Twitter expects a fine of up to $250 million over privacy violations

Posted on 04/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FTC has been investigating Twitter over the use of personal data for ad targeting since October last year, the social network itself revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document, the Commission is lo...

Volkswagen paid $9.5 billion to US ‘dieselgate’ drivers

Posted on 28/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It feels like we’ve been writing about Volkswagen’s emissions scandal, better known as ‘Dieselgate,’ for years. That’s because we have — almost half a decade, in fact. To round off the whole saga, the US’ Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has published...

FTC investigation of Facebook may not finish before 2021

Posted on 19/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Don’t expect the FTC to wrap up an antitrust investigation of Facebook before 2020 is over. New York Times sources say it’s now “virtually impossible” for the FTC to finish an investigation of Facebook before 2021. There’s still progress, according t...

Facebook will share new independent privacy reports with the FTC

Posted on 18/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It’s no secret that Facebook has a less than stellar track record when it comes to privacy matters, and in the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — which cost the company a cool $5 billion — the platform has been making a concerted effort t...

DoJ will reportedly limit social media companies’ speech protections

Posted on 17/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The Justice Department plans to announce a proposed rollback of Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act as early as today, according to The Wall Street Journal. If adopted by Congress, the legislation would reportedly push internet compani...

Senators ask FTC to investigate Instacart over ‘tip baiting’

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Tip baiting, where delivery service customers promise generous tips to couriers only to stiff them afterward, is a scummy practice — and politicians want to know if companies are letting it slide. A group of US senators led by Brian Schatz have sent...

Trump’s executive order could limit protections for social media companies

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Days after Twitter fact-checked a false tweet by President Trump for the first time, the President is expected to sign an executive order that could limit the protections Twitter and other social media companies have under current federal law. Until...

FCC, FTC give providers 48 hours to block COVID-19 scam robocalls

Posted on 03/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The US government's quest to fight robocalls is taking on added urgency in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FCC and FTC have demanded that gateway providers cut off COVID-19-related scam robocalls of overseas origin within 48 hours or else fa...

The FTC has opened an investigation into Facebook and Google acquisitions

Posted on 11/02/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The FTC has just announced an antitrust investigation into Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google (as well as parent company Alphabet) and Microsoft. The consumer protection agency is requiring that all companies provide information about past acquisitions...

Senator asks FTC to investigate questionable ad blocking practices

Posted on 14/01/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

You're not the only one concerned that ad blocking companies may have taken customers for a ride by whitelisting advertisers willing to pay. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the FTC asking the regulator to investigate ad blocking companies ove...

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