Age of Learning to pay $10M for billing practices; ‘digital deception’ a trend?
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-09-02T20:35:00
The company that runs ABCmouse Early Learning Academy found itself in the FTC’s crosshairs for what the Commission alleges are unfair billing practices that are part of a wider problem across the internet.
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