Court kills FTC, US states' antitrust complaints against trillion-dollar Facebook
Watchdog has 30 days to try again or let it go
29 Jun 2021
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Big Tech critic Lina Khan confirmed as FTC chairwoman
Promises to 'safeguard fair competition and protect consumers, workers, and honest businesses ... with vigor'
16 Jun 2021
Hi, Congress. FTC here. It would be so wonderful if you could let us recover money stolen from victims by crooks
After that whole, y'know, unanimous Supreme Court decision thing that told us not to do that anymore
20 May 2021
Big right-to-repair win: FTC blasts tech giants for making it so difficult to mend devices
'There is scant evidence to support manufacturers’ justifications for restrictions'
07 May 2021
US Supreme Court puts a stop to FTC extracting big bucks from crooks to refund victims
Oops, watchdog doesn't actually have the power to do so, panel unanimously point out
23 Apr 2021
US watchdog kills off four-year antitrust complaint against Qualcomm, still insists it was right anyway
Updated FTC cites 'significant headwinds' in trying to fight the San Diego chipmaker
30 Mar 2021
Amazon coughs up $62m to shoo away claims it stole driver tips, cut pay rates without telling them
What a lovely company
02 Feb 2021
Zoom strong-armed by US watchdog to beef up security after boasting of end-to-end encryption that didn't exist
Vid-chat giant promises never again to make 'misrepresentations about its privacy and security practices'
09 Nov 2020
Intel, HP, Tesla, etc protest to US monopoly watchdog: Are you just gonna let Qualcomm patent-tax us to death?
You had teeth once, FTC – use them
25 Aug 2020
Appeals judges toss out FTC win: What Qualcomm did to its rivals was 'hypercompetitive, not anticompetitive'
Chip designer ruled not a monopolistic strangler after all
12 Aug 2020
Cisco hacked: Six backend servers used by customer VIRL-PE deployments compromised via SaltStack
Roundup Plus other news from infosec land this week
31 May 2020
At least someone's making out like a bandit: Scammers have pocketed $13m in Coronavirus fraud from the US this year
FTC tallies the cost of pandemic rip-offs
15 Apr 2020
Remember Tapplock, the 'unbreakable' smart lock that was allergic to screwdrivers? The FTC just slapped it down for 'deceiving' folks
And you can still open its improved version with a strong magnet
06 Apr 2020
Uncle Sam turns the screws on VoIP providers allegedly used by coronavirus, tax, bogus tech support scammers
This being America, they weren't too hard on most of them
31 Mar 2020
Duped into running bogus virus scans at Office Depot? Dry your eyes with a small check from $35m settlement
Treat yourself to a meal out or a case of bevvies... or an appetizer in SF or NYC
21 Feb 2020
Bloke forks out £12m, hands over keys to tropical island to shoo away claims that his web marketing biz was a scam
Final bill for My Online Business Education? More than £230m
14 Feb 2020
Oh good, the FTC has discovered acqui-hires... American watchdog to probe decade of Big Tech takeovers
Hope they've got a dump truck or three to deliver paperwork covering years of acquisitions
11 Feb 2020
Remember Unrollme, the biz that helped you automatically ditch unwanted emails? Yeah, it was selling your data
FTC slaps wrist, lets web biz continue doing the exact same thing
17 Dec 2019
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