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Hacker News Dec 17, 2024

FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/17/ftc-bans-hidden-junk-fees-in-hotel-event-ticket-prices-.html
#ycombinator #United_States #Joe_Biden #Breaking_News_Politics #Politics #Travel #Federal_Trade_Commission #business_news

FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices

The rule is one of the final pieces of President Joe Biden's crackdown on junk fees that drive up consumer costs without providing visible benefits.

CNBC

Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧Jul 26, 2024

from #CommonDreams
Billionaire Megadonor Draws Backlash for Urging #KamalaHarris to Fire #LinaKhan

"He's pushing her to go soft on corporate power, which is certainly not where voters are."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/reid-hoffman-kamala-harris

#USA #USPolitics #news #media #press #politics #POTUS #FTC #federal_trade_commission

Billionaire Megadonor Draws Backlash for Urging Kamala Harris to Fire Lina Khan | Common Dreams

Billionaire Reid Hoffman faces backlash for demanding that Vice President Kamala Harris fire FTC Chair Lina Khan if the presumptive Democratic nominee wins in November.

Common Dreams

Hacker News Jul 8, 2024

Three Algorithms in a Room
https://prospect.org/economy/2024-06-05-three-algorithms-in-a-room/
#ycombinator #Economic_Policy #pricing #deregulation #airlines #rental_housing #meatpacking #Amazon #RealPage #corporate_power #antitrust #Justice_Department #Federal_Trade_Commission #Jun_2024_Issue #Luke_Goldstein

Three Algorithms in a Room

A growing number of industries are using software to fix prices. Law enforcers are beginning to fight back.

The American Prospect

Hacker News Jul 10, 2023

Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions If It's Too Easy
https://gizmodo.com/cancel-subscription-ftc-click-to-cancel-pushback-1850615222
#Advertising #Unsubscribe #Lina_Khan #Gizmodo #FTC_regulation_of_behavioral_advertising #Adobe #Subscription_business_model #Corporate_crime #Business_models #CHASE_BANK #Federal_Trade_Commission

Companies Think Their Idiot Customers Will Accidentally Cancel Their Subscriptions if It's Too Easy

Trade groups told the FTC a simple "Click-to Cancel" proposal to easily quit subscriptions could actually lead customers to miss out on hot new deals.

Gizmodo

Wonkette Headline Bot Feb 3, 2023

Senate Dems' Crazy Idea: Maybe Gun Manufacturers Shouldn't Be Marketing To Kids? https://www.wonkette.com/ed-markey-marketing-guns-kids

#Guns #Kids #Ar15s #Jr15 #Wee_1 #Gun_manuracturers #Ed_markey #Federal_trade_commission #Protecting_kids_from_gun_marketing_act

Senate Dems' Crazy Idea: Maybe Gun Manufacturers Shouldn't Be Marketing To Kids?

Do we need more school shootings?

Wonkette