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In this Oct. 18, 2010 photo, an Amazon.com package awaits delivery from UPS in Palo Alto, Calif.

Amazon to pay $61.7M settlement after FTC says it withheld some tips

Kaelan Deese · February 2, 2021 10:07 pm

MPHJ Technology Investments is suing the Federal Trade Commission in a Texas federal court for allegedly violating its constitutional rights. (AP Photo)

Biden selects Section 230 defender to be acting chairwoman of Federal Trade Commission

Nihal Krishan · January 21, 2021 9:18 pm

Facebook is responding to criticism that its platform was misused during the 2016 presidential campaign with new rules that force buyers of "hot button" ads to verify their identities beforehand.

FTC and coalition of states sue Facebook in pair of antitrust lawsuits

Jerry Dunleavy · December 9, 2020 9:42 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 9, 2018, to meet with Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee. Zuckerberg will testify Tuesday before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election.

More than 40 states to join antitrust lawsuit against Facebook: Report

Michael Lee · December 3, 2020 6:01 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Facebook and Google to face multiple antitrust lawsuits from both federal and state authorities

Michael Lee · November 30, 2020 10:08 pm

Facebook gives update on FTC agreement as agency considers antitrust investigation

Tyler Van Dyke · October 23, 2020 5:13 pm

A man holds a social security card.

Identity theft becomes most popular scam in US amid coronavirus

Anna Giaritelli · August 20, 2020 8:27 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2017 file photo, Lindsay Chestnut of Baltimore holds a sign that reads "I like My Internet Like I Like my Country: Free & Open" as she protests near the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in Washington where the FCC was scheduled to meet and vote on net neutrality. On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, a California lawmaker introduced legislation that looks to maintain net-neutrality rules recently scuttled by the Federal Communications Commission, setting up a likely showdown with influential internet companies and, if his bill passes, with the Trump administration in court.

Title II ‘net neutrality’ was a bad idea and should not be brought back

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2020 4:00 am

Bipartisan group of senators calls for investigation into TikTok for children’s privacy violations

Alexandra Lonas · May 29, 2020 9:47 pm

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Ocasio-Cortez and Warren have a new terrible idea to exploit the coronavirus

Alex Hendrie · May 12, 2020 6:05 pm

Workers prep poultry at the meatpacking company JBS, in Lapa, in the Brazilian state of Parana, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Brazil's president said Tuesday that a scandal over sale of expired meat is an "economic embarrassment". On Tuesday, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety announced that it would temporarily suspend imports of frozen and chilled meat and poultry from Brazil, starting immediately, in response to Brazilian investigators charges that health inspectors were bribed to overlook the sale of expired meats.

Bipartisan pair of senators want antitrust investigation into meatpackers amid plant closures

Kerry Picket · April 29, 2020 4:07 pm

"Elected officials should always be held to the highest standards of conduct," said Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., on Thursday. "That's why it's absurd that members of the U.S. House do not have to complete annual ethics training. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Key Democrat seeks to pause mergers to prevent pandemic ‘buying spree’ by big business

Nihal Krishan · April 23, 2020 4:27 pm