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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction markets" (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: prediction markets, polymarket, wildfire

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The Download: US robot restrictions, and ICE’s DNA grab (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-04 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: ftc, humanoid robots, federal trade commission

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Trump’s AI protectionism has come for robotics (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-03 | by James O'Donnell | tags: ftc, humanoids, openai

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FTC sues Hims & Hers for allegedly sharing patients’ medical data with advertisers Meta and Snap (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Zack Whittaker | tags: ftc, hims & hers, meta

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FTC Sues Hims & Hers for Allegedly Sharing Private Health Info With Meta and Snap (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: ftc, hims & hers, meta

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Judge Blocks First State Law That Would Have Banned Prediction Markets (slashdot.org)

2026-07-28 | tags: prediction markets, kalshi, polymarket

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Judge blocks first state law that would have banned prediction markets (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: prediction markets, kalshi, polymarket

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A White House teleprompter operator reportedly won big betting on presidential speeches (engadget.com)

2026-07-16 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: white house, kalshi, cftc

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Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-16 | tags: kalshi, cftc, prediction markets

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Virginia bans sale of geolocation data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: virginia consumer data protection act, geolocation data, abigail spanberger

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EFF letter to FTC on X consent order [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | by Bill Budington | tags: x corp, ftc, privacy compliance

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EFF letter to FTC on X consent order (2 July 2026) [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: eff, ftc, consent order

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Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-02 | by Lauren Forristal | tags: hopper, ftc, dark patterns

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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-02 | tags: elonn musk, ftc, privacy

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Amazon will pay $2.25 million to settle FTC identity theft case (engadget.com)

2026-06-30 | by Anna Washenko | get Identity Theft Protection Kit → | tags: amazon, ftc, fair credit reporting act

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Amazon fined $2.25 million for failing to help identity theft victims (theverge.com)

2026-06-30 | by Emma Roth | get Identity Theft Help Kit → | tags: amazon, ftc, identity theft

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Supreme Court allows firing of FTC commissioners, ends agency independence (theverge.com)

2026-06-29 | by Lauren Feiner | get FTC Commissioner Badge → | tags: ftc, supreme court, independent agencies

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Are We Stuck With Sneaky Subscription Cancellation Practices? One Attorney Chimes In (cnet.com)

2026-06-23 | by See Full Bio | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, click to cancel, subscriptions

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Click to Cancel Is Dead, but the FTC Is Still Fighting Subscription Scams (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, click to cancel, shutterstock

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Click to Cancel is Dead, But the FTC is Still Fighting Subscription Scams (cnet.com)

2026-06-18 | by See Full Bio | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, click to cancel, shutterstock

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FTC lawsuit reveals how subscription scam networks evade app store enforcement (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-17 | by Sarah Perez | get Subscription Management App → | tags: ftc, genesis tech, app stores

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A Major Legal Action From the FTC May Soon Target Amazon’s Ads (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-17 | get Amazon Advertising Guide → | tags: amazon, ftc, ad revenue

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FTC warns of record $3.5 billion losses to imposter scams in 2025 (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-06-16 | get Imposter Scam Prevention Kit → | tags: ftc, imposter scams, facebook

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Commodities regulator alleges Winklevosses' Gemini crypto exchange was politically targeted (cnbc.com)

2026-06-02 | by Tanaya Macheel | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: gemini, winklevoss, cftc

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Commodities regulator alleges Winklevoss' Gemini crypto exchange was politically targeted (cnbc.com)

2026-06-02 | by Tanaya Macheel | get Crypto Security Hardware Wallet → | tags: gemini, winklevoss, cftc

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Microsoft could be the next Big Tech antitrust target (theverge.com)

2026-06-01 | by Lauren Feiner | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, azure, ftc

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Trump Mobile’s website still says the T1 Phone is ‘American-made’ (theverge.com)

2026-05-29 | by Dominic Preston | get T1 Phone by Trump Mobile → | tags: trump mobile, t1 phone, made in usa

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CFTC wants to reverse course on penalty against Winklevoss twins' crypto business (engadget.com)

2026-05-28 | by Anna Washenko | get Crypto Regulation Guidebook → | tags: cftc, winklevoss twins, gemini trust

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Spain blocks Polymarket and Kalshi as it investigates prediction market platforms (engadget.com)

2026-05-26 | by Lawrence Bonk | get Prediction Market Platform Guide → | tags: polymarket, kalshi, prediction markets

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Cox Media fined after bragging it spied on users through their phones (theverge.com)

2026-05-25 | by Adi Robertson | get Spyware Detection Kit → | tags: cox media, voice data, ftc