The holidays are a time for gifts, family, friends, and sometimes scams. The Federal Trade Commission has sent out a flare to warn Netflix users that there are some grinches out there looking to take advantage of everyone’s holiday bliss and vulnerability.
In a post on the FTC’s website, they warned us of scammers…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into concerns that social media stars are not properly declaring when they have been paid, or otherwise rewarded, to endorse goods or services.
Where influencers are paid or rewarded to promote, review or talk about a product in their social…
FanDuel and DraftKings’ dream of merging into a fantasy sports colossus ended today following the Federal Trade Commission’s decision last month to sue to block the deal.
The companies “believed that this deal would have increased investment in growth and product development thereby benefiting consumers and the greater…
Updated with DraftKings/FanDuel statement: The Federal Trade Commission just threw a flag on the proposed merger of fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel.
The regulatory agency — working with Attorneys General for California and D.C. — authorized a suit to stop the deal, charging it would violate antitrust laws…
Look out, Rob Lowe. The FTC says that DirecTV —  the company that the actor promotes in TV ads — has repeatedly misled consumers by making “deceptive claims or omissions of material facts” in commercials and its web site. Following a unanimous vote, the agency asked the U.S. District Court in San Francisco to bar the…
Is Dish Network so desperate for subscribers that it allowed telemarketers to violate laws that bar callers from badgering consumers? The No. 2 satellite company is liable for at least 57.6 million calls to people who wanted to be left alone, a U.S. District Court in Illinois says in a summary judgment made in…
This is the largest cramming settlement ever, and the largest enforcement action that the FCC has ever taken, Chairman Tom Wheeler says. His agency, the FTC, and all state attorneys general charged that since 2009 AT&T helped to bilk wireless customers by slipping unauthorized monthly charges into bills for texting…
Amazon should refund millions of dollars to parents charged for unauthorized purchases by their kids, the Federal Trade Commission says in a complaint it filed today at a U.S. District Court in Washington state. The agency is concerned about in-app orders in games, where it says Amazon keeps 30% of the charges. Kids…
Advertising and network execs say that they’ve already waited too long for the ratings colossus to figure out how to measure the growing number of people who watch TV shows on smartphones and tablets.<img class="alignleft size-200px wp-image-310147" title="nielsen-logo" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plug…
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