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News Articles: FTC

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun an antitrust trial against Meta over the company's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp and allegations that the company holds a monopoly over the social networking market.

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  • Business

Mark Zuckerberg defends Meta in court against monopoly claims

In Zuckerberg's second day of testifying in the federal antitrust trial, he defended Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The U.S. government wants Meta to bust up the two companies.

April 15, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
A photograph taken during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos in January shows the logo of Meta, the U.S. company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp.

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  • Business

Meta and the FTC face off in court over monopoly claims

Dozens of witnesses are set to take the stand in the trial, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify for seven hours. The outcome could reshape the future of Meta.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya chat during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on July 13, 2023. President Trump fired both on March 18.

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  • Politics

How Trump's firings could upend a 90-year-old Supreme Court ruling limiting his power

Already, lower courts have found President Trump's removal of Democratic members of independent agencies to be unlawful. The Trump administration has appealed.

March 21, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington, D.C.

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  • Business

FTC asks to delay Amazon trial over 'dire' resources, then quickly backtracks

The Federal Trade Commission is in a "dire resource situation," a federal lawyer said on a call about its major lawsuit against Amazon. Within hours, he retracted the claim.

March 14, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
John Deere is accused of illegally restricting farmers' ability to repair tractors and other equipment in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission along with two states.

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  • Business

John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors

The Federal Trade Commission and two states accuse Deere of costing farmers time and money by unfairly limiting software access and forcing the use of only authorized dealers.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Unionized grocery store workers rally to oppose the proposed merger between Kroger and Albertsons outside a Ralph's supermarket in Los Angeles in 2023. On Wednesday, Albertsons said it was giving up on the deal after it was blocked by two courts.

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  • Business

Albertsons sues Kroger and ends failed grocery megamerger

The lawsuit over a deal to combine the two largest U.S. supermarkets came just a day after it was blocked in both federal and Washington state courts.

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
A shopper pushes a cart through a Kroger supermarket in Newport, Ky.

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  • Business

Kroger and Albertsons grocery megamerger halted by two courts

Two rulings — in federal and state courts — make it increasingly likely that Kroger might abandon its $24.6 billion plan to buy Albertsons. The merger aimed to combine two of America's largest supermarket chains.

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
"Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand," said FTC Chair Lina Khan when the noncompete ban was introduced.

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  • Business

Federal judge throws out U.S. ban on noncompetes

A federal judge in Texas has struck down the government's ban on noncompetes. An estimated 30 million U.S. workers are subject to the employment agreements.

August 21, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Vice President Harris delivers a speech on artificial intelligence in London on Nov. 1, 2023.

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  • News

Tech luminaries and VCs go all-in on Kamala Harris campaign, 5 things to know

Harris started her political career in the Bay Area. And since launching her campaign, donations from Silicon Valley have poured in. But that doesn’t necessarily mean she’ll go easy on Big Tech.

August 04, 2024
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission building is seen on September 19, 2006 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Business

Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes

A federal judge in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompetes. An estimated 30 million U.S. workers are subject to the employment agreements.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Pioneer Natural Resources' office is shown on Jan. 13, 2021, in Midland, Texas. Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but the former CEO of Pioneer was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.

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  • Business

FTC bars former Pioneer CEO in Exxon Mobil deal, saying he colluded with OPEC

Exxon Mobil's $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources received federal clearance, but former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield was barred from joining the new company's board of directors.

May 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has said noncompete agreements stop workers from switching jobs, even when they could earn more money or have better working conditions.

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  • Business

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs

The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing businesses of their own.

April 24, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C.

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  • Business

After 26,000 public comments, FTC to vote on rule banning noncompete agreements

The Federal Trade Commission will vote Tuesday on whether to issue a final rule banning noncompete agreements. The Biden administration has argued that noncompetes harm workers and stifle competition.

April 23, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A 2014 file photo of the seal of the Federal Trade Commission in a carpet a FTC headquarters in Washington, DC. The organization is trying to raise consumer awareness about the use of artificial intelligence tools to create convincing audio deepfakes.

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  • Technology

The government announced winners of a contest to tell real voices from deepfake audio

Four organizations won a FTC contest for their tools that help tell real audio clips from deepfakes. The winners' approaches illuminate challenges AI audio deepfakes pose.

April 10, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Kroger first announced its plans to buy Albertsons in October 2022.

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  • Business

FTC and 9 states sue to block Kroger-Albertsons supermarket merger

The Federal Trade Commission and 9 states want to stop the deal that would combine the country's two largest grocery store chains. The companies say they have to merge to compete with Walmart.

February 27, 2024
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
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