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The three national credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian, and Transunion — are granting Americans free access to their credit reports every week.

The Federal Trade Commission provided tips on how people may avoid scams linked to the coronavirus stimulus checks being issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Federal Trade Commission has received more than 15,000 complaints about coronavirus-related scams, with a total of almost $12 million lost due to fraud.

The FTC alleges Juul and Altria agreed to stop competing in exchange for a shareholder deal worth billions.

The Federal Trade Commission is moving closer to hitting big tech companies like Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft with an antitrust lawsuit.

Privacy today is untenable, argues Rebecca Slaughter, a commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission. It sounds apparent to you and I, but it was something of a slap in the face to the other folks on a Tuesday panel at CES 2020: Privacy execs from both Facebook and Apple.

The FTC's antitrust investigation into Facebook could result in a preliminary injunction. A preliminary injunction by the FTC might happen as soon as next month, and would force Facebook from integrating any more apps. The FTC is reportedly considering taking action because of antitrust concerns. 

Multiple consumer groups wrote a letter to the FTC, calling for the organization to review how companies are marketing towards children and tracking them online. The groups want more information and transparency in how digital media companies go about tracking children online and collecting and storing their data. 

The FTC ordered AT&T to pay $60 million in a settlement regarding unlimited data plans and reduced data speeds. A 2014 complaint alleges that AT&T didn’t fully disclose its policy to its customers with unlimited data plans that data speeds slowed down after a certain amount of data use.

The U.S. government has launched a national security investigation into the popular app TikTok. The national security review is specifically looking into the China-based company’s acquisition of the app Musical.ly. TikTok purchased the company for $1 billion roughly two years ago.

Almost every state has joined New York in an antitrust investigation into Facebook. In total, 47 attorneys general are looking into whether the social media giant stifled competition in a way that impacted user data and ad prices. Attorneys general from both parties are part of the effort. 

Facebook is facing yet another federal probe, this time from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for possibly violating antitrust laws. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently opened a separate antitrust investigation as well. 

Facebook gave more details about its Supreme Court for content decisions -- an oversight board that would have the ability to overrule CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The board would have the final say on taking down content and recommendations for further changes. 

The FTC has fined YouTube $170 million as part of a settlement for the video platform’s treatment of kids. YouTube allegedly collected personal information used to track internet users from viewers on channels aimed at children. The FTC alleges YouTube collected this information without notifying parents.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has started an investigation into marketing practices used by popular e-cigarette company Juul, but the company told Digital Trends that it spent very little on influencer marketing and never targeted teens.

A new draft executive order from the White House would put the Federal Communications Commission in charge of deciding what social media companies like Twitter and Facebook can remove from their sites. President Donald Trump's potential order could fundamentally change how social media companies operate.

Facebook could have to pay yet another multi-billion dollar fine after losing an appeals court decision on Thursday regarding the company’s use of facial recognition data. The company could appeal the decision and take it all the way to the Supreme Court.

The FBI is looking for a partner to collect data from your social media profiles, which could pit it against new privacy policies Facebook agreed to as part of its $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating the deal that allowed Apple to launch direct sales of its products on Amazon, according to The Verge. The official Apple store on Amazon aimed to address counterfeit and misleading marketed devices, but it also negatively affected third-party resellers.

The Federal Trade Commission's antitrust investigation into Facebook will focus in on the tech giant's acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC wants to know if Facebook tried to acquire its social media rivals before they would become a threat to its business

it didn’t take long for scammers to start using the Equifax settlement as a way to get your personal information. According to the FTC, people have already set up copycat websites trying to bilk people into handing over private data -- or even cash.

Earlier this week Facebook settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy violations to the tune of $5 billion, the largest fine in the history of the FTC. While certainly huge, one privacy group thinks that the $5 billion fine doesn't go far enough to address consumer concerns.