President Donald Trump’s recent firings at the FTC threaten agency independence and economic stability due to the potential impact on the Federal Reserve, a group of law professors said in a filing Friday, arguing for a reversal of the dismissals (see 2504180046).
The FTC is finalizing its Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule with changes from the prior administration’s proposal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication Tuesday.
The FTC on Monday announced that it's finalizing new rules under the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), with minor changes from what the Biden administration approved in January (see 2501160068).
President Donald Trump’s recent firings of FTC commissioners were illegal and undermine bipartisan work on privacy enforcement, a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general wrote Friday in an amicus brief.
The FTC is postponing its kids online safety workshop from May 28 to June 4 due to “increased interest,” Chairman Andrew Ferguson said Wednesday (see 2503250053).
U.S. Supreme Court precedent affirms the legitimacy of multimember commissions like the FTC, so President Donald Trump’s firing of two Democratic commissioners should be reversed, congressional Democrats wrote in an amicus brief Monday (see 2504110049).
FTC Commissioners Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya on Friday asked a federal court to expedite their reinstatement at the agency, arguing the law is clear that their firings were illegal.
The Senate voted 50-46 Thursday to confirm Mark Meador as an FTC commissioner, as expected (see 2503030044).
The FTC should investigate allegations that Meta violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by knowingly allowing children to use its virtual reality platform without parental consent, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said in a letter to Chairman Andrew Ferguson on Thursday.
The Senate voted 50-46 Thursday to confirm Mark Meador as an FTC commissioner, as expected (see 2503030044).