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Justice Department, FTC Propose Tough New Merger Guidelines
By John Eggerton published
Regulators would look hard for instances of companies’ potential to buy up to monopoly

FTC Proposes ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Online Subscription Rule
By John Eggerton published
Follows lawsuit filed against Amazon over Prime auto-renewal

Amazon Sued by FTC for ‘Duping Millions of Customers’ Into Prime
By Daniel Frankel published
The Federal Trade Commission says Amazon has used ‘manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions’

FTC Proposes Banning Facebook From Monetizing Youth Data
By John Eggerton published
Says company has repeatedly violated multiple privacy settlements with agency

Lone GOP FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson to Resign
By John Eggerton published
Complains about agency processes under chair Lina Khan

Epic Games Pays Epic Fine for Fortnite-Related Privacy Violations
By John Eggerton published
Gaming company to pay north of half-billion dollars in record FTC/DOJ settlement

Groups Say Streamers Are Still Marketing Violence to Kids
By John Eggerton published
Seek FTC investigation

NTIA: ‘Notice and Choice’ Privacy Regime Needs to Go
By John Eggerton published
Says potential legislation should not derail strong regulatory effort
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