The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly weighing an injunction against Facebook to stop it from integrating WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger into its own services, according to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The news follows reports that the the FTC has been investigating Facebook as part of an antitrust investigation, […]
Huawei decided to sue the FCC in hopes of proving that national security concerns were a merely a pretext without evidence. Last month, the FCC issued a ban order on subsidies for carriers that wanted to use them to purchase network equipment from Chinese suppliers like Huawei and ZTE. Naturally, the rumor mill has been […]
A court filing made public on Friday reveals the U.S. Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement agreement with AT&T over allegations that the mobile carrier slowed down, or throttled, data transfer speeds of certain customers. Filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the proposed order reveals AT&T and the FTC […]
The Federal Trade Commission formally announced its $5 billion settlement with Facebook, which is the culmination of a years-long investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and other privacy breaches. The FTC alleges that Facebook violated the law by failing to protect data from third parties, serving ads through the use of phone numbers provided for […]
Earlier this month, news broke that Facebook had reached an agreement with the FTC to pay $5 billion for its history of privacy and data breaches. It’s the biggest fine the agency has fired at a tech company (by far), but everyone from critics to lawmakers have been questioning its effect on the company’s bottom […]