Deere, alleging that the company has illegally restricted farmers and independent technicians from repairing Deere equipment.
A massive data breach of location data company Gravy Analytics has exposed how popular apps across the Android and Apple platforms are being exploited, often without the knowledge of users or app developers, to collect sensitive location information on an immense scale.
Conservatives cheered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for curtailing his company’s longstanding position of censoring political speech.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleged in a lawsuit on Thursday that the largest U.S. distributors of wine and liquor engaged in illegal price discrimination by giving an advantage to large chains over mom and pop grocery stores.
A widespread social media scam involving fraudsters impersonating actor Johnny Depp has defrauded elderly Americans of millions of dollars, according to FTC complaints obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Elon Musk has filed for a preliminary injunction in federal court to prevent OpenAI from transitioning into a fully for-profit business.
The FTC is launching an investigation into Microsoft’s alleged anticompetitive practices, some of which may have been directed at the U.S. government, according to a recent report by ProPublica.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, considered the nation’s leading anti-monopolist, is defending herself against Vice President Kamala Harris’s billionaire donors who have demanded her firing.
Republican FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak published a report on Thursday expressing concern with Big Tech facilitating content harmful to children, but also warning that in addressing such harmful online content, the Biden-Harris FTC could take actions that result in the censorship of Americans’ online speech.
Wall Street donors to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign are pleading with her to fire the nation’s top trust-buster at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Lina Khan. The donors complain that Khan has held up corporate mergers that they stand ready to profit from.
Vice President Kamala Harris vowed to reduce grocery costs “when” elected president by “making sure markets are competitive and fair.”
A federal judge in Texas is blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning non-compete employment agreements that would have prohibited United States businesses from imposing such clauses on millions of American workers.
The Washington Post’s editorial board roasted Vice President Kamala Harris for her newly announced economic plan.
It is “hard to exaggerate how bad” Vice President Kamala Harris’s proposal to implement government-enforced price control on groceries is, according to a Washington Post essay slamming the plan as both vague and harmful, and cautioning that those labeled “communist” by their opponents should think twice before pushing such radical economic policies.
The FTC has taken a significant step towards combating fake reviews and deceptive marketing practices with the announcement of a new rule targeting bogus online reviews designed to trick consumers.
Billionaire donors to Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid are doubling down on their demands that she fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, considered the nation’s leading trust-buster focused on fighting monopolies in Big Tech, financial services, and other industries.
Tech billionaire Reid Hoffman, who once visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, is bundling millions of campaign donations from Silicon Valley giants for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. With the donations comes the demand for Harris to fire the nation’s top trust-buster, Lina Khan, from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) while also throwing out United States tariffs on foreign imports.
A recent study conducted by the FTC and international consumer protection networks has uncovered alarming statistics on the prevalence of “dark patterns” in subscription-based websites and apps. Dark Patterns are a collection of manipulative design techniques created by Silicon Valley to make it difficult to separate yourself from subscription services.
The FTC informed the DOJ on Tuesday that China’s TikTok may be in violation of U.S. law on child privacy.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have filed a lawsuit against Adobe for allegedly making cancelations for its online subscription service too difficult.
The FTC is investigating whether Microsoft structured its recent deal with artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI to avoid a government antitrust review.
Federal regulators have reportedly reached an agreement to investigate the dominant roles played by Microsoft, OpenAI, and Nvidia in the rapidly evolving AI industry.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has banned almost all noncompete employment agreements that prohibit workers from switching to competing businesses or starting one of their own.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has awarded prizes to four organizations for developing technologies that can distinguish between authentic human speech and audio generated by AI, as concerns grow over the influence of deepfakes on elections and consumer scams.
A recent report has revealed that several major automakers are covertly sharing detailed driving data from their customers’ vehicles with insurance companies and third-party data brokers.
According to a recent report, in Silicon Valley these days it’s not uncommon to be asked, even by a stranger, “What’s your probability of doom?” when discussing artificial intelligence. The progressive brainiacs of Silicon Valley have created a metric called “p(doom)” to define the chance AI destroys humanity.
Amazon Prime Video is facing backlash from subscribers over changes to its streaming service that now includes ads by default. Some subscribers are so upset that they have filed a class action lawsuit against the e-commerce giant, alleging that the service they paid for is now “something worth less,” and that Amazon’s actions are “deceptive.”
Rep. Dan Bishop said American intelligence agencies “skirt the law” to avoid obtaining a court order to view Americans’ private information.
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight will hold a hearing on Thursday, November 30, on oversight of the FBI, State Department, and FTC.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Federalist Society earlier this month, FTC chairwoman Lina Khan hinted that Texas may be on the right track with its law challenging social media censorship, which is currently working its way through the courts.
