The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission is abandoning a Biden-era effort to block Microsoft’s purchase of Call of Duty video game maker Activision Blizzard. In an order issued ...

The Republican-controlled Federal Trade Commission voted Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit against PepsiCo that the previous commission filed in the waning days of the Biden administration.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday sued Uber Technologies UBER.N, accusing it of signing up some Uber One subscribers without their knowledge and making deceptive claims about the service.

The Federal Trade Commission now has three commissioners, and all of them are Republicans. The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage.

This week the FTC informed that it has reached a settlement with Avast for its deceiving customers about collecting and reselling their private data. The FTC alleged in its complaint against the ...

Instead, according to the FTC ruling, Avast collected user information through their antivirus software and browser extensions and sold it through a subsidiary called Jumpshot — all without ...

(NEXSTAR) – Millions of American consumers who bought antivirus software from Avast may be eligible to receive a portion of a $16.5 million settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

The Federal Trade Commission has begun sending claim forms to consumers who purchased antivirus software from Avast under misleading pretenses, the agency said. This follows a February 2024 ...

Last year, Avast reached a $16.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, which includes compensation for users who bought Avast software between August 2014 and January 2020.

Millions of Americans who purchased antivirus software from Avast may be eligible for compensation due to a $16.5 million settlement by the company with the Federal Trade Commission, the ...

Millions of Avast antivirus software users can apply to get a piece – though probably a very small one — of the company's $16.5 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over ...