Tag: FTC
U.S. Antitrust Case Threatens to Break Up Meta’s Social Media Empire
Imagine a world where Instagram and WhatsApp aren’t part of Meta’s massive social media family. That’s exactly what the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
FTC Sued Qualcomm Over Anti-Competitive Practises in Chip Market
The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm over anti-competitive practices in the chip markets, with a key example of the...
Microsoft’s Activision Deal Will Bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch
Microsoft's gaming head Phil Spencer vowed to bring the Call of Duty game to Nintendo Switch consoles, provided that their deal with Activision closed...
FTC May Soon File an Antitrust Lawsuit Against Microsoft on its Activision Deal
Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is likely to get delayed or even be canceled since the FTC is in the final stages of its...
FTC Started Investigating Amazon Acquisition Deal of iRobot
A month after disclosing the acquisition deal, both iRobot and Amazon will now be deeply investigated by the FTC - say two persons familiar...
Congress is Investigating Twitter Security After a Whistleblower Complaint
After the former security officer at Twitter - Peiter "Mudge" Zatko - complained about lax security practices it was following, the Senate and Congressional...
US Lawmakers Ask FTC to Investigate The VPN Industry
A week after FTC warned that it'd strictly monitor any data misuse by healthcare services, the regulator was asked by a congresswoman and a...
FTC Warned Companies That Misuse Location and Health Data
The recent landmark judgment overturning the Joe vs Wade result from 1973 has triggered nationwide protests from the public.
So to settle at least some...
Twitter Settled a $150 Million Penalty From FTC and DoJ
Settling a 6-year lawsuit, Twitter agreed to pay a penalty of $150 million on the count of violating an FTC order in 2011.
FTC and...
Facebook is Asked to Respond For FTC’s Amended Antitrust Petition
After the initial plea was dismissed by a federal judge, the US Federal Trade Commission has now come up with an amended antitrust petition...