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FILE PHOTO: The Google sign is shown on one of the company’s office buildings in Irvine, California, U.S., October 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) – Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether apps that Google’s Play Store labels as “Teacher approved” are unlawfully collecting personal data without parental consent to target ads at children. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center… Source link

FILE PHOTO: The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo (Reuters) – Two advocacy groups on Wednesday called on the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether apps that Google’s Play Store labels as “Teacher approved” are unlawfully collecting personal data without parental consent to target ads at children. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC) and the Center for Digital… Source link

“It’s incumbent on the FTC to bring hard cases in all areas, not just in tech, not just in platforms,” she said. “We need to go back and take a look at our past analysis, figure out where our analytical tools are lacking, where our predictions were wrong and what we need to do better going forward.” In an earlier part of her testimony, Slaughter said: “It is clear we have a deterrence problem.” Not so fast: Republican FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips declined to weigh in on whether the… Source link

The Daily Beast Biden’s End to ‘Remain in Mexico’ Was Too Late for 41,247 Migrants Paul Ratje/GettyThe last residents of Mexico’s Matamoros refugee camp crossed the border into the United States on March 5 to request asylum.The migrants—many of them Central Americans fleeing endemic violence, poverty and corruption—will be allowed to stay in the U.S. as their cases move through the immigration court system.The exodus from the Matamoros camp, which once sheltered more than 2,500… Source link

The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it has settled with mobile advertising company Tapjoy over claims it used false advertising offers for the promise of in-game rewards that weren’t given. But two Democratic regulators also said Apple and Google helped create the environment that squeezes mobile gaming industry players and incentivizes them to find other monetization models that may have unsavory consequences for consumers. The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it… Source link

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe 48 U.S. attorneys general and the FTC hit Facebook with antitrust suits Facebook (FB) on Wednesday became the second Big Tech company to be slapped with an antitrust lawsuit, when a group of 48 U.S. attorneys general led by New York filed suit against the firm, alleging… Source link