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FTC: Please stop falling for social media scams, you've given crooks at least $650M so far this year

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Cybersecurity Month07 Oct 2023 | 68

EPIC urges watchdog to probe Grindr's data privacy – or alleged lack thereof

Dating app kept sensitive info even after peeps deleted accounts, complaint claims

Bootnotes05 Oct 2023 | 3

Amazon had secret algorithm to hike prices, claims FTC

Project Nessie named in the antitrust suit, alleging Bezos's bunch pulled in an extra billion-plus

Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 32

Amazon accused of being a monopolist in FTC lawsuit

Khan's been waiting for years to file this case - she better hope her aim is good

Software26 Sep 2023 | 20

Epic payout: FTC opens Fortnite settlement claim floodgates

Parents and players alike can now apply for a piece of the $245m pie

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 3

Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case

Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers'

Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 30

'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian

Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away

Cyber-crime22 Aug 2023 | 16

FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: 'Losing two is okay'

How quick y'all are to forget Nvidia-Arm

Personal Tech25 Jul 2023 | 4

Watchdog mulls online facial age-verification tech – for kids' parents

COPPA load of this

AI + ML21 Jul 2023 | 16

Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes

No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder

Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1

UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover

Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats

Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2

Feds want to see what ChatGPT's content is made of

That bot ain't ruining people's reputation or trampling their privacy, right? Right?

AI + ML13 Jul 2023 | 14

You're too dumb to use click-to-cancel, Big Biz says with straight face

Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told

Personal Tech12 Jul 2023 | 93

Judge shoots down FTC attempt to stall Microsoft-Activision merger

Final update UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions

Personal Tech11 Jul 2023 | 20

Uncle Sam cracks down on faked reviews and bad influencers

Big $50,000 fines for misleading posts... unless it's political, natch

Personal Tech30 Jun 2023 | 21

Amazon Prime too easy to join, too hard to quit, says FTC lawsuit

Updated Dark patterns at Amazon worthy of a Homeric epic? Surely not!

Applications21 Jun 2023 | 70

FTC pulls emergency brake on Microsoft's marriage to Activision Blizzard

Updated Agency concerned the pair are planning to combine before it's able to make a decision whether to allow it

Software13 Jun 2023 | 27

Microsoft cops $20M slap on the wrist for mishandling kids' Xbox data

Pocket change, in other words

Security06 Jun 2023 | 4

Amazon Ring, Alexa accused of every nightmare IoT security fail you can imagine

Staff able to watch customers in the bathroom? Tick! Obviously shabby infosec? Tick! Training AI as an excuse for data retention? Tick!

Security01 Jun 2023 | 91

Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?

Basically everyone at this point. But developer Easy Healthcare has promised to stop

Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 27

EU monopoly cops probe complaints about Microsoft Azure

Over in the US, FTC panel on cloud homes in on restrictive software licensing

PaaS + IaaS16 May 2023 | 13

FTC sues VoIP provider over 'billions of illegal robocalls'

XCast knew it was breaking the law and didn't hold back, watchdog says

Cyber-crime16 May 2023 | 39

Court gives FTC 30 days to swing again in privacy bout with location data slinger

Second time's a charm?

Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 11

Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy

Deals between Zuckercorp + FTC in 2012 and 2020 are being ignored, so time to get stricter, says commish

Security04 May 2023 | 21

FTC urged to freeze OpenAI's 'biased, deceptive' GPT-4

AI policy wonks slam chatty hallucination-prone model in formal complaint

AI + ML30 Mar 2023 | 49

If scammers use your AI code to rip off victims, the FTC may want a word

A good watchdog does blame the tools, or something like that

Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 18

Europe, America fear Twitter job cuts mean it can't protect users

How will Elon conform to FTC decrees and EU laws? He probably doesn't know, either

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 15

Hey, AI hucksters. Dial down the hype. Lots of love, the FTC

Analysis Exaggerated claims? About unproven technology? Ask your chat bot if it knows what fraud means

AI + ML28 Feb 2023 | 5

This won't hurt a bit: Amazon now a US healthcare provider

Updated Closes takeover of One Medical, has your shopping habits and medical info

Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 36

Romance scammers' favorite lies cost victims $1.3B last year

Don't trust your super-hot military boyfriend you've never met. He doesn't exist

Cyber-crime10 Feb 2023 | 19

FTC backs down over Meta's acquisition of VR biz Within

Meta said it plans to close deal soon

Personal Tech08 Feb 2023 | 2

FTC prescribes GoodRx a $1.5m pill after 'sharing health info' with web giants

Facebook, Google, Twilio had a look-see of that data, we're told

Personal Tech02 Feb 2023 | 8

FTC floats rule to ban imposed non-compete agreements in US

Miscreants would face the wrath of Khan

Legal06 Jan 2023 | 15

Microsoft-FTC dispute over Activision deal hits court

Wildly popular Call of Duty game at the center of the antitrust tussle

Software03 Jan 2023 | 1

FCC calls for mega $300 million fine for massive US robocall campaign

5 billion calls over three months. Was your phone spammed?

Security22 Dec 2022 | 82

Video game players sue to frag Microsoft-Activision merger

Redmond accused of monopolising a market! How shocking

Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 9

Epic payment: Fortnite maker pays record $520m to settle FTC case

Updated Someone thought of the children, and the dark patterns

Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 23

FTC wants to pause Microsoft's Activision Blizzard mega-takeover

Watchdog answers its call of duty, fears serial monopoly abuser will strike again

Personal Tech08 Dec 2022 | 15

FTC urged to clamp down on businesses' voracious appetite for data

ACLU agrees that the only way to protect consumers is to control what can be collected

Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4

World's richest man posts memes as $44b Twitter acquisition veers off course

Staff locked out as hundreds appear to say no to Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum

Offbeat18 Nov 2022 | 210

Republican senators tell FTC to back off data security, surveillance rules

And they don't like the states' 'patchwork' privacy laws, either

Legal10 Nov 2022 | 24

Vonage to pay $100m for making it nearly impossible to cancel internet phone services

Ericsson's VoIP biz used 'a panoply of hurdles' to keep customers on the hook

Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 39

Watchdog urged to sniff out any collusion, deception in rent-setting algorithms

Things could get real for RealPage real fast

AI + ML02 Nov 2022 | 10

Education tech giant gets an F for security after sensitive info on 40 million users stolen

Chegg it out: Four blunders in four years

CSO31 Oct 2022 | 6

Manufacturers could be forced to include repair instructions

Fix-it guides among changes mulled by FTC for home appliances and potentially other stuff

Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 30

Amazon's Roomba acquisition gets caught on FTC's rug

The Wrath of Khan

Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 16

Data tracking poses a 'national security risk' FTC told

'We're making China's job easier'

Security09 Sep 2022 | 31

Mozilla CSO demands fines to curb Big Tech surveillance

These super-corps are otherwise enjoying 'a consequence-free zone'

Personal Tech09 Sep 2022 | 9

FTC sues data broker for selling millions of people's 'precise' location info

Which would be very problematic in this Post-Roe era

Personal Tech29 Aug 2022 | 28

FTC presses ahead in its war on 'free' Turbo Tax

Updated US watchdog snubs Intuit's request to drop claims of bait-and-switch tactics

Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 15

FTC ponders proper punishment for commercial data 'surveillance' and shoddy security

Got thoughts on the online panopticon? The FTC wants to hear

Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 4

Now another Meta acquisition in jeopardy: VR biz Within

And on the same day revenue declined, web ad spend uncertain, hiring slowed, more AI curation promised

AI + ML28 Jul 2022 | 14

FTC suddenly gets very stern about not-really-anonymized anonymized data

Right after Biden's order to protect women in a post-Roe America

Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 9

Biden considers removal of Trump-era China tariffs to ease inflation

But US administration split on loss of leverage, according to reports

Legal05 Jul 2022 | 14

Walmart accused of turning blind eye to transfer fraud totaling millions of dollars

Store giant brands watchdog's lawsuit 'factually misguided, legally flawed'

Cyber-crime29 Jun 2022 | 42

LGBTQ+ folks warned of dating app extortion scams

Uncle Sam tells of crooks exploiting Pride Month

Cyber-crime27 Jun 2022 | 6