FTC Testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Agency’s Efforts to Combat Fraud The Federal Trade Commission testified today before the Joint Economic Committee about the agency’s ongoing work to combat fraud and protect consumers from scammers and other bad actors.

FTC Testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Agency’s Efforts to Combat Fraud

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FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Warning Letters to CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard About Debanking American Consumers Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.

FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Issues Warning Letters to CEOs of PayPal, Stripe, Visa and Mastercard About Debanking American Consumers

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FTC Staff Warn Tennessee Legislature of Risks to Patients if Ballad Health COPA Expires and Support Proposed Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements Federal Trade Commission staff warned Tennessee legislators of the potential harm to patients if it passes proposed legislation that would terminate a

FTC Staff Warn Tennessee Legislature of Risks to Patients if Ballad Health COPA Expires and Support Proposed Repeal of Certificate of Need Requirements

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FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations OkCupid deceived users of its dating app by sharing their personal information,

FTC Takes Action Against Match and OkCupid for Deceiving Users by Sharing Personal Data with Third Party

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FTC Endorses Florida Supreme Court Action Eliminating the ABA’s Bar Admission Monopoly Federal Trade Commission staff on Tuesday endorsed the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate the American Bar Association’s (ABA) status as the sole accrediting agency dictating the educati

FTC Endorses Florida Supreme Court Action Eliminating the ABA’s Bar Admission Monopoly

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Vision Path, Inc., Online Seller of Hubble Lenses, Settles Charges it Violated the Contact Lens Rule and FTC Act to Boost Sales New York City-based Vision Path, Inc., the online seller of direct-to-consumer Hubble lenses, will pay penalties and redress totaling $3.5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges t

Vision Path, Inc., Online Seller of Hubble Lenses, Settles Charges it Violated the Contact Lens Rule and FTC Act to Boost Sales
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Fixing Your Credit FAQs Here’s what to know about how to dispute errors on your credit report and avoid credit repair scams.

Some online influencers are telling people that they can improve their credit by filing a false identity theft report about a debt they owe. That’s a crime, and it could get you a fine, a prison term, or both. If you want to improve your credit and stay out of jail, the FTC has some tips.

FTC Finalizes Consent Order in Adamas No-Hire Agreement Matter The Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order that requires building services contractor Adamas Amenity Services LLC (Adamas) and its affiliated businesses to cease their enforcement of no

FTC Finalizes Consent Order in Adamas No-Hire Agreement Matter

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FTC Finalizes Consent Order in Boeing, Spirit Acquisition The Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order involving the Boeing Company’s (Boeing) acquisition of Spiri

FTC Finalizes Consent Order in Boeing, Spirit Acquisition

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Auto Marketing Company Banned from Industry Under FTC Order A marketing services company and its owner will be banned from the auto industry under an Order issued by the Federal Trade Commission after the Commission found that they illegally mis

Auto Marketing Company Banned from Industry Under FTC Order

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The #federaltradecommission #ftc has no one working there, so they all know how much they can get away with before their reputations are completely tarnished. Just enough plausible deniability hidden behind incompetence.

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement https://arstechni.ca #federaltradecommission #Consumerprotection #grocerydelivery #instacart #Policy #FTC

@leejamiller.bsky.social | Leeja Miller: "The Supreme Court Is About To Give Trump Even More Power" | #WhyAmerica #AdministrativeLaw #SCOTUS #FTC #FederalTradeCommission #TrumpVsSlaughter #HumphreysExecutor #Elections #ExecutiveBranch
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's power over independent agencies The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a legal case that could vastly expand presidential powers. At stake are 90 years of precedent that have kept presidents from being able to remove members of...

The case looks at whether President #Trump acted legally in #firing #RebeccaSlaughter, a #Democratic member of the #bipartisan #FederalTradeCommission, saying her service was #inconsistent with #TrumpAdministration "priorities".

Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead https://arstechni.ca #federaltradecommission #Antitrustlaw #Instagram #Facebook #monopoly #whatsapp #YouTube #Policy #tiktok #reels #meta

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Wegweisendes Urteil: Meta hat kein Social-Media-Monopol

Der US-Konzern Meta hat in einem langjährigen Prozess mit der US-Handelsaufsicht FTC obsiegt. Eine Aufspaltung des Konzerns dürfte damit vom Tisch sein […]

When sharing your info online leads to unwanted and unlawful telemarketing calls Do you get a lot of calls trying to sell you products or services you never asked for? Sometimes telemarketing calls are random. Other times, companies trick you into sharing your information so they ...

When sharing your info online leads to unwanted and unlawful telemarketing calls

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Who’s eligible for a refund from Amazon? You might have heard that, last week, Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC’s charges that it enrolled millions of people in Prime subscriptions without their consent – and then made it ...

Who’s eligible for a refund from Amazon?

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It’s #halloween with #1980s #commercials Vol. 237! This spooky compilation has #ads for #bewarethespider #frankenberry #countchocula #ups #federaltradecommission #americanexpress #fretter #dissectanalien #mcdonalds #realghostbusters #monstermash #supernaturals

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FTC Approves Final Divestiture Order in Synopsys and Ansys Deal The Federal Trade Commission finalized a consent order that requires Synopsys, Inc. and Ansys, Inc. to divest certain assets to resolve antitrust concerns surrounding their $35 billion merger.

FTC Approves Final Divestiture Order in Synopsys and Ansys Deal

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FTC Finds Huge Surge in Consumer Reports about Losing Money To Scams Initiated Through Social Media Consumers in 2021 reported losing about $770 million to fraud initiated on social media—about one fourth of all reported fraud losses for the year and an 18-fold increase from 2017, acc

FTC Finds Huge Surge in Consumer Reports about Losing Money To Scams Initiated Through Social Media

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Tell the FTC: Let us fix our own stuff If we had protections for our right to repair our stuff, it could keep tons of waste out of landfills.

🚨Tell the FTC: Let us fix our own stuff👇

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#CoreyBrettschneider, author and co-host of the podcast #TheOathandtheOffice, and #AlvaroBedoya, former commissioner of the #FederalTradeCommission, join to explain how media companies #Sinclair and #Nexstar BROKE thanks to PUBLIC PRESSURE!
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NO MORE RECYCLABLE MISINFORMATION! REACH U.S. Fed Trade Commission (FTC), EMAIL: cmufarrige@ftc.gov . SAY: "MAKE SURE U.S. Product Labels worded “Recyclable” (notably Made in Communist China ones) are truly RECYCLABLE!" #FederalTradeCommission #recycling #China #misinformation #ScamAlert #Fraud

NO MORE USA RECYCLING MISINFORMATION! REACH U.S. Fed Trade Commission (FTC), EMAIL: cmufarrige@ftc.gov . SAY: "MAKE SURE U.S. Product Labels worded “Recyclable” (notably Made in Communist China ones) are truly RECYCLABLE!" #FederalTradeCommission #recycling #China #misinformation #ScamAlert #Fraud

NO MORE USA RECYCLING MISINFORMATION! REACH U.S. Fed Trade Commission (FTC), EMAIL: cmufarrige@ftc.gov . SAY: "MAKE SURE U.S. Product Labels worded “Recyclable” (notably Made in Communist China ones) are truly RECYCLABLE!" #FederalTradeCommission #recycling #China #misinformation #ScamAlert #Fraud

NO MORE RECYCLABLE MISINFORMATION! REACH U.S. Fed Trade Commission (FTC), EMAIL: cmufarrige@ftc.gov . SAY: "MAKE SURE U.S. Product Labels worded “Recyclable” (notably Made in Communist China ones) are truly RECYCLABLE!" #FederalTradeCommission #recycling #China #misinformation #ScamAlert #Fraud

NO MORE RECYCLABLE MISINFORMATION! REACH U.S. Fed Trade Commission (FTC), EMAIL: cmufarrige@ftc.gov . SAY: "MAKE SURE U.S. Product Labels worded “Recyclable” (notably Made in Communist China ones) are truly RECYCLABLE!" #FederalTradeCommission #recycling #China #misinformation #ScamAlert #Fraud

Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B https://arstechni.ca #federaltradecommission #consumerharms #AmazonPrime #e-commerce #Policy #Amazon #FTC

I didn't sign up for this shit. I wonder what will happen if I report #TheIntercept to the #FTC/ #FederalTradeCommission for violations of the #CAN-SPAM Act?