FTC imposter scams work similarly to any other impostor scams. A criminal will reach out to you via phone, text or email while pretending to be the FTC, and they'll try to either dangle a carrot in ...

This week, we're getting a peek behind the scenes at Meta and Facebook as the FTC's antitrust trial against the company begins. On Monday and Tuesday, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the ...

“Regulations that reduce competition, entrepreneurship, and innovation can hamper the American economy,” FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson stated. “These need to be eliminated or modified to ...

The FTC is actively combating government impostor scams, emphasizing that they will never call to demand money or threaten legal action. Increased public awareness, aided by clear warnings and ...

Mark Zuckerberg was grilled for three straight days at the FTC trial. REUTERS The FTC, which wants to force Meta to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp, has argued that Zuckerberg’s emails are proof ...

Either Trump seeks to gain even more control over so-called independent agencies such as the FTC by issuing direct policy decisions, or he isn’t of the same mind as his FTC chairman about the ...

"We are trying to vindicate the law that Congress passed, that has been in place for over a century to protect accountability and transparency at the FTC," Slaughter told ABC News. "To make sure ...

“The FTC is an independent agency of the United States Government created by the FTC Act.” It’s the latest sign that Republican leadership at the FTC is not pushing back against President ...

The FTC claims Meta shouldn't have been allowed to buy Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, and the agency is calling for those units to be sliced off from the ...

With its antitrust lawsuit against Meta, the FTC’s goal is to force the sale of WhatsApp and Instagram, Meta’s up-to-now most successful acquisitions. Wise minds inside the Trump ...

In the email, President Donald Trump said their “continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my Administration’s priorities,” according to the lawsuit. A Supreme Court ruling from 1935 ...

However, given the supremacy of the major U.S. technology giants GAFA—Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon—the FTC’s action is of no small significance if it can create greater chances for ...