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• Microsoft agreed to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, paying $95 a share in cash in the biggest gaming industry deal in history. Playstation maker Sony's shares plummeted 12.79% after the news. Sony retorted to the Xbox maker's move by grabbing a bunch of game studios itself, including but not limited to Halo's creator, Bungie. via Giphy Probe deeper: The UK competition watchdog CMA, who also blocked Facebook's acquisition of Giphy and ordered Meta t...Devamını Oku
28 Ara 2022
• The Federal Trade Commission announced it will charge Epic Games with a $520 million settlement over charges related to children’s privacy. Epic Games, which makes popular all-ages games like "Fortnite" and "Fall Guys", allegedly violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by deploying "design tricks, known as dark patterns, to dupe millions of players into making unintentional purchases."
21 Ara 2022
• The Federal Trade Commission and seven US states are suing Google and iHeartMedia for running "deceptive" ads for Pixel 4. Officials said Google never provided Pixels to the influencers who promoted its features on radio ads in 2019 and 2020. The FTC aims to ban Google and iHeartMedia from future misleading claims of leadership, and the participating states are demanding $9.4 million in penalties.
30 Kas 2022
• Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify in the Federal Trade Commission’s case against the social media company. The FTC sued Meta to block it from buying Within Unlimited, the creator of the popular VR workout app Supernatural. In addition to answering questions about the potential acquisition, the FTC plans to ask Zuckerberg about Meta’s VR strategy and how the company intends to support third-party developers, according to court documents seen by Reuters. via En...Devamını Oku
31 Eki 2022
• The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Amazon’s recent acquisitions, according to The Wall Street Journal, after the company announced a $3.9 billion deal to buy One Medical in July and said it would acquire iRobot for $1.7 billion just weeks later. The FTC’s investigations could slow —or potentially stop— Amazon’s acquisition of both companies.
06 Eyl 2022
• Uber officially accepted responsibility for hiding a data breach that exposed the data of 57 million users in 2016, in which the company paid hackers to keep quiet, instead of informing the government and users. As part of the deal that the company made with the Federal Trade Commission on Friday, Uber agreed to cooperate in the prosecution of former security chief Joe Sullivan who was fired after the incident was uncovered.
25 Tem 2022
• The US Supreme Court’s latest ruling that limited the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency could also dampen efforts by federal agencies to rein in the tech industry, in a precedent that is expected to invite challenges to other rules set by government agencies. Why it matters: Big Tech companies went largely unregulated for decades as the government tried to catch up to changes wrought by the internet. The Federal Trade Commission, in particular, has b...Devamını Oku
04 Tem 2022
• Four Democratic senators urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google over their collection of mobile users' information. The lawmakers accused the tech giants of "engaging in unfair and deceptive practices" and added that the companies "facilitated these harmful practices by building advertising-specific tracking IDs into their mobile operating systems."
27 Haz 2022
• Twitter will pay a $150 million fine to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its"deceptive" use of user data for targeted advertising. What happened: The company had admitted and apologized in 2019 that it had for years “inadvertently” funneled phone numbers and email addresses provided for two-factor authentication to also serve targeted ads.
27 May 2022
• US Federal Trade Commission ’s (FTC) revised antitrust case will move forward with its bid to make Meta sell Instagram and WhatsApp after a federal judge rejected Meta’s request for the case to be dismissed. The FTC argued that Facebook went on an “anticompetitive shopping spree” and illegally acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to “maintain its monopoly.”
13 Oca 2022