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FTC sents out warning letters to more than 700 companies over fake reviews
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday sent out Notice of Penalty Offenses to more than 700 high-profile companies.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned leading companies against the practices like procuring fake reviews and misleading endorsements. Companies caught mispresenting or deceiving customers will incur steep penalties, FTC said in its official address.
Right-to-repair movement gets a big win as the FTC will scrutinize repair restrictions
Right-to-repair proponents in the U.S. got a big win as the FTC announced they'd investigate bad repair restriction practices from OEMs.
As companies like Apple and John Deere ramped up their repair restrictions, a right-to-repair movement slowly gained steam in the United States and Europe. The ideals behind the movement are certainly something we at XDA can agree with. People should be able to repair their own phones if they are able to, and companies shouldn't introduce arbitrary roadblocks that make it more difficult to replace parts. Companies that stand to lose an easy source of revenue from owning repairs are fighting tooth and nail to hamstring the right-to-repair movement, but with the growing anti-Big Tech movement, governments in Europe and America are starting to take the consumer's side. Last week, President Biden signed an executive order directing executive agencies to, among other things, limit the ability of companies to restrict repairs. Now, the agency with the power to do just that — the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC — announced that it will ramp up law enforcement action against illegal repair restrictions.
U.S. Government has dropped its years-long antitrust case against Qualcomm
The FTC on Tuesday announced it’s dropping a years-long antitrust lawsuit case against Qualcomm, which was intially filed in 2017.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the U.S. federal agency tasked with enforcing antitrust law, has announced it is dropping a years-long antitrust lawsuit case against chip design firm Qualcomm. The lawsuit accused Qualcomm of maintaining a monopoly over smartphone modems.