Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking to crush smaller competitors. North Carolina is among the states suing Facebook.
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Internet giant Amazon is forking over nearly $62 million in order to settle a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission that it did not pay drivers over two and a half years.
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Most people who buy things online just have to worry about their deliveries being delayed or never arriving. But some people are dealing with a different problem altogether: getting weird stuff like hair clippers, face creams and sunglasses they never even ordered at all. What’s going on?
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Google is teaming with the Cybercrime Support Network in an effort to crack down on internet and phone fraud – which has surged during COVID-19 – with a new initiative called “Scam Spotter.”
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Google’s video site YouTube has been fined $170 million to settle allegations it collected children’s personal data without their parents’ consent.
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Google will pay $150 million to $200 million to settle a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over how it treats information from children on its YouTube video site, according to a published report Friday.
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Facebook says it is under antitrust investigation by the Federal Trade Commission. The company made the announcement just hours after the agency slapped it with a record $5 billion fine and new oversight on its privacy practices.
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An info graphic from the FTC helps explain the massive settlement with Equifax after the huge data breach in 2017 that affected hundreds of millions of Americans and how people affected can gain compensation:
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Residents of North Carolina affected by the Equifax data breach – the largest affecting consumer data in history – may receive compensation. Here’s what to do.
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