Meta skates past FTC in monopoly fight
Judge bins antitrust bid to break up Facebook parent
A federal judge has tossed the latest swipe from the Federal Trade Commission at Meta, leaving the social networking giant looking rather smug.
Bromance between Vole and OpenAI over
Altman's outfit considers going nuclear
Tensions are bubbling up between OpenAI and its deep-pocketed backer Microsoft as they start scrapping over control, competition, and how much cash is on the table.
Zuckerberg’s FTC dodge flops
Meta boss tried a bargain-bin fix for a $30 billion problem.
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to evade an antitrust lawsuit with a lowball settlement offer has hit a brick wall.
FTC censors anti-big tech posts from archives
Wants to become the Ministry of Truth
The Federal Trade Commission has seemingly taken a page out of the Ministry of Truth’s playbook, quietly deleting over 300 blog posts from its archives which are critical of big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft.
Smart products don't tell consumers about software update durations
Not so smart
A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff has revealed that nearly 89 per cent of smart products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates.
FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
Now all big Tech is being done
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.
FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
Anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.
Smart TV’s are a digital trojan horse
Centre for Digital Democracy complains
The companies driving the streaming industry, including manufacturers of smart TVs and streaming sticks, as well as streaming service providers, have established a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,”
FTC takes on Amazon
A major anti-trust battle
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."
PlayStation software margins leaked
Revealed when scanned
Sony's highly confidential information about its PlayStation business was revealed by mistake during the court battle between the FTC and Microrosft.