FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations(ftc.gov)

2457 points by ChrisArchitect 2 years ago | 797 comments

FTC press release announcing a lawsuit against Adobe and two executives for hiding early termination fees and making software subscriptions hard to cancel.

Shutterstock to pay $35M over hard-to-cancel subscriptions(ftc.gov)

153 points by Lihh27 5 months ago | 69 comments

FTC announces "click-to-cancel" rule making it easier to cancel subscriptions(ftc.gov)

1625 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 719 comments

FTC press release announcing its final "click-to-cancel" rule requiring that recurring subscriptions and memberships be easy for consumers to cancel.

Amazon fined $2.5B for using deceptive methods to sign up consumers for Prime(ftc.gov)

239 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 130 comments

FTC Obtains $195M Judgment and Ban on Simple Health for Sham Insurance Offering(ftc.gov)

112 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 20 comments

FTC rule on unfair or deceptive fees to take effect on May 12(ftc.gov)

165 points by impish9208 1 year ago | 105 comments

FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations(ftc.gov)

2457 points by ChrisArchitect 2 years ago | 797 comments

FTC press release announcing a lawsuit against Adobe and two executives for hiding early termination fees and making software subscriptions hard to cancel.

FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power(ftc.gov)

1079 points by marcopolis 3 years ago | 797 comments

FTC press release announcing its lawsuit against Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power through anticompetitive conduct.

YouTube-DL Hosting Ban Paves the Way to Privatized Censorship(torrentfreak.com)

414 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 162 comments

TorrentFreak article on a German court ruling holding host Uberspace liable for hosting the youtube-dl website, with the owner warning of privatized censorship.

Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules(washingtonpost.com)

534 points by rrauenza 3 years ago | 223 comments

Washington Post Help Desk article on proposed FTC rules that would make fake online reviews illegal and subject to large fines.

Injunction issued in case about social media pressure from US Government(arstechnica.com)

360 points by cm_silva 3 years ago | 625 comments

Ars Technica article on a federal judge's preliminary injunction finding the White House pressured social networks to suppress speech, in a suit by Missouri and Louisiana.

FTC is investigating OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over product risks(cnbc.com)

188 points by dgellow 25 days ago | 131 comments

CNBC news article reporting that the FTC has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI companies over potential dangers posed by their products.