By Adrianne Appel2024-07-09T20:26:00
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered anonymous messaging app creator NGL Labs and its two founders to pay $5 million for unfairly marketing to children and falsely claiming artificial intelligence (AI) filtered out bullying messages and threats.
The FTC additionally ordered FTG to stop marketing to children under 18, the agency announced in a press release Tuesday.
Created in 2021 by Raj Vir and Joao Figueiredo, the “NGL: ask me anything” app was marketed as a “safe space for teens” and allowed users to receive anonymous messages, including candid and slanderous ones, from friends and contacts. The company engaged in aggressive, coercive marketing tactics toward children, the FTC alleged.
2024-09-20T14:07:00Z By Ian Sherr
The Federal Trade Commission took aim at the business models of some of the world’s largest companies, publishing a years-long study that decried technologies that have created “vast surveillance” networks that expose people to “a host of harms” and violate children’s privacy laws.
2024-07-24T13:19:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Eight large companies, including Mastercard and JPMorgan Chase, have been ordered by the Federal Trade Commission to provide detailed reports about their possibly secret use of artificial intelligence to track customers and use the information to set prices.
2024-06-25T19:42:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Popular children’s mobile game developer Tilting Point Media agreed to pay $500,000 to settle allegations the company illegally collected children’s personal data, a violation under the California Consumer Privacy Act and a federal children’s privacy law.
2025-07-16T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Delta Air Lines agreed to pay $8.1 million over allegations it violated the False Claims Act by exceeding employee compensation limits it agreed to when taking federal pandemic aid money.
2025-07-15T20:11:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reportedly ended two investigations into Polymarket, a popular online crypto betting service that calls itself a “prediction market.” The move continues the Trump administration’s pro-crypt agenda.
2025-07-14T20:27:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said it has settled with telemedicine service Southern Health Solutions, Inc. over allegations the company used deceptive pricing and weight-loss claims, along with fake reviews and testimonials, to sell its weight-loss programs.
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