The #FTC is expected to invent a new relevant market along the lines of “Big Box Store Online and Retail" in the #Amazon suit. This potential market definition would seem to be forced when you apply it to the modern consumer. https://www.project-disco.org/competition/the-ftcs-amazon-complaint-market-definition-pulled-out-of-a-hat/

@burgerdrome

Although I don't have a "smart" TV I do have Amazon's Fire TV Cube with Alexa. It was a gift from my mom (which is why I feel compelled to use it!)

It does all of the ridiculous things you mention. I am constantly frustrated by it.

And I'm constantly surprised that Amazon is seemingly getting away with this disingenuous behavior.

When Amazon offered a Fire Tablet with ads they clearly disclosed the ads and provided a discount if you were willing to put up with ads.

Amazon's forced-ads in their Fire TV Cubes seems to be very deceptive anti-consumer behavior.

(And my mom knows not to get me anything like this in the future without checking with me first!)

#FTC

#FTC #uspol
Democratic Party's Wall Street Donors Are Reportedly Pushing Biden to Fire Lina Khan
https://www.commondreams.org/news/lina-khan-wall-street
S/o to Khan for working on behalf of everyday Americans. #POTUS better keep her.

From #TechCrunch; #x formerly #Twitter, caught running unlabeled #ads in users’ Following feeds
#ftc #elonmusk

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/08/x-formerly-twitter-caught-running-unlabeled-ads-in-users-following-feeds/

Cronache #antitrust di #Google

A giorni inizia il processo per posizione dominante nei motori di ricerca, anche grazi agli accordi con #Apple e #Samsung

Per farsi un’idea:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/modern-internet-first-monopoly-trial-us-google-dominance.html

(Curiosità legale: Apple ha chiesto di non testimoniare -
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/apple-execs-lose-bid-block-testimony-google-antitrust-trial-2023-09-05/£

Poi arriva un secondo processo per la pubblicità digitale:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/24/1151055903/doj-files-second-antitrust-suit-against-google-seeks-to-break-up-its-ad-business

In precedenza un procedimento sullo store:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/06/states-google-settle-app-store-antitrust-case-00114176

Poi aspettiamo il processo #FTC contro #Amazon

#gafam

FTC judge rules Intuit broke law, must stop advertising TurboTax as “free” - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Sasirin Pamai)

The Federal Tra... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966820 #turbotax #policy #intuit #ftc

After Blocking #LockheedMartin Acquisition over #monopoly concerns, #FTC Allows Another #Defense Firm to acquire #AerojetRocketdyne for $4.7B
#L3Harris hired a former senior #Pentagon official who managed #defensecontracts after #antitrust crusader #LinaKhan was confirmed as Federal Trade Commission chair. The FTC has repeatedly heralded the Lockheed Martin block as one of its major successes #CongressionalStaffers pointed to a revolving door between L3Harris and Pentagon
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/31/ftc-defense-mergers-lockheed-l3harris/

Das war schon lange überfällig.

#amazon #ftc #monopolisten

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/amazon-droht-zerschlagung-ftc-prime-abo-aktie-100.html

The work of enforcers like DoJ antitrust boss #JonathanKanter, #FTC chair #LinaKhan, and #SEC chair #GaryGensler is at the heart of #Bidenomics: muscular, fearless deployment of existing regulatory authority to make life better for Americans.

Of course, "existing regulatory authority" isn't the last word. The judges filling stolen seats on the illegitimate #SupremeCourt invented the #MajorQuestionsDoctrine and have used it as a club to attack Biden's photocopier-kickers.

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FTC hat Amazon im Visier: Droht jetzt die Zerschlagung?

FTC-Chefin Lina Khan hat Amazon schon lange im Visier - jetzt könnte sie zuschlagen. Die US-Kartellbehörde bereitet eine umfassende Klage gegen den Tech-Riesen vor, Zerschlagung nicht ausgeschlossen. Von Angela Göpfert.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/amazon-droht-zerschlagung-ftc-prime-abo-aktie-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

#Amazon #Zerschlagung #FTC #Prime #TechKonzerne

WSJ: US #FTC poised to file a lawsuit later this month against #Amazon after the new economy conglomerate didn't offer concessions to settle antitrust claims. https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/ftc-antitrust-suit-against-amazon-set-for-later-this-month-after-meeting-fails-to-resolve-impasse-c888700f?mod=hp_lead_pos1

The #FTC draft Merger Guidelines would take concentration thresholds back to 1992. In 1992, Microsoft had just introduced Windows 3.1.

The #FTC recently released draft Merger Guidelines that would reset concentration thresholds back to 1992. Let’s remember the GDP was $6.5 trillion in 1992, and $25.5 trillion in 2022. Turning back time for mergers would hurt, not help, the economy.

Stuff you can't make up: @Amazon's attack dog against the #FTC, Lina Khan and the return of meaningful #antitrust is Robert #Bork Jr, the son of the notorious rejected Supreme Court judge. https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazon-enlists-right-wing-scion-robert-bork-jr-to-battle-antitrust-action-with-ftc?

Youtube nel mirino del Federal Trade Commission. Urgenti verifiche sulle pratiche pubblicitarie verso i bambini

Quattro organizzazioni no-profit che sostengono la protezione della #privacy online dei #bambini , hanno chiesto alla Federal Trade Commission ( #FTC ) degli #statiuniti di indagare su #YouTube.

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#redhotcyber #online #it #web #ai #hacking #privacy #cybersecurity #cybercrime #intelligence #intelligenzaartificiale #informationsecurity #ethicalhacking #dataprotection #cybersecurityawareness #cybersecuritytraining #cybersecuritynews #infosecurity

https://www.redhotcyber.com/post/youtube-nel-mirino-del-federal-trade-commission-urgenti-verifiche-sulle-pratiche-pubblicitarie-verso-i-bambini/

Will the #FTC return the Merger Guidelines to the early 1990s? Compare: S&P 500 was 394 in 1992, and reached 4,796 in 2022. Which economy do we want?

Will the #FTC return the Merger Guidelines to the early 1990s? Compare: S&P 500 was 394 in 1992, and reached 4,796 in 2022. Which economy do we want?

From 23 Aug: YouTube may face billions in fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations - EnlargeSOPA Images / Contributor LightRocket Four nonprofit groups seeking to... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/youtube-may-face-billions-in-fines-if-ftc-confirms-child-privacy-violations/ #behavioral-advertising #child-safety #coppa #data-privacy #facebook #federal-trade-commission #ftc #google #online-advertising #policy #youtube

The #FTC recently released draft Merger Guidelines that would reset merger review thresholds back to 1992. Let’s remember the GDP was $6.5 trillion in 1992, and $25.5 trillion in 2022.

#YouTube may face billions in fines if #FTC confirms child #privacy violations
#coppa
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1962721