Over 359,000 AT&T customers have already filled out an online application to obtain refunds from the company, which padded phone bills with suspect SMS charges. Read more »
Search engines are making it harder to see the difference between regular results and paid ads. Does the FTC have the power to do something? Or can consumers figure it out… Read more »
Thousands of customers who hoped to cash in on soaring bitcoin prices got fleeced by Butterfly Labs, which took their money but failed to deliver promised mining equipment. Read more »
Open internet advocate Tim Wu’s campaign to be lieutenant governor of New York gained more momentum on Thursday. A Wu wins could lead to increased attention to broadband issues. Read more »
What is Google’s next growth market? It could be 5-year-olds, which would present both a big opportunity and a big regulatory challenge for the search giant. Read more »
Amazon is fighting the government over claims that it let kids buy digital goods without their parents’ permission — even though Apple settled over similar accusations. The court case will be… Read more »
An FTC investigation into nine big data brokers shows how the companies use inferences to create categories like “Urban Scramble” and “Expectant Parent.” Read more »
Snapchat promised users that the photos they send would “disappear forever” — a promise that turned out not to be true. The FTC responded with a 20 year consent decree. Read more »