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FTC Commissioner Concerned About The FCC's Plan To Reclassify Broadband
In an interview with CSPAN, Maureen Ohlhausen, a Republican commissioner with the Federal Trade Commission says that the FCC's plans to reclassify broadband as a "common carrier" under Title II of the...
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SCEA Settles With FTC Over PS Vita False Advertising Claims
Sony Computer Entertainment America has settled a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over claims that it falsely advertised the capabilities of its PS Vita, according to Joystiq. From...
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Google Play Customers Might Be Entitled To A Refund For In-App Purchases
Google is mailing customers of its Android app store Google Play to let them know that if they made an in-app purchase between March 1, 2011, and November 18, 2014 they may be eligible for a refund....
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TracFone Pays $40 Million Settlement to FTC For Throttling 'Unlimited' Customers
Law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP sent out a note detailing the settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and TracFone Wireless, a budget-priced mobile phone carrier that does a good...
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Poll: Should the FCC Exempt Municipal Broadband Providers From Common Carrier...
The FCC seems gung ho about reclassifying broadband and mobile internet providers as common carriers in order to enforce net neutrality rules but it seems municipal broadband providers want none of...
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AT&T Continues To Throttle Mobile Unlimited Data Customers
Here's a disconcerting report from Ars Technica about how AT&T is still throttling mobile unlimited data plan customers and the FCC probably won't do much to stop them - at least for now. And all...
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Federal Court says FTC case against AT&T for throttling unlimited data mobile...
Ars Technica reports that a federal judge has ruled that the Federal Trade Commission does have jurisdiction to sue AT&T for allegedly throttling customers. In its argument before the federal...
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FTC approves Sony settlement plan for misleading PS Vita advertising
Late last year Sony announced that it had settled with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it falsely advertised the capabilities of its PS Vita. From late 2011 to early 2012. As part of the...
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Report: French billionaire eyeing Time Warner Cable
According to Reuters and VentureBeat reports, a French billionaire that most in the United States have never heard of may have designs on acquiring one of the country's biggest broadband and cable...
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FTC takes creator of crowd-funded board game to task
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement in one of the very first cases involving crowd-funding and the misuse of backer funds.read more
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