Zuckerberg’s FTC dodge flops
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Meta boss tried a bargain-bin fix for a $30 billion problem. 

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg’s attempt to evade an antitrust lawsuit with a lowball settlement offer has hit a brick wall.

FTC censors anti-big tech posts from archives
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Wants to become the Ministry of Truth

The Federal Trade Commission has seemingly taken a page out of the Ministry of Truth’s playbook, quietly deleting over 300 blog posts from its archives which are critical of big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft.

Smart products don't tell consumers about software update durations
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Not so smart

A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff has revealed that nearly 89 per cent of smart products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates.

FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
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Now all big Tech is being done

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.

FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
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Anti-trust

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.

Smart TV’s are a digital trojan horse
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Centre for Digital Democracy complains

The companies driving the streaming industry, including manufacturers of smart TVs and streaming sticks, as well as streaming service providers, have established a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,”

FTC takes on Amazon
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A major anti-trust battle 

The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."

PlayStation software margins leaked
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Revealed when scanned

Sony's highly confidential information about its PlayStation business was revealed by mistake during the court battle between the FTC and Microrosft.

The government case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal floundering
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Experts have difficulty demonstrating that it is bad for gamers

The US government’s case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal got off to a poor start when its witness Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers.

Microsoft complains that it is losing the console wars
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Now the FTC wants to give the field to Nintendo and Sony

Microsoft has told a court that it has been losing the console wars to Sony and Nintendo and needs to buy Activision Blizzard to keep its head above water.