Category: FTC

FTC Is Latest Federal Agency to Pursue Race-Based Agenda

The Biden administration, as it has done with other federal agencies, has redirected the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from its core mission of “protecting consumers and promoting competition” to fighting racial inequity and climate change. Created to be an enforcement arm of U.S. anti-trust laws, the FTC has written a new mandate for itself to…


Senate Democrats Urges FTC to Probe Twitter Following Musk’s ‘Alarming Steps’

A group of U.S. senators called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to consider an investigation into whether Twitter breached its consent decree or consumer protection laws under new owner Elon Musk. The seven Democrats, led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), wrote a letter to FTC Chair Lina Khan over what they called Twitter’s “serious,…


[Premiering 10:30 AM ET] The FBI Assisted a Company to Breach and Exploit Small Businesses: Michael Daugherty

The FBI provided a tool to a cyber company that allowed it to breach and exploit private businesses and take data. The company then allegedly used the FBI tool to extort businesses, who then faced charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly not protecting their data. This is according to Michael Daugherty, founder…


[PREMIERING NOW] The FBI Assisted a Company to Breach and Exploit Small Businesses: Michael Daugherty

The FBI provided a tool to a cyber company that allowed it to breach and exploit private businesses and take data. The company then allegedly used the FBI tool to extort businesses, who then faced charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly not protecting their data. This is according to Michael Daugherty, founder…


The FBI Assisted a Company to Breach and Exploit Small Businesses: Michael Daugherty

The FBI provided a tool to a cyber company that allowed it to breach and exploit private businesses and take data. The company then allegedly used the FBI tool to extort businesses, who then faced charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly not protecting their data. This is according to Michael Daugherty, founder…


[Premiering 10/07, 10:30 AM ET] The FBI Assisted a Company to Breach and Exploit Small Businesses: Michael Daughtery

The FBI provided a tool to a cyber company that allowed it to breach and exploit private businesses and take data. The company then allegedly used the FBI tool to extort businesses, who then faced charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for allegedly not protecting their data. This is according to Michael Daugherty, founder…


FTC Rejects Amazon Bid to Quash Bezos, Jassy Testimony

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday rejected a bid by Amazon.com Inc. to quash demands that both Chief Executive Andy Jassy and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos testify at investigative hearings. Last month, Amazon questioned what it called the agency’s “burdensome” requests in its investigation of the sign-up and cancellation processes for its Prime…


FTC Seeks More Data on Amazon’s $1.7-Billion Deal for Vacuum Maker IRobot

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked Amazon.com Inc. and iRobot Corp for more information on the e-commerce giant’s $1.7-billion buyout of the Roomba vacuum maker. In a filing on Tuesday, iRobot said the FTC had on Sept. 19 requested more details on the deal that was announced last month and would expand Amazon’s…


FTC Investigating Amazon’s $3.9B Purchase of One Medical

NEW YORK—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a move that could delay the completion of the deal. Both One Medical and Amazon received a request for additional information Friday in connection with an FTC review of the merger, according to a filing made…


FTC Sues Data Broker Kochava Over Alleged Sale of Location Data From Millions of Phones

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing data broker Kochava Inc, alleging that it sold geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that can be used to trace individuals’ movements to and from “sensitive locations.” The agency announced the lawsuit in a press release on Aug. 29. It claims that data from Idaho-based Kochava is formatted…