Prior to Google's settlement, the largest civil FTC penalty for a children's data-privacy case was a $5.7 million for a case in February involving social media app TikTok.

Though it should be said that at no point does the FTC outright say that Google should be broken up, any lay reader with a knowledge of U.S. antitrust law and English can reasonably come to that ...

The FTC has its defenders, who argue that despite Google’s commanding position in the search market — nearly 70 percent of queries happen on its service — many of the changes that have ...

The FTC filed an amicus brief in favor of the DOJ's call for Google to share its user data with competitors after a DC judge ruled the search engine was a monopolist in August, 2024.

Melissa Holyoak is nominated for one of two vacant GOP seats on the FTC. AP. In May 2022, a CEI official invited Holyoak to serve as a keynote speaker at the think-tank’s policy summit in Santa Fe.

Google tells the FTC that Microsoft exclusively hosting OpenAI tech could cost customers more money. The main issue that Google seems to take with Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI appears to ...

Google’s doomed social network Buzz led US regulators to force Google and Meta to monitor their own data use. Insiders say the results were mixed, as pressure mounts for a federal privacy law.

The FTC, Microsoft, and OpenAI are so far not commenting on The Information's report, but Google's spokesperson told The Information that the company is "committed to building the most open AI ...