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Amazon To Pay $2.5 Billion For Tricking Customers Over Prime Membership
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
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Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation From US Federal Trade Commission
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corporation, drilling into everything from the company's cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.
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US Regulator Opens Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft
The US Federal Trade Commission would be looking into Microsoft's software licensing, cloud computing businesses, and practices related to cybersecurity and AI products.
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US Regulators Accuse TikTok Of Violating Child Privacy Laws
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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US FTC Argues Microsoft's Deal to Acquire Activision Should Be Temporarily Blocked
The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday argued in federal court for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Microsoft's acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard. The FTC argues it needs a judge to block Microsoft and Activision Blizzard from closing their $69 billion (about Rs. 5,65,921 crore) merger until the agency's in-house ...
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Amazon Duped Millions of Customers Into Signing Up for Prime, Says US Regulator in a Lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. In a statement, Amazon called the FTC's claims "false on the facts and the law."
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Microsoft To Pay $20 Million For Illegally Collecting Children's Info
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday.
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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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US FTC to Enforce Law to Rein in Risks Posed by AI as Calls for Regulation Grow
The Federal Trade Commission's chief said the agency was committed to using existing laws to rein in some of the dangers of artificial intelligence, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and "turbocharging" fraud.
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Twitter Asked for Details on Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Business Decisions in US FTC Probe
Twitter has been asked to provide some internal communications related to owner Elon Musk and other detailed information about business decisions to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of an ongoing probe. Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter in October, the US FTC has sent more than a dozen letters to Twitter and its lawyers. The FTC al...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Amazon Claims ‘Overly Broad and Burdensome’ FTC Probe of Amazon Prime Service Hounding Jeff Bezos, Others
Amazon has petitioned the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent to former CEO Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy. The e-commerce giant is facing an FTC probe into its Amazon Prime service, which is investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting i...
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US FTC Files Lawsuit to Block Meta From Acquiring Its Way to Metaverse Supremacy
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed suit to block Facebook owner Meta from buying the maker of a virtual reality fitness app named Within, claiming that it would weaken competition in the VR fitness app market.
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US Senators Ask FTC to Probe TikTok for ‘Repeated Misrepresentations’ Over US Data Access
Two US Senators have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media app TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance, following a report saying the short video app permitted TikTok engineers and executives in China to repeatedly access private data of US users. "TikTok has never shared US user data with the Chinese government, nor ...
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Amazon To Pay $2.5 Billion For Tricking Customers Over Prime Membership
Amazon has reached a historic $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime memberships and made it difficult for them to cancel after doing so.
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Microsoft Faces Broad Antitrust Investigation From US Federal Trade Commission
The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Corporation, drilling into everything from the company's cloud computing and software licensing businesses to cybersecurity offerings and AI products.
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US Regulator Opens Antitrust Probe Into Microsoft
The US Federal Trade Commission would be looking into Microsoft's software licensing, cloud computing businesses, and practices related to cybersecurity and AI products.
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US Regulators Accuse TikTok Of Violating Child Privacy Laws
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has referred a complaint against the popular video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice, alleging that they failed to protect the privacy of children.
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Microsoft's $69 Billion Takeover of Call of Duty Maker Activision Gets US Green Light, UK's CMA Softens Stance
A US judge on Tuesday gave the green light to Microsoft's $69-billion (roughly Rs. 5,65,480 crore) takeover bid for US video game giant Activision Blizzard. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley in San Francisco rejected the Biden administration's contention that the deal would hurt consumers by giving Xbox game console maker Microsoft exclusiv...
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US FTC Argues Microsoft's Deal to Acquire Activision Should Be Temporarily Blocked
The US Federal Trade Commission on Thursday argued in federal court for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block Microsoft's acquisition of videogame maker Activision Blizzard. The FTC argues it needs a judge to block Microsoft and Activision Blizzard from closing their $69 billion (about Rs. 5,65,921 crore) merger until the agency's in-house ...
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Amazon Duped Millions of Customers Into Signing Up for Prime, Says US Regulator in a Lawsuit
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday accused Amazon.com of enrolling millions of consumers into its paid subscription Amazon Prime service without their consent and making it hard for them to cancel. In a statement, Amazon called the FTC's claims "false on the facts and the law."
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Microsoft To Pay $20 Million For Illegally Collecting Children's Info
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the tech company illegally collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the FTC said on Monday.
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US FTC Says Amazon Ring Violated Customer Privacy, Announces $5.8-Million Settlement
US Federal Trade Commission said in a court filing on Wednesday that Amazon's Ring doorbell camera unit spied for months on female customers in 2017 with cameras placed in bedrooms and bathrooms and announced a $5.8 million (roughly Rs. 47 crore) settlement with the company over privacy violations.
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US FTC to Enforce Law to Rein in Risks Posed by AI as Calls for Regulation Grow
The Federal Trade Commission's chief said the agency was committed to using existing laws to rein in some of the dangers of artificial intelligence, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and "turbocharging" fraud.
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Twitter Asked for Details on Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Business Decisions in US FTC Probe
Twitter has been asked to provide some internal communications related to owner Elon Musk and other detailed information about business decisions to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as part of an ongoing probe. Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter in October, the US FTC has sent more than a dozen letters to Twitter and its lawyers. The FTC al...
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US Senators Push for Limits on Law Enforcement's Purchase of Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Tools
US Senators and civil rights lawyers are pushing for a law that would limit the ability of law enforcement in the US to purchase and use tools to track users using their cellphones, sometimes without a search warrant. Earlier this month, it was reported that US police departments were using a tool called "Fog Reveal" search hundreds of billions of ...
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Amazon Claims ‘Overly Broad and Burdensome’ FTC Probe of Amazon Prime Service Hounding Jeff Bezos, Others
Amazon has petitioned the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking it to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent to former CEO Jeff Bezos and current CEO Andy Jassy. The e-commerce giant is facing an FTC probe into its Amazon Prime service, which is investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting i...
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US FTC Files Lawsuit to Block Meta From Acquiring Its Way to Metaverse Supremacy
The US Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed suit to block Facebook owner Meta from buying the maker of a virtual reality fitness app named Within, claiming that it would weaken competition in the VR fitness app market.
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US Senators Ask FTC to Probe TikTok for ‘Repeated Misrepresentations’ Over US Data Access
Two US Senators have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media app TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance, following a report saying the short video app permitted TikTok engineers and executives in China to repeatedly access private data of US users. "TikTok has never shared US user data with the Chinese government, nor ...
