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FTC Prevents Anticompetitive Coordination in Global Advertising Merger (Federal Trade Commission)
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/06/ftc-prevents-anticompetitive-coordination-global-advertising-merger
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p56#a250623p56

Lucy has opinions about overlays that should feel familiar to just about everyone:
“Don’t use that accessibility overlay”
https://accessaces.com/dont-use-that-accessibility-overlay/
Definitely don’t use ones that collude with drive-by lawsuit attor…

Trump FTC Lets Corporate Lobbyists Kill 'Massively Popular' Click-to-Cancel Rule in Court
Republicans on the Federal Trade Commission have "ensured that hardworking people will keep getting stuck with subscriptions they don't want or can't afford," said one consumer advocate.
https://www.

Trump FTC Lets Corporate Lobbyists Kill 'Massively Popular' Click-to-Cancel Rule in Court | Common Dreams
Consumer advocates said Tuesday that the Trump administration is to blame for an appeals court decision that effectively kills the Federal Trade Commission's click-to-cancel rule.

Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/business/ftc-omnicom-interpublic-mer…

FTC May Impose Political Bias Rule on Omnicom and Interpublic Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing to place ads on platforms for political reasons.

Sources: FTC is discussing a consent decree on the Omnicom-Interpublic merger, prohibiting the combined company from boycotting platforms over political content (New York Times)
https://www.

FTC May Impose Political Bias Rule on Omnicom and Interpublic Merger
The Federal Trade Commission is considering restrictions on Omnicom and Interpublic to prevent the combined company from refusing to place ads on platforms for political reasons.

The Supreme court ruled
in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
that the Constitution did not grant the president an “illimitable power of removal,”
at least over certain types of officials.
This included the head of the Federal Trade Commission, whose firing by President Franklin Roosevelt had sparked the case.
Humphrey’s Executor stood basically untouched for decades, until Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito – both of whom had previously served in the exe…

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent
Can the president fire leaders of more than 50 independent agencies overseen by Congress because he wants to? The Supreme Court may say yes, upending decades of constitutional law.

“Spotify’s intent seems clear”: US senators call for FTC probe into Spotify’s subscription bundles – here’s why https://musictech.com/news/music/spotify-ftc-probe-bundling/?utm_source=dlv…

“Spotify's intent seems clear”: US senators call for FTC probe into Spotify’s subscription bundles – here's why
Two US senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to launch an investigation into Spotify over claims that it has forced Premium subscribers into higher-priced “bundled subscriptions” without their knowledge or consent.

What the fuck is it with #overlay companies and their apologists commenting on my blog?
I got two today (on the same post):
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/ftc-

FTC Catches up to #accessiBe
From the FTC on Friday: The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any website compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for people with disabilities. FTC Order…