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Twitter fined USD 150 million over alleged user-privacy violations
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): Twitter has faced a big blow as Federal Trade Commission levied a USD 150 million fine on the microblogging site, alleging that the company illegally used peoples' personal data over six years to help sell targeted advertisements.
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US Trade Commission files antitrust lawsuit to remedy Facebook's 'monopoly
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday filed a petition for a permanent injunction from the US District Court for the District of Columbia to remedy alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic practices by the social media platform Facebook.
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Federal judge dismisses US government's antitrust complaint against Facebo
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) complaint accusing Facebook of violating antitrust laws has been dismissed by a US federal judge, an opinion issued by the court on Monday revealed.
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US govt, states file twin lawsuits against Facebook for anti-competitive p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 10 (ANI): Dozens of states, along with the US federal government, sued social media platform Facebook on Wednesday in twin antitrust lawsuits, alleging that it has abused its dominance in the digital marketplace and engaged in anti-competitive behaviour.
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US FTC warns about 7 scams targeting businesses during COVID-19 crisis
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned businesses about coronavirus-related scams that are trying to exploit companies' concerns about the crisis.
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Aurobindo Pharma's $1 billion deal with Novartis unit Sandoz collapses
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Aurobindo Pharma's planned acquisition of the US generic oral solids and dermatology businesses of Sandoz Inc has fallen apart.
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FTC may prevent Facebook from integrating Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
California [USA], Dec 13 (ANI): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reportedly considering seeking a preliminary injunction against Facebook's plan of integrating multiple messaging services.
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Google to pay USD 170 million in FTC settlement over children's privacy on
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
California [USA], Sept 4 (ANI): The price of children's privacy online is USD 170 million and that's what Google will be paying as part of its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission.
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FTC sues Cambridge Analytica over 'deceptive practices'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
California[USA], July 24 (ANI): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has also sued Cambridge Analytica - the data firm accused of harvesting data on millions of Facebook users without consent, after announcing a record fine of USD 5 billion for the social networking giant.
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Facebook slapped with record USD 5 billion fine by FTC
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
California [USA], July 24 (ANI): In what is believed to be the second-largest penalty ever, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has officially announced its USD 5 billion settlement with Facebook over its mishandling of users' data in Cambridge Analytica and other privacy breaches.
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Equifax to pay USD 700 million in a settlement over 2017 data breach: Repo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
California [USA], July 20 (ANI): Equifax Inc is reportedly nearing a USD 700 million settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over a massive data breach in 2017.
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YouTube faces multi-million dollar fine by FTC over violation of children'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
California [USA], July 20 (ANI): YouTube has been reportedly slapped with a fine by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over violating federal data privacy laws for children.
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