Amazonis being sued by the Federal Trade Commission for signing up customers for Prime memberships without their consent. The news comes on the heels of the e-commerce giant announcing itsJuly Prime Day sales event. The FTC’s complaint states that the company does not sufficiently convey the monthly cost of membership. Amazon denied the agency’s allegations. “The FTC’s claims are false on the facts and the law.
More than 2.5 million people signed up last year to theDo Not Call Registry. As of November, the registry contained more than 246 million phone numbers. Fluent faces a $2.5 million fine and ban on robocall activity under a proposed settlement. Fluent didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The new office will be led by Chief Technology Officer Stephanie Nguyen.
Meta had announced itsacquisition of Within and Supernaturalin October. Meta acquired Beat Saber in 2019. On Wednesday, Meta pushed back against the FTC’s take on its acquisition of Within.
The FTC is also seeking to have Musk testify in connection with the probe, the Journal reported. Twitter, which no longer has a communications department, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. More executives and workers quit, with so many defecting that Twitter users feared the site would crash.
It aims to speed up access to care with round-the-clock virtual care for patients and quick appointment booking. Amazon Care is slated to expand into New York, San Francisco and other major cities. The FTC didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment.
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The US Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it’ssuing to block Nvidia’s takeoverof chip designer Arm. Arm licenses chip designs and related technology to companies like Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm. The FTC suit arrived after the European Union said in October it’ll investigate the deal. Askeptical UK governmentsaid in November it will launch its ownsix-month investigation of the deal, too.
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The Kurbo by WW app allowed children, teens and families to track food intake, activity and weight. The FTC said the app also collected names, birth dates and email addresses. “These users nonetheless continued to have access to the app until FTC staff contacted the companies.” “Kurbo takes child privacy very seriously and its highest priority is protecting its members and their personal data. Colosi said Kurbo didn’t use targeted advertising to attract children and didn’t sell or monetize data....
And it warned against making “misleading claims about the costs and benefits of gig work.” That includes 2020’s Proposition 22 in California, which voters approved. Despite a judgeruling the proposition unconstitutional, it remains in effect as appeals run their course. The companies argue that the gig model gives people job flexibility and freedom they wouldn’t have otherwise. The gig economy is expected to generate $455 billion in annual sales next year....
“Facebook lacked the business acumen and technical talent to survive the transition to mobile. “This is an indicator of market power,” the FTC said in the complaint. In June, lawmakers unveiled a package of five bipartisan bills that targetAmazon,Apple,FacebookandGoogle. The bills would represent the most meaningful refashioning of antitrust laws in decades if passed into law. Boasberg also dismissed a similar case against Facebook filed by48 attorneys general. The acquisitions happened in 2012 and 2014, respectively....
Companies that make deceptive claims about treating or preventing COVID-19 are subject to a $43,792 penalty per violation. The agency had previously sent similar letters to 405 companies and individuals, it said.
