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The workshop will be held in-person and online Today, the Federal Trade Commission announced a workshop entitled “The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families.” The workshop will be held on May 28th at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and streamed online.  View Press Release

Court orders lifetime bans, monetary judgments The Federal Trade Commission is requiring operators of a deceptive business opportunity to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to settle allegations they misled consumers with false promises of big returns selling goods through Amazon and Walmart. View Press Release

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued the following statement on Former Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya: View Press Release

Court order temporarily halts operation that falsely promised big profits through supposed AI-powered online stores At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court temporarily halted a business opportunity scheme known as Click Profit, which took millions from consumers by falsely promising consumers that they could earn big profits through online sales. View Press … Read more

Today, Federal Trade Commission staff again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny Union Hospital, Inc. (Union Health) and Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.’s (THRH) application to merge. View Press Release

As a result of the agency’s law enforcement actions, the Federal Trade Commission sent $337.3 million in refunds to consumers in 2024, according to the FTC’s annual report on refunds released today. View Press Release

Brussels, 14 March – During its March 2025 plenary meeting, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a statement on the implementation of the Passenger Name Record Directive (PNR) in light of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) judgment C-817/19*.  In its second statement on the implementation of the PNR Directive, which follows … Read more

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $934,000 in refunds to consumers who were harmed by online used car dealer Vroom’s shipment delays. View Press Release Giovani AndersonOffice of Public Affairs

The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $15.5 million in refunds to consumers, including servicemembers and their spouses, lured by online career-training company Career Step’s deceptive ads and false claims about its training programs. View Press Release

The Federal Trade Commission is sending payments totaling more than $25.5 million to consumers who were tricked into signing up for computer repair services through the deceptive marketing tactics of two tech support companies. View Press Release