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Wake me up with they actually do something instead of making announcements of looking into the possibility of perhaps one day sending a strongly worded letter a

Wake me up with they actually do something instead of making announcements of looking into the possibility of perhaps one day sending a strongly worded letter asking their tech buddies to calm down a little bit, if they're so inclined. Until then, this is campaign fodder and nothing else.

coldpie 3y ago
Okay, here's your alarm clock going off: "FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rules-on-big-tech-mergers-with-aim-to-ease-monopoly-busting/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rul... "FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the... "The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon today, claiming the online giant violated US law by tricking consumers into signing up for the $14.99-per-month Amazon Prime subscription service and making it annoyingly difficult to cancel." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-over-4-page-6-click-15-option-prime-cancellation-process/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-... "FTC files to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition" https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-to-block-microsofts-69b-activision-blizzard-acquisition/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-... "A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed yesterday accused Ring, the home security camera company owned by Amazon, of invading users' privacy" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-workers-illegally-spied-on-users-of-home-security-cameras/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-... "Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle an FTC complaint that its Xbox platform illegally collected and retained information about children without their parents' consent" https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations-cost-microsoft-20-million-in-ftc-settlement/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations... And that's all just from one news source, in the last three months.

coldpie 3y ago

Okay, here's your alarm clock going off: "FTC rewrites rules on Big Tech mergers with aim to ease monopoly-busting" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rules-on-big-tech-mergers-with-aim-to-ease-monopoly-busting/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/ftc-rewrites-rul... "FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the-big-one-a-major-lawsuit-targeting-amazons-core-business/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-prepares-the... "The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon today, claiming the online giant violated US law by tricking consumers into signing up for the $14.99-per-month Amazon Prime subscription service and making it annoyingly difficult to cancel." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-over-4-page-6-click-15-option-prime-cancellation-process/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-sues-amazon-... "FTC files to block Microsoft’s $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition" https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-to-block-microsofts-69b-activision-blizzard-acquisition/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/report-ftc-will-file-... "A Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed yesterday accused Ring, the home security camera company owned by Amazon, of invading users' privacy" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-workers-illegally-spied-on-users-of-home-security-cameras/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-... "Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle an FTC complaint that its Xbox platform illegally collected and retained information about children without their parents' consent" https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations-cost-microsoft-20-million-in-ftc-settlement/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/xbox-coppa-violations... And that's all just from one news source, in the last three months.