the FTC may take antitrust action to prevent Facebook from integrating its disparate messaging apps.
15 Dec 2019 1:04 PM
Senator Elizabeth Warren has vowed to break up Amazon.com, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook if elected US president.
15 Aug 2019 10:58 AM
The company’s acquisition practices are the main focus of the probe, as the FTC looks into Facebook buying technology-based startups.
02 Aug 2019 7:43 AM
Facebook will also pay USD 100 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose the breach to investors.
25 Jul 2019 7:43 AM
App developer Aleksandr Kogan has also agreed to follow the orders and destroy all personal information.
25 Jul 2019 7:38 AM
The investigation could result in hefty fines against YouTube.
21 Jun 2019 10:37 AM
The FTC and the FDA have sent warning letters to companies posting ads about flavoured e-liquid products.
10 Jun 2019 10:01 AM
Other experts, however, said the decision was well reasoned and relied on detailed factual findings.
01 Jun 2019 12:36 PM
The agreement would resolve a probe of whether the company violated a similar consent pact reached in 2011.
14 May 2019 1:34 PM
Facebook said last month the settlement could cost between $3 billion and $5 billion.
09 May 2019 9:25 AM
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating allegations that Facebook failed to live up to a 2011 consent decree to protect user privacy.
08 May 2019 10:37 AM
The step would include appointing a federally-approved privacy official at the highest level of Facebook.
02 May 2019 11:18 AM
The Post previously reported the FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a multibillion-dollar fine.
21 Apr 2019 11:14 AM
The fine would be the largest ever imposed on a tech company.
18 Feb 2019 12:15 PM
The FTC has not finalised its findings in the probe or the total amount of the penalty.
21 Jan 2019 11:11 AM
The FTC is considering hitting Facebook with a penalty that would top its previous record fine of USD 22.5 million.
20 Jan 2019 1:29 PM
The call for FTC action is being led by two groups, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood and the Centre for Digital Democracy.
20 Dec 2018 5:42 PM
In 2013, the FTC closed a lengthy investigation of Google after finding insufficient evidence.
31 Aug 2018 8:54 AM
FTC says Apple had forced NTT Docomo, KIDDI and Softbank to offer subsidies and sell iPhones at a discount.
11 Jul 2018 3:18 PM
The FTC plans to hold broad-based hearings about technology, competition and privacy of a kind it hasn’t held in more than 20 years.
21 Jun 2018 8:35 AM