FTC
4 briefs
The Surveillance App That Knows When You Are Pregnant
A popular period tracking app has been selling users' health data to Meta. In states where abortion is now a criminal matter, this is not a privacy violation. It is evidence collection.
Republicans Want a National Privacy Law. The Price Is Wiping Out California's.
The SECURE Data Act would give Americans the right to delete their data and opt out of targeted ads. It would also kill every state privacy law in the country and strip consumers of any right to sue. The tech industry is quietly thrilled.
The FTC Is Doing to NewsGuard What Rhode Island Did to Comic Books in 1956.
Courts have repeatedly ruled that government pressure on private intermediaries to suppress speech is unconstitutional. The Trump administration is doing it anyway, from a different direction.
The Boycott That Became a Federal Case
The FTC is in settlement talks with major ad agencies over whether they illegally coordinated to withhold ad spending from X. Whether or not the underlying conduct was illegal, the investigation itself tells you who has power at the FTC right now.