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A U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) flag flies outside the headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019.
FTC comes slamming down on a website as its new rules to create 'truthful and accurate reviews' take effect

By James Bentley Published

News This is probably a good reminder that some reviews are not what they seem.

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The seals of the Federal Housing Finance Association (FHFA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that they had taken an initial step toward imposing the long-delayed Dodd-Frank Act rule, which would force banks to claw back some pay from executives taking on too much risk. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Fake online reviews and false testimonials are now banned by America's FTC

By Nick Evanson Published

News The new rules also apply to ungrounded legal, physical threats, and other forms of intimidation to suppress negative customer reviews.

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Lina Khan, chairwoman of the FTC
The US FTC just dealt a deathblow to bad gyms and skeevy subscription services with a new 'click to cancel' rule

By Wes Fenlon Published

News The new rule intends to force businesses to "make it as easy for people to withdraw from your program as it was to sign up."

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The seals of the Federal Housing Finance Association (FHFA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that they had taken an initial step toward imposing the long-delayed Dodd-Frank Act rule, which would force banks to claw back some pay from executives taking on too much risk. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Operation AI Comply has come out swinging against five companies the FTC says are peddling 'deceptive AI claims and schemes'

By Andy Edser Published

News Five's a good start sure, but I'll bet this has made a few AI hype merchants more than a little worried.

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The seals of the Federal Housing Finance Association (FHFA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at the organizations' headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that they had taken an initial step toward imposing the long-delayed Dodd-Frank Act rule, which would force banks to claw back some pay from executives taking on too much risk. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The FTC is banning fake reviews, false testimonials and all sorts of shady consumer deception with an ominous sounding 'final rule'

By Andy Edser Published

news 'The final rule will protect Americans from getting cheated, put businesses that unlawfully game the system on notice, and promote markets that are fair, honest and competitive.'

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Four survivors with guns
FTC says I told you judge, I warned you bro, as it unloads on Microsoft for Game Pass price hikes and 'a degraded product' that it says break promises made to seal the Activision merger

By Joshua Wolens Published

News The FTC notes that Microsoft didn't mention these hikes when it was talking about bringing CoD to Game Pass subs on day one.

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A "do not remove" sticker on the back of a keyboard
FTC fires out warnings to ASRock, Gigabyte and Zotac over 'Warranty void if removed' stickers in violation of US law

By Andy Edser Published

news Threatening stickers, err, under threat. Good riddance, says I.

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Dave James wearing the Razer Zephyr
Razer forced to pay more than $1M in refunds for its RGB 'surgical N95 respirators' that were not N95 respirators

By Andy Chalk Published

news Razer billed the Zephyr as an N95 mask, and the FTC says that was a lie.

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ESRB Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation illustration
US government denies ESRB's AI-powered face-scanning 'age estimation' proposal, but it's probably not gone for good

By Andy Chalk Published

news The FTC has denied the ESRB group's initial proposal for a Privacy-Protective Facial Age Estimation system but says it can resubmit with more supporting information later.

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FTC hits Microsoft with federal complaint over game division layoffs

By Andy Chalk Published

news The Federal Trade Commission heads back into battle with Microsoft over its acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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