Police say email sextortion scams are on the rise. Scammers will say they have compromising information. But they rarely do.

FTC seeks clear information on how social media and streaming companies determine which specific ads and other content to ...

Top social media and video streaming companies are facing new scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which released a report Thursday morning accusing the platforms of vastly violating ...

Credit scams can steal your money and your identity. Look out for credit repair scams, identity theft, insurance scams, ...

Consumers do not understand how much privacy they are giving up, largely to facilitate targeted advertising, the Federal ...

Back in April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule that would have banned non-compete agreements ...

It’s been almost a month since the new FTC rule was officially approved, but if you still can’t smell what The Rock-a-Khan is ...

A new FTC report on how social media and streaming sites collect and monetize their hoards of user data doesn’t really feature a lot of surprises for anyone who’s followed the space.

Social media companies gather data through tracking technologies used in online advertising and buying information from data brokers, and other means, the FTC said. "While lucrative for the ...

The Federal Trade Commission sent Seven & i a notice of its intent after Couche-Tard's $38.5 billion offer for the Japanese retail giant was made public on Aug. 19, the sources said, requesting ...

Lina Khan, the youngest person to chair the powerful Federal Trade Commission, has come down hard on monopolies and anticompetitive behavior, so some business leaders and Wall Streeters are ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan on Friday welcomed that companies are weighing antitrust ...