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The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments to customers who had certain Ring home security cameras and accounts during a particular time period, the agency said.

The FTC approved a nationwide ban on noncompete agreements, boosting freedom for job-hoppers. But the new rule faces an impending legal battle.

Meta asked a federal judge Friday to dismiss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against the social media giant, arguing that the agency failed to prove that its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp harmed consumers.  “From the very beginning, the FTC has failed to state a plausible claim, and the agency has done nothing...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit's plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday.  The inquiry comes just days before Reddit is slated to complete its initial public offering, after filing for it last...

I’m on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in TUCSON (Mar 9–10), then San Francisco (Mar 13), and more!For the pro-monopoly crowd that absolutely dominated antitrust law from the Carter administration until 2020, Amazon presents a genuinely puzzling paradox: the company’s monopoly pow...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. The complaint says Avast violated millions of consumers' rights by collecting, storing, and selling their browsing data without their k...

Columnist Charlotte Cowles says there’s one effective move that could have stopped the scammers who were targeting her.

Federal Trade Commission investigators and staff placed calls to more than 250 U.S. funeral homes to try to obtain price information.