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US FTC airs concerns over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content

Ram Iyer / techcrunch - In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited reports from Media Research Center, a right-leaning think tank, which accused Apple of excluding right-leaning outlets from the top 20 articles in the Apple News feed.

#techpolicy #apple #government #us #law #media #censorship #contentmoderation #ftc #regulation

Is Apple News Biased? FTC Warns Tim Cook Over Deceptive Content Curation

22 days / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

FTC tells Tim Cook to look into reports Apple News is censoring conservatives

22 days / cnbc

US FTC airs concerns over allegations that Apple News suppresses right-wing content

22 days / techcrunch / Ram Iyer

FTC Warns Apple Over Alleged Bias on Apple News Platform

22 days / iclarified

Tim Cook Faces FTC Warning Over Apple News Curation

22 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Back to Top / Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:37 am / permalink 19069 / 5 stories in 22 days


FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss

Lauren Feiner / theverge - The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday. US District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in November that the government failed to prove that Meta had an illegal monopoly over …

#techpolicy #meta #antitrust #government #business #judiciary #law #ftc #litigation #regulation

FTC tries to un-Zuck Meta's grip on the market by dragging it back to court

6 wks / theregister / Joe Fay

FTC appeals Meta's court victory in monopoly case

6 wks / techxplore

FTC fights to revive antitrust lawsuit over Meta’s WhatsApp and IG deals

6 wks / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

US Federal Trade Commission Appeals Antitrust Case Ruling That Let Meta Keep Instagram and WhatsApp

6 wks / medianama / Rohit Singh

The FTC isn't giving up on its antitrust case against Meta

6 wks / engadget / Karissa Bell

US regulator appeals Meta’s antitrust win

6 wks / ft

FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss

6 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

FTC Appeals Ruling in Meta Antitrust Case

6 wks / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust decision

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F.T.C. Appeals Loss in Meta Antitrust Case

6 wks / nytimes / David McCabe

Breaking: FTC to challenge Meta loss

6 wks / globalcompetitionreview / Anna Langlois

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Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments

PYMNTS / pymnts - Instacart agreed to pay $60 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit that alleged the company engaged in deceptive tactics. In its lawsuit, the regulator alleged that the grocery delivery platform falsely advertised “free delivery” to consumer…

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Instacart to Pay $60 Million in Refunds for Allegedly Deceiving Customers

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Instacart to Pay $60 Million in Refunds for Allegedly Deceiving Customers

2 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

FTC: Instacart To Refund $60M Over Deceptive Subscription Tactics

2 months / slashdot / msmash

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

2 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Grocery delivery service Instacart will refund $60 million to settle FTC claims that it misled customers with false advertising and unlawfully enrolled them in paid subscriptions.

2 months / bsky / @bleepingcomputer.com / bleepingcomputer.com

Instacart says it doesn't manipulate prices using AI, but the FTC isn't convinced

2 months / techspot

Instacart pays $60m in refunds to settle FTC deception dispute

2 months / siliconrepublic / Colin Ryan

FTC: Instacart to refund $60M over deceptive subscription tactics

2 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

The federal agency alleged Instacart misled consumers with unlawful tactics, causing them to pay higher fees while also denying refunds.

2 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Instacart Settles FTC Lawsuit Alleging Deceptive Advertising and Subscription Enrollments

2 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Instacart to pay $60M to settle FTC claims it deceived consumers

2 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Instacart to pay $60 million to settle FTC claims it deceived customers

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Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - A U.S. judge ruled today that Meta did not illegally create or maintain a monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp.The post Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions appeared first on Thurrott.com.


Acquisition trends alter Silicon Valley deals

Meta’s Victory Opens the Way for Silicon Valley to Go Deal Shopping

3 months / nytimes / Eli Tan, Mike Isaac and Erin Griffith


Antitrust verdicts, rapid legal wins

Judge rules WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions aren’t monopolization

3 months / siliconangle / James Farrell

Key Excerpts: Meta Wins Bout with FTC Over Instagram, WhatsApp Deals

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Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

3 months / bbc

Judge Rules Meta Is Not a Monopoly, Dismissing FTC Antitrust Lawsuit about Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Meta Did Not Create an Illegal Monopoly with Instagram and WhatsApp Acquisitions

3 months / thurrott / Paul Thurrott

Meta wins antitrust trial as judge denies that it’s a monopoly

3 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Judge sides with Meta in antitrust trial, will not spin off WhatsApp and Instagram

3 months / npr / John Ruwitch

Meta wins antitrust fight over Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / qz / Shannon Carroll

Meta has won the antitrust case that could have forced it to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp

3 months / engadget

Meta Defeats FTC’s Antitrust Case Alleging Social-Media Monopoly

3 months / wsj / Dave Michaels

Meta Did Not Violate Antitrust Law, Judge Rules

3 months / nytimes / Cecilia Kang

Meta wins FTC antitrust trial that focused on WhatsApp, Instagram

3 months / cnbc

Federal Judge Rules Meta's Instagram and WhatsApp Purchases Did Not Stifle Competition

3 months / slashdot / msmash


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A US federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Facebook-owner Meta is not a monopolist in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission over its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Tech Policy Press associate editor Cristiano Lima-Strong looks at some of t

3 months / bsky / @justinhendrix.bsky.social / justinhendrix.bsky.social

Im so fucking tired of this corrupt justice.

3 months / bsky / @parisien.cc / parisien.cc

Meta has won its case against the FTC which argued the company is an illegal monopoly that shouldn’t have been allowed to acquire WhatsApp and Instagram. The judge wrote: “People treat TikTok and YouTube as substitutes for Facebook and Instagram.”

3 months / bsky / @carnage4life.bsky.social / carnage4life.bsky.social

“Whether or not Meta enjoyed monopoly power in the past, though, the agency must show that it continues to hold such power now,” Boasberg said in the filing. “The Court’s verdict today determines that the FTC has not done so. A judgment so stating shall i

3 months / bsky / @joshsternberg.com / joshsternberg.com

What a joke www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/m...

3 months / bsky / @jonathancohn.bsky.social / jonathancohn.bsky.social

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 1:20 pm / permalink 16078 / 20 stories in 3 months


Debra Messing’s anti-Mamdani crashout

Eve Upton-Clark / fastcompany - Last night, Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo to become the next mayor of New York City. Cue the online crashouts. Leading the pack is Will & Grace star Debra Messing, who is now facing intense backlash for sharing dozens of posts smearing the Democrat…


Campaign Social Media Storm

No, Pro-Trump Hackers Didn’t Hack Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party

4 months / gizmodo / Matt Novak

Zohran Mamdani's Campaign Figured Out How to Channel Fandom

4 months / wired / Makena Kelly

Debra Messing’s anti-Mamdani crashout

4 months / fastcompany / Eve Upton-Clark


Election Outcome Analysis

Mamdani Was a Great Candidate Who Ran a Great Campaign ... for New York City

4 months / washingtonpost / John Gruber


NYPD Surveillance Challenge

Zohran Mamdani Just Inherited the NYPD Surveillance State

4 months / wired / Ali Winston


Tech Transition Shakeup

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan will help Zohran Mamdani build his new administration

4 months / engadget

Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team

4 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Ex-FTC chair Lina Khan joins Mamdani's transition team

4 months / businessinsider


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Election indicators in red and blue states: Democrats may be adopting new tactics. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

4 months / bsky / @curlypoodlegirly.bsky.social / curlypoodlegirly.bsky.social

Bullshit has an expiration date. Yesterday, 11/4/2025 was that date. “We were the barometer tonight for what the American public is feeling one year into Trump term two,” Sen. Tim Kaine said in an interview. “We basically sent a message that we can do a

4 months / bsky / @goldcountryrich.bsky.social / goldcountryrich.bsky.social

No, pro-Trump hackers didn’t hack Zohran Mamdani’s election night party

4 months / bsky / @paleofuture.bsky.social / paleofuture.bsky.social

No, Pro-Trump Hackers Didn’t Hack Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party

4 months / bsky / @gizmodo.com / gizmodo.com

Interesting Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/l...

4 months / bsky / @phastidio.net / phastidio.net

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4 months / bsky / @courageousgirl2.bsky.social / courageousgirl2.bsky.social

The Mamdani camp never saw social media as a gimmick. They treated it with the same seriousness they bring to the issues he ran on. That seriousness helped build trusted relationships with fans and creators who could spin out the fun. www.wired.com/sto

4 months / bsky / @makenakelly.bsky.social / makenakelly.bsky.social

Oh Debra

4 months / bsky / @docinaustin.bsky.social / docinaustin.bsky.social

During her time leading the FTC, Khan drew the ire of many on Wall Street and in Silicon Valley.

4 months / bsky / @businessinsider.com / businessinsider.com

Och Lina Khan går från att reglera Silicon Valley till att bygga en stad som utmanar bolagsmakten. www.businessinsider.com/lina-khan-jo...

4 months / bsky / @danielswedin.bsky.social / danielswedin.bsky.social

In addition to affordability, New York City’s mayor-elect will be forced to reckon with the NYPD’s sweeping mass surveillance operations. www.wired.com/story/welcom...

4 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

"Mass surveillance endangers all values at the heart of our democracy, and I do hope that our next mayor is willing to be a spokesperson for this cause." @foxcahn.bsky.social #Mamdani #NYPD www.wired.com/story/welcom...

4 months / bsky / @stopspyingny.bsky.social / stopspyingny.bsky.social

Back to Top / Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 12:22 pm / permalink 15700 / 20 stories in 4 months


FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source

Rebecca Bellan / techcrunch - One post, authored by Khan’s staff, was published on January 3, 2025 with the title “AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm.” It noted that the FTC was “taking note of AI’s potential for real-world instances of harm – from incentivizing commercial surveillance …

#ai #opensource #techpolicy #aiethics #government #ftc #regulation

The Federal Trade Commission has removed at least three blog posts authored by the staff of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. The posts were about AI-related topics. Here’s more from @Gizmodo: https://flip.it/hK0LbZ #Tech #AI #FTC #Technology #LinaKhan

4 months / bsky / @techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy / techdesk.flipboard.social.ap.brid.gy

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4 months / bsky / @mementomori4950.bsky.social / mementomori4950.bsky.social

"The Federal Trade Commission has removed three blog posts from the Lina Khan-era that addressed open-source AI and risks of AI to consumers" techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/f...

4 months / bsky / @socialmedialab.ca / socialmedialab.ca

FTC Disappears Lina Khan’s Thoughts on AI

4 months / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

FTC removes Lina Khan-era posts about AI risks and open source

4 months / techcrunch / Rebecca Bellan

The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure

4 months / wired / Lauren Goode, Makena Kelly

Back to Top / Monday, October 20, 2025, 12:20 pm / permalink 15224 / 6 stories in 4 months


Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Sendit's operating company and its CEO for unlawful collection of data from underage users, as well as deceptive subscription practices. [...]

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #apps #privacy #ftc #sendit

On Sendit, teens can send each other anonymous questions via integrations with Instagram or Snapchat.

5 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Anonymous question app Sendit deceived children and illegally collected their data, FTC alleges

5 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data

5 months / bleepingcomputer / Bill Toulas

FTC alleges messaging app violated child privacy law, duped users into subscriptions

5 months / therecord

Back to Top / Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 5:20 pm / permalink 14930 / 4 stories in 5 months


Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program

cnbc - Opening arguments for the trial in Seattle took place on Tuesday and the proceedings were expected to last a month.


Consumer Refund Guidance

Amazon Might Owe You $51. Here's How to Find Out if You're Eligible

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FTC Settlement Breakdown

Amazon Will Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Suit That Alleged ‘Dark Patterns’ in Prime Sign-Ups

5 months / wired / Caroline Haskins

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Landmark FTC Settlement Over Deceptive Prime Sign-Ups

5 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle FTC Over Prime-Related Dark Patterns

5 months / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Amazon will refund $1.5B to 35M customers allegedly duped into paying for Prime

5 months / theregister / Brandon Vigliarolo

Amazon Will Pay Up $2.5 Billion in Settlement Over Allegedly Tricking People Into Prime Subscriptions

5 months / gizmodo / Bruce Gil

Amazon ordered to pay out $1.5B to consumers after years of deceptive Prime signups

5 months / appleinsider

Amazon Ordered to Pay $2.5B Over Misleading Prime Subscriptions

5 months / iphoneincanada / John Quintet

Amazon reaches $2.5 bn settlement over Prime enrollment practices

5 months / techxplore

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations that it tricked people into signing up for Prime

5 months / qz

Amazon to pay $2.5B in FTC settlement over ‘deceptive’ Prime tactics

5 months / techcrunch / Aisha Malik

Amazon pays $2.5 billion to settle Prime memberships lawsuit

5 months / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Amazon is paying $2.5 billion to settle FTC claims it duped customers into signing up for Prime

5 months / engadget / Kris Holt

Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B

5 months / arstechnica / Ashley Belanger

Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement with FTC over 'deceptive' Prime program

5 months / cnbc

Amazon will pay $2.5 billion to settle the FTC’s Prime lawsuit

5 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Amazon Reaches $2.5 Billion Settlement Over Allegations It Misled Prime Users

5 months / wsj / Erin Mulvaney

FTC Secures Historic $2.5B Settlement Against Amazon

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Amazon settles FTC Prime case for $2.5bn - Financial Times

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In a settlement with the FTC, Amazon will have to pay out over a billion dollars to US customers for “deceptive” sign-up and cancellation processes. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

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Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a FTC suit which claimed that sign-ups + cancellations for Prime are manipulative and confusing In the words of one Amazon customer quoted in an earlier court filing: "IT IS SNEAKY AND BLOODY DISHONEST&quo

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Amazon will pay both the Federal Trade Commission and consumers directly to settle a lawsuit alleging that it used manipulative and deceptive tactics to encourage sign-ups for Prime. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

5 months / bsky / @wired.com / wired.com

The Federal Trade Commission is forcing Amazon to hand over $2.5 billion in total, with $1.5 billion going to consumers that were lured into deceptive Prime signups.

5 months / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Amazon Ordered to Pay $2.5B Over Misleading Prime Subscriptions Amazon has agreed to pay a massive $2.5 billion US ($3.48 billion CAD) after U.S. regulators accused the company of tricking people into signing up for Prime and then making it a nightmare t

5 months / bsky / @iphoneincanada.ca / iphoneincanada.ca

Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it used deceptive tactics to enroll consumers in Prime and made cancellations unnecessarily difficult. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

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