Mobile Industry T-Mobile accused of making hundreds of millions of dollars with bogus charges By Himanshu Arora , July 2, 2014, 9:00 AM 21 comments
Mobile Snapchat agrees to 20 years of privacy monitoring in FTC settlement By Shawn Knight , May 8, 2014, 3:00 PM
Industry FTC approval of Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition comes with a privacy warning By Shawn Knight , April 11, 2014, 8:00 AM
The Web Mobile Privacy groups ask FTC to block Facebook-Whatsapp deal By Himanshu Arora , March 7, 2014, 11:15 AM 7 comments
Industry Samsung fined $340,000 for online smear campaign and fraudulent reviews By Justin Kahn , October 24, 2013, 10:51 AM 9 comments
Industry FTC opens inquiry into 'patent assertion entities,' aka patent trolls By Shawn Knight , September 28, 2013, 10:45 PM
The Web Groups claim Facebook's new policy threatens user privacy, asking FTC to step in By Justin Kahn , September 6, 2013, 4:30 PM
The Web FTC reissues warnings to search engines over paid results By Shawn Knight , June 26, 2013, 7:00 AM
Industry FTC doles out $50,000 to winners of Robocall Challenge By Shawn Knight , April 3, 2013, 8:30 AM
Industry Security FTC nails 29 spammers who sent over 180m texts promising freebies By Matthew DeCarlo , March 8, 2013, 8:30 AM 10 comments
Industry Microsoft Facebook to buy Microsoft's advertising network, report affirms By Rick Burgess , February 7, 2013, 6:30 PM
Industry Path ordered to pay $800,000 to settle FTC privacy charges By Shawn Knight , February 1, 2013, 3:00 PM
Industry The Web Google may avoid FTC ruling by issuing voluntary changes By Rick Burgess , December 17, 2012, 5:30 PM
Industry Mobile FTC offers $50,000 prize to stop illegal robocalls By Rick Burgess , October 19, 2012, 5:00 PM 8 comments
The Web Security Major scamware creator fined $163 million by U.S. authorities By Rick Burgess , October 4, 2012, 5:30 PM 29 comments
Security The Web Regulators crack down on telemarketing scareware scammers By Matthew DeCarlo , October 4, 2012, 3:30 PM 11 comments
Industry Security FTC settles with computer rental stores who spied on users By Matthew DeCarlo , September 26, 2012, 3:30 PM
Industry The Web 10-15% of online reviews will be paid for by companies in 2013 By Rick Burgess , September 17, 2012, 6:00 PM 12 comments
The Web Software Facebook re-writes iOS app, revises Messages, cleared for Instagram deal By Lee Kaelin , August 24, 2012, 2:00 PM
Security Industry Google job listing reveals creation of privacy red team By Shawn Knight , August 23, 2012, 3:00 PM
The Web Facebook's Instagram acquisition green-lighted by UK's OFT By Lee Kaelin , August 15, 2012, 11:30 AM
Industry Google hit with record-setting $22.5 million fine over FTC violation By Shawn Knight , August 9, 2012, 2:30 PM 10 comments
Industry The Web Google faces $22 million fine over Safari cookie debacle By Jose Vilches , July 10, 2012, 10:30 AM 11 comments
Industry UK's Office of Fair Trading to investigate $1bn Instagram deal By Lee Kaelin , June 25, 2012, 10:00 AM 8 comments
