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  • sleazy business practices FTC says "click to subscribe, call to cancel" is illegal Mark Frauenfelder
  • robocalls FCC fines Texas robocallers record $225m Rob Beschizza
  • ftc FTC probing Twitter's use of sensitive data for ad targeting Xeni Jardin
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  • robocalling FTC fines four robocallers behind "billions" of US calls Xeni Jardin
  • electronic frontier foundation EFF's roadmap for a 21st Century antitrust doctrine Cory Doctorow
  • douyi FTC fines app TikTok/Musical.ly $5.7 million for child data privacy violations Xeni Jardin
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  • puffery Wells Fargo: We can't be sued for lying to shareholders because it was obvious we were lying Cory Doctorow
  • moral hazard All the economists who told the FTC we shouldn't break up Big Tech are paid by Big Tech Cory Doctorow
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  • ma bell got the ill communication AT&T to the Supreme Court: "Fuck the FTC" Cory Doctorow
  • ftc Thinking through the "What should we do about Facebook?" question Cory Doctorow
  • mattress tags for everything FTC orders manufacturers to cut it out with the unenforceable "Warranty Void if Removed" stickers Cory Doctorow
  • coverup lies fine print Vtech covered up a leak of data on 6.3m children and their families, then tried to force us not to sue – the FTC just fined them $0.09/kid Cory Doctorow
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