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Critics warn that the FTC's proposed limits on personalized pricing, intended to protect consumers from data-driven price discrimination, could backfire by increasing costs and eliminating discounts.

The FTC has reached deals to drop enforcement of fair-lending obligations against auto dealers, abandoning disparate-impact claims that previously addressed discriminatory credit practices. Critics, including state attorneys general, argue the move greenlights discrimination, with implications for AI-driven automated decision-making.

The FTC is considering regulating AI companies over concerns about potential political and ideological bias embedded in their models, a move that could have broad implications for AI governance.

The FTC, aligned with the Trump administration, issued a sweeping ban on foreign advanced robot imports, citing national security and protection of US robotics. The move is seen as an expansion of AI protectionism beyond software into robotics, with potential negative impacts on US researchers reliant on cheaper Chinese robots.

The article argues that AI labs commit fraud by advertising high benchmark scores from ideal model versions while shipping heavily degraded versions (e.g., quantized, safety-stacked) that perform 50-60% worse, and proposes mandatory third-party re-benchmarking as a solution.

The FTC is attempting to define AI accuracy as a consumer protection issue, raising questions about who determines what constitutes a truthful answer from AI systems.

The FTC settlement with John Deere requires the company to provide farmers and third-party repair shops with equal access to repair tools and software for 10 years, marking a significant victory for the right-to-repair movement.

EFF sent a letter to the FTC regarding a consent order involving X (formerly Twitter) on July 2, 2026, addressing tech regulation and privacy concerns.

Privacy advocates warn the FTC that X Corp., under Elon Musk, poses a serious risk to Americans' privacy, citing unauthorized use of European user data to train its Grok AI model and arguing against reducing oversight.

The FTC fined Amazon $2.25 million for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by failing to provide identity theft victims with records of fraudulent transactions.

The US Supreme Court's ruling that the FTC may no longer be independent undermines the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, as EU law requires independent oversight for data transfers; privacy group noyb calls on the European Commission to withdraw the adequacy decision.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that President Trump can fire FTC commissioners at will, overturning decades of precedent and expanding presidential control over independent agencies.

The article investigates why the Trump phone, marketed as 'made in the USA,' is actually assembled in China, detailing the company's revised claims and FTC regulations.

Elon Musk is petitioning the FTC to set aside a 20-year data-privacy consent order imposed on Twitter, arguing that the platform no longer exists after X merged into xAI and then into SpaceX. Critics and public commenters are urging the FTC to reject Musk's attempt to escape ongoing audits and compliance requirements.

The FTC is investigating Microsoft for potential antitrust violations in its cloud services and AI industry practices, following complaints about licensing terms that may stifle competition.

Trump Mobile's website still claims the T1 Phone is 'American-made' in its meta title, potentially violating FTC rules, despite admitting components are not US-sourced. The phone's launch continues with few units shipped and a data breach revealed.

Cox Media and two marketing firms were fined $930,000 by the FTC for falsely claiming they could spy on users through phone microphones to target ads; they actually resold email lists.

The FTC required Cox Media Group and two other firms to pay nearly $1 million to settle charges that they falsely claimed their AI-powered 'Active Listening' service targeted ads based on conversations captured from smart devices, when in fact it did not use voice data and consumers had not opted in.

The FTC is requiring Cox Media Group and two other firms to pay nearly $1 million for falsely claiming their "Active Listening" service used AI to listen to consumer conversations via smart devices, when in fact it merely resold email lists.

The FTC fined Cox Media Group and two other companies nearly $1 million for falsely claiming their 'Active Listening' service could target ads based on audio recordings from smart devices, when it was actually just email list buying.