[ad_1] Twitter said it received a draft complaint from the FTC, accusing it of violating a 2011 agreement it signed with the Commission, on July 28th, 2020. As Financial Times notes, that agreement prohibits the company from misleading “consumers about the extent to which it protects the security, privacy, and confidentiality” of their data and […]
Category: investigation
South Korea is investigating Tesla over Autopilot and other issues
[ad_1] South Korea has launched a safety probe into Tesla, focusing on braking and steering systems including Autopilot, according to Reuters. The transport ministry is specifically looking at the the Model 3 in an investigation that could take from six months to a year, according to Reuters’ sources. The news casts a bit of a […]
Italy is launching an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Apple
[ad_1] Amazon and Apple are facing more antitrust accusations. This time, Italy is investigating. Authorities want to know whether the two companies agreed to prevent retailers who are not part of Apple’s official program to sell Apple products and Beats headphones, Reuters reports. Officials launched the investigation this week and searched the Italian offices of […]
FTC investigation of Facebook may not finish before 2021
[ad_1] Facebook and the FTC have declined to comment on the reports of progress into the investigations, although Facebook did say it was eager to share its “views on the competitive landscape” when Zuckerberg testifies to Congress on July 27th. Many details of the case are under wraps, but they’re believed to focus on whether […]
Twitter says attackers targeted 130 accounts in Wednesday’s breach
[ad_1] Details continue to slowly come out from Twitter around the troubling attack on Wednesday that allowed hackers to tweet a Bitcoin spam message from high profile accounts. Tonight, the company revealed that based on its investigation so far, “we believe approximately 130 accounts were targeted by the attackers in some way as part of […]
Senator Ted Cruz asks DOJ to investigate Twitter over Iran sanctions
[ad_1] Cruz rejected both claims. He noted that Iran bans citizens for accessing Twitter, and that both Khamenei and Zarif posted “disinformation and conspiracy theories” in early April. The senator likewise said that the licensing Twitter refers to “expressly” doesn’t allow services to people under sanctions. This is part of an ongoing issue and doesn’t […]
US lawmakers ask Jeff Bezos to testify about Amazon’s alleged data abuse
[ad_1] “If the reporting in the Wall Street Journal article is accurate, then statements Amazon made to the Committee about the company’s business practices appear to be misleading, and possibly criminally false or perjurious,” the letter says. “If these allegations are true, then Amazon exploited its role as the largest online marketplace in the U.S. […]
Senator asks for criminal investigation into Amazon’s alleged data abuse
[ad_1] Following the Wall Street Journal’s report alleging that Amazon uses sellers’ data to make competing products, Senator Josh Hawley is asking for a criminal antitrust investigation into the claims. Hawley formally requested the investigation in a letter submitted to Attorney General William Barr today. According to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, Amazon employees (including […]
Avast packaged detailed user data to be sold for millions of dollars
[ad_1] The investigation incriminates a lot of big name companies. We don’t know for certain which are past, present or potential clients, but the list includes Expedia, Intuit, Keurig, Condé Nast, Sephora, Loreal and more. Microsoft said it doesn’t have a current relationship with the company. Yelp said Jumpshot was “engaged on a one-time basis,” […]
DOJ and state AGs may combine their Google investigations
[ad_1] The parties involved have either declined to comment or haven’t responded. There’s no guarantee the DOJ or state AGs will find enough common ground to work together. As the lawsuit to block T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint has illustrated, many states have been more aggressive about pursuing antitrust cases than the current federal administration. There’s […]