Tag: FTC
Will artificial intelligence (AI) only serve billionaire dominance—or end up educating,...
Potential AI benefits for the people won’t come easy and there’s never a free lunch for truly mind-boggling new gadgetry with enormous potential.
FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up...
Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue.
Evidence CEOs tried to illegally boost oil prices grows as FTC...
The FTC’s complaint is the second major deal this year where the antitrust agency found evidence of collusion between top shale producers and oil companies that they’re legally obligated to compete against.
FTC challenges Kroger-Albertsons merger in fight for consumers and workers
The merger would combine two of the largest grocery chains in the country, raising concerns about the potential for a monopoly, especially in small and rural communities.
FTC challenges Big Pharma over unfair patents as Sanders applauds regulatory...
The Federal Trade Commission intensifies its fight against pharmaceutical patent abuses, aiming to slash drug prices and increase access to generic medications.
FTC announces update of COPPA Rule
The proposed revisions are said to provide greater protections for children's personal information online to ensure parents are still in control of their children's data.
Federal Trade Commission sues Amazon over Prime subscriptions
The FTC said that for years Amazon "complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership."
Senators push back on $25 billion Kroger-Albertsons grocery giant merger
Opposition from progressive lawmakers, such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders, are calling on regulators to reject the deal.
Match scam
“The federal government is accusing dating website Match.com of catfishing its own users."
A whopping 75% of FTC officials have revolving door conflicts with...
Corporations have little to fear from an FTC whose leaders held or take jobs helping corporations fight the agency.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
Now you see them… now you don’t
Women leaders and Trump 2.0.