WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of 48 attorneys general have filed lawsuits against Facebook, accusing the company of illegally stifling its competition to ...

The Federal Trade Commission will investigate how Facebook protects its users’ data, the agency said March 26. Here are four things to know about the investigation. 1. Tom Pahl, acting director of the ...

Facebook has been accused of misleading parents and failing to safeguard children's privacy on its Messenger Kids app. The Federal Trade Commission found that Meta — Facebook's parent company — had ...

By Jody Godoy Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking to revive its case accusing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms of bolstering an illegal monopoly by acquiring ...

The regulator alleges anticompetitive behaviour focusing on Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

The Federal Trade Commission and 48 attorneys general across the nation filed much-anticipated lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday, accusing the social media giant of gobbling up competitive ...

Facebook survived its latest brush with U.S. privacy regulators, at the cost of a record $5 billion fine and other restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. But it's far from home free.

In 2011, Glynnis Bohannon gave her 12-year-old son permission to charge $20 on her credit card to play a game on Facebook called Ninja Saga. Neither of them saw any signs that the credit card ...

The FTC has voted to approve a fine of about $5 billion for Facebook over privacy violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The report cited an unnamed person familiar with the matter.

Facebook has defended its new in-store tracking partnership with Datalogix, which gives Facebook access to our offline shopping habits via our rewards cards, by explaining that it doesn't violate any ...

The relationship between users and advertisers on social media can sometimes seem a little confusing, especially when the social media companies have all manner of information about potential ...