scams Scammers are putting fake QR codes on parking meters in California Ellsworth Toohey

social media FTC cracks down on fake reviews Mark Frauenfelder

ftc Federal Trade Commission bans non-compete agreements Rob Beschizza

mistakes Avast fined $16.5m for selling private user data Rob Beschizza

scams $195m fine for sham insurance peddler Rob Beschizza

ftc FTC bans tax-filing parasite TurboTax from advertising itself as 'free' Rob Beschizza

tech Federal Trade Commission sues Amazon: made $1bn by manipulating prices, abused monopoly power Rob Beschizza

drugs Government to pharma companies: stop registering sham patents to delay generics Rob Beschizza

lawsuits FTC: Amazon tricked users into signing up for Prime and made it too hard to cancel Rob Beschizza

ftc FTC wants to ban subscriptions that you can't easily cancel Rob Beschizza

ftc FTC proposes new rule to ban non-compete clauses Andrew Yi

ftc FTC says "click to subscribe, call to cancel" is illegal Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets FCC fines Texas robocallers record $225m Rob Beschizza

Business FTC probing Twitter's use of sensitive data for ad targeting Xeni Jardin

Business Bill Gates just accidentally proved that even "unsuccessful" antitrust enforcement works Cory Doctorow

facebook A San Diego Republican operator ran a massive, multimillion-dollar Facebook scam that targeted boomers Cory Doctorow

privacy Facebook's $5B FTC fine was so laughable its stock price went UP after the announcement Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook execs are worried that Zuck's emails show he never took his FTC privacy obligations seriously Cory Doctorow

facebook What the FTC should do AFTER it fines Facebook $3-5B Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook expects up to $5 billion FTC fine over privacy Xeni Jardin