F.T.C. Chair Faces Criticism in Congressional Hearing
Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, faced more than three hours of criticism and ridicule from Republicans in a House hearing on Thursday, as emboldened critics…
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F.T.C. Opens Investigation Into ChatGPT Maker Over Technology’s Potential Harms
The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up that makes ChatGPT, over whether the chatbot has harmed consumers through its…
F.T.C. Sues Amazon for Inducing Users to Subscribe to Prime
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued Amazon for illegally inducing consumers to sign up for its Prime service and then hindering them from canceling the subscription, the most…
F.T.C. Said to Plan to Sue to Stop Microsoft’s Activision Deal From Closing
The Federal Trade Commission plans to sue Microsoft on Monday to stop the company from closing its $69 billion purchase of the video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard, escalating the…
Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against a Location Data Broker
A federal judge in Idaho on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit against Kochava, a major location data broker, brought last year by the Federal Trade Commission. In a ruling, the judge wrote that…
F.T.C. Seeks ‘Blanket’ Ban on Meta’s Use of Young Users’ Data
The Federal Trade Commission escalated its fight with the tech industry’s biggest companies on Wednesday as it moved to impose a “blanket prohibition” on the collection of young people’s…
F.T.C. Chair Upends Antitrust Standards With Meta Lawsuit
WASHINGTON — Early in her tenure as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan declared that she would rein in the power of the largest technology companies in a dramatically new…
F.T.C. Sues to Block Meta Virtual Reality Deal as Confronts Big Tech
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed for an injunction to block Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality company called Within,…
F.T.C. Files to Block Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal
WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed for an injunction to block Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, from buying a virtual reality company called Within,…
Lawmakers ask F.T.C. chair to investigate TikTok’s data practices.
The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee asked the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday to investigate whether TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, had misled the public about whether…