FTC

sirzoop

When Lina Khan was the head of the FTC she filed lawsuits against every company that tried to go public, merge with another company or acquire another company. Since she has departed, more companies have been going public again.

jhansonxi

I've kept an eye on the stock but don't have cash to spare. They're popular where I'm at in Michigan. There's many smaller competitors, all private, with a bunch of them sourcing through [Mid-States Distributing](https://msdist.com/our-members/). They acquired [Orscheln Farm and Home](https://corporate.tractorsupply.com/newsroom/news-releases/news-releases-details/2022/Tractor-Supply-Company-Receives-FTC-Clearance-to-Close-Orscheln-Farm-and-Home-Acquisition/default.aspx) back in 2022.

Sandvicheater

Goog, MSFT and AAPL has been my lifetime DCA companies and that's through Supreme court merger court cases, monopoly suits by FTC and too many battery and device recalls from all 3 companies for the last 15 years and I don't see myself stop DCA these 3 anytime soon.

XChihiro

Very unlikely FTC would intervene. Consolidation in the streaming world needs to happen, also benefits the consumer.

snoughman

This is the problem. The FTC may block this merger. Keep a close eye on major insider selling while WBD is pumped up. Could be a play for an exec payday.

Wallahi-broski

Can the FTC fuck right off, lmao. Like how bored are you to probe Google and Meta's chatbots.

AlGAdams

AMZN Calls, its dipped right now feom news of an FTC probe and has been in a slump. Think it will bounce next week with retail reports and Fed decision.

BackendSpecialist

Lmaoooo.. u can delete the comments but they’re never actually gone 😂😂 Homie just admitted to insider trading - hopefully the FTC isn’t monitoring

FarrisAT

They’re trying to make a Fox News 2.0 superentity And the Trump FTC and FCC won’t lift a finger

Matt2_ASC

Ellison and the Oracle CEO just won a lawsuit where they were charged with misleading investors in the acquisition of Netsuite. They know with Trump's stooges at the FTC and SEC they won't face scrutiny for misleading investors so can play a little loose with estimates.

GoZukkYourself

The acquisition process is a nightmare thanks to the FTC.

Inflation_2022

SNAP is ripe to become an acquisition target if the DOJ & FTC allow Google or Meta to acquire it. The inability to monetize profitably comes down management failures. Their User base, and engagement are worth more than the current valuaiton. That said, without an acquisition, they could easily go bankrupt in the next decade. Stock based comp is way too high for a company failing to turn a profit. They dilute shareholders \~5% annually

Desert-AZ-finds

I've heard Goldman Sachs is awful to do business with. I would report them FTC. They have to respond to your complaint. I would recommend that once you get your money to move to different institutions.

Independent-Tree-985

> FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: ‘People deserve answers’ So just a day after three big social media AI players ate with the don, suddenly SNAP is a porblem 😬 I dont know anyone who will publicly admit to owning snap in the last year, so whatevers

Scaryclouds

And I hope that continues… but Trump has plenty of levers to pull between the DOJ, SEC, FTC, and other organizations. I mean hell the Trump admin was able to use the freaking *FHA* to start putting pressure on the Fed.  I’m not saying it will happen, and I hope it doesn’t (far prefer to be wrong of this). However for now private financial institutions haven’t been as in the crosshairs of the Trump admin as other groups… that might start to change though if the public starts to become more unhappy with economic conditions.  To be clear, I understand what you are saying. I’m not saying it’s an irrational argument either. I’m just saying I have seen FAR too many institutions bend the proverbial knee to Trump to say that won’t happen again here. 

HaveTwoBananas

zucky definitely beating that FTC case now

myeleventhreddit

slide started yesterday. the elevator is not gonna descend gracefully. even NVDA is showing cracks. GOOG is up pre-market on FTC news, not financials.

Reasonable_Roger

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5477878-google-spam-filter-republican-emails/ FTC: YOU ARE UNFAIRLY MARKING GOP DONATION SOLICITATIONS AS SPAM Google: Uh.. well we move things to the spam folder that people have previously marked as spam, or that a large percentage of other users have indicated is spam.. so.. no.. we're not. FTC: Stares blankly and pees on floor

RphAnonymous

It is if there is equal competition, but we don't really have that anymore... The more the indexes become congruous, the less impactful it is to be in any other sector than the one that the index leans towards, and it's harder to compete at a high enough level to enter the index in the first place. The index loses its value in diversification, and everything, including inflation, basically becomes the whim of the controlling mega-corporations. One of the main issues is that publicly owned corps MUST act in their investor's best interests, which sounds good on paper, but it means that corporations have no choice but to be aggressive and predatory, because it's not enough to MAKE MONEY. They have to make INCREASING amounts of money (growth) so that they can give that value to investors, hence the olden adage: "If you're not growing, you're dying." The problem is that it's impossible to grow forever unless you conglomerate, take as much market share as possible until you run the risk of anti-competition regulation, then move outside your sector. That's why you have companies like Pepsi and Coca-Cola that get into things like the potato chips industry. Personally, I think we need a method to encourage index corporations to go heavier on dividends to shareholders for value rather than growth. Right now, growth > dividends in general, and that needs to change. If we can take the emphasis off of growth for value the market will be much healthier. Conglomeration into mega-corps needs to be more aggressively discouraged for a healthier market, so they have less lobbying power, less index influence, and less impact on inflationary markers. The FTC needs to step its game up.

Many_Easy

**Doug Kass, Anthony Varrell, The Marijuana Herald, et. al.** Just saying your YouTube investment channel or X tweets are **”for entertainment only”** doesn’t totally protect you from legal trouble. It helps a little by showing you’re not trying to give official financial advice, but it’s definitely not a free pass. If you start recommending specific stocks, acting like an expert, or promising people they’ll make money, that disclaimer won’t really cover you. You could still be seen as giving unlicensed advice or even misleading your audience. Basically, if your content sounds like real financial advice especially without a license or proper disclosures you might get into trouble with regulators like the SEC or FTC. The bottom line is this: disclaimers help, but they don’t completely protect you. **What you actually say and how you say it matters much more.**

skilliard7

Imagine thinking the current FTC cares

Echo-Possible

Imagine thinking the FTC would sign off on that. They already blocked Nvidia’s acquisition of ARM back in 2022 when they were a fraction of the size and before ChatGPT and generative AI blew up. Definitely not gonna happen.

SegFault_RX

Great writeup! You're probably being down voted because $FTC is already a ticker for an ETF on NASDAQ and people don't have enough of an attention span to see you specifically said LSE. Not really a valid reason for down voting, just shake it off. Reddit being Reddit. Does this trade on an ADR for US investors?

iratezero

He fired an FTC employee in similar fashion (Rebecca Kelly Slaughter), she sued and won in court and they had to reinstate her job, but then the white house appealed and she wasn't allowed to go back to work. Still playing out in court. So, even if she did nothing wrong, or even if she did something wrong that isn't cause for firing her from her role, it's not as simple as suing and winning in court.

TimefortimXD

The ticker symbol is FTC

favorite_time_of_day

That might work here. With the FTC he managed to do this because the chair is one of his lackeys and locked the fired members out of the building. Powell is not one of his lackeys though.

ivigilanteblog

> The key word is INDEPENDENT directors. As I said in another comment on this thread: They literally aren't, though. The heads of some agencies (like the FTC, SEC, or FCC) are considered "independent," but the DEA Administrator serves under the Attorney General and can be removed at will by the President. They can be directed to act by a President, which is what Biden did. He didn't finish the job, and neither has Trump. > Also, using your logic - why didn’t Trump pressure Youngkin and DeSantis to stop opposing? What does that have to do with anything I said? Seriously asking - I don't see the connection. They are not heads of federal agencies that serve under the President. So they have nothing to do with my comment about checks and balances. > Assuming we actually get another election Oh, wait, nevermind. I get it now. You're way too deep into politics.

ivigilanteblog

> independent agency directors They literally aren't, though. The heads of some agencies (like the FTC, SEC, or FCC) are considered "independent," but the DEA Administrator serves under the Attorney General and can be removed at will by the President. They can be directed to act by a President, which is what Biden did. He didn't finish the job, and neither has Trump.

Rude_Judgment7928

We all get that bruh. There are more ways to incentivize production of critical industries to say home (yes tariffs are one of them, not the dumbass blanket tariffs though). I know it would blow American's brains, but as soon as a company gets X% support/protection from the government, their **should** be limitations on compensation structure/board structure/investor pay out. How can can you control that financial advantage bequeathed upon a single company doesn't just flow into the hands of the owners/shareholders/execs. If a company is fully faced against the forces of capitalism (which includes at FTC with some balls), they can pay execs/shareholders whatever the fuck they want. FREE MARKET BABY. We're so anti-government in this country even Dems brain break and have dumbass public traded monopolies like Investor Owned Utilities. Yay! You have all the downsides of government running things, but you get to pay equity returns and execs on top of it!!!

SolidAndEdgy

FTC

CJspangler

Even Biden’s FTC was all over this issue You take out millions in loans from banks for farm equipment than want to repair you’re engine or other key parts of a tractor or farm equipment and John Deere moves to void the warranty which can cause all sorts of issues since these machines have years of debt attached to them https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/deere-lina-khan-statement-final.pdf

BrianRampage

You've done your part and warned him multiple times. Beyond that, it's not your money to (mis)invest and it's not your problem or concern. Contact the FTC and go about your life.

LiveRedAnon

Report it to the FTC, FBI, Facebook etc.

Professional_Ad681

Hims is going to take a nosedive...once this news makes the hedgefund rounds, Hims will drop. Sec investigation and FTC investigation on deceptive marketing in healthcare and now the cash pay weight loss market has been taken away as a revenue driver (the original 30% bump earlier in the year was because of weight loss potential but now that's gone!)....it's like watching a little stock inching to the edge of a giant cliff.....watching it..one more step....

PM-ME-Y0UR-B00B

“This isn’t a slap-on-the-wrist FTC fine. This is multi-state AG pile-on territory.” Do people ever read what slop they force ChatGPT flood out.

favorite_time_of_day

He fired members of the FTC, this is something which is explicitly prohibited. He fired a bunch of inspectors general without cause. This is something which was explicitly prohibited by congress after he did the same thing in his first term. The right to set tariffs is only delegated to the president in case of emergencies. Trump declared a bullshit emergency so that he could get away with it. He signed an order to end birthright citizenship. This is explicitly guaranteed by the constitution, but this is still going through the courts (for some reason) so we don't know yet whether he'll get away with it. DOGE did a bunch of things, like stealing records of everyone's personal information. Including things like tax records, information that Trump has jealously guarded when it comes to himself. This is not something that Trump did personally, but under Trump's purview. This is by no means an exhaustive list.

I_Sell_Bottoms

FTC investigating Hims & Hers over advertising and cancellation practices

PooPooPointBoiz

HIMS is being investigated by the FTC for their subscription cancellation and ad practices. Apparently it's been going on for about a year now, HIMS has said they're cooperating voluntarily. But for some reason today of all days some sort of report comes out and HIMS drops. Despite HIMS not formally being charged with any wrongdoing. It's fuckin bullshit dude.

floo82

What was the FTC related news with hims?

goZUCKurself

Buying more HIMS on this FTC news dip

PooPooPointBoiz

Bro fuck the FTC. Couldn't these fuck asses wait until Friday after hours to say they're going to fuck over my HIMS port. Fuck my goddamn life dude. I'm down 4.5k on that stupid ass news alone.

Appropriate-Lunch217

FTC probe been happening for a year

The_real_Covfefe-19

FTC investigation into their business practices regarding canceling subscriptions. 

callsonreddit

Hims & Hers Health drops 5% after hours on report FTC has probed business practices for over a year [https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/hims--hers-health-stock-drops-after-ftc-probe-report-surfaces-4193741](https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/hims--hers-health-stock-drops-after-ftc-probe-report-surfaces-4193741)

Clintile

Being investigated by FTC

Clintile

Because they’re being investigated by the FTC

G4M35

I was doing some back of the envelope analysis of Intel last night, and I could not help but thinking: 1. Is someone going to buy them? Who? 2. Are they going to merge with someone? Who? Of course there's always the issue of the FTC. and also national security... and so, here we are. > It seems the US is now a nation that nationalizes it's companies. Something the US has been quite critical about other countries doing. [T.A.R.P. has entered the chat] no no no, why buy a stake? Just give NSA money! [Chrysler has entered the chat] Yeah, no buying stake, only money giveaway NSA.

ebfeebfe

FTC investigation into HIMS. Calls!

FluorescentCheddar

Bro its crazy a former FTC commissioner has a bear take on TSLA

Matt2_ASC

Broadline food distribution to restaurants, schools, hospitals, and other establishments. Sysco, US Foods, and Performance Food Group. The merger of US Foods and Sysco did not go through but would have created an entity that had 75% of national broadline food distribution. In his 128-page [opinion preliminarily stopping the deal, District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled](https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/150623syscomemo.pdf) that “because the proposed merger would eliminate head-to-head competition between the number one and number two competitors in the market for national customers, the merger is likely to lead to unilateral anticompetitive effects in that market.” [Following Sysco’s Abandonment of Proposed Merger with US Foods, FTC Closes Case | Federal Trade Commission](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2015/07/following-syscos-abandonment-proposed-merger-us-foods-ftc-closes-case)

tall-lad

This dude said Adobe backed out of buying it at $20B lmao. The FTC blocked Adobe’s purchase… they didn’t back out of shit.

CaliberMatters

Fun fact: The Can-Spam act requires companies to honor unsubscribe requests within 10 days. You can file : An FTC complaint A complaint with your State AG If his “truths” involve market manipulation, fraud or attempt to outright device you can contact the SEC and make a complaint. You can’t sue directly unless you can prove damages of some sort. Either way, you can kind of make his life difficult and cause truth social to be fined. Pretty useless overall. At minimum may help get you removed and stop receiving those emails and calls.

EvenStephen85

Totally a free capitalist society there. ‘That’s a nice company you’ve got there. I’d sure hate to see anyone call it a monopoly and disassemble it if you don’t do exactly what I tell you to do since I run the FTC and DOJ.’

da_crackler

Who are you, the FTC?

psycho-drama

Clearly, it wasn't impossible. As I recall, he missed the timing of several steps. The FTC needs to go over Tesla's books and determine how this "impossible goal" was achieved. How many Telsas does $50 billion buy? I figure about 1.25-1.5 million cars at wholesale, Maybe there is some desert with 500,000 Teslas in mothballs which Musk bought to meet his "impossible goal", He'd still be at least $4 billion ahead, at $29 billion payout, he could then have the cars sold overseas, all profit, no matter what they sold for. Musk's net worth is about $400 billion, and yes, most of it is tied up in his companies, but he could easily borrow 5-10% of that, and meet his impossible goal. and that's without "cooking the books". If nothing else, Musk can be devious, and he's not stupid, so who knows how his impossible goal was met?

I-IV-I64-V-I

Didn't the FTC block it? Like wasn't Lina Khan bragging about how well they IPO'd as proof the ((+ some EU antitrust)) Some wackass news link with Lina's twitter linked :  https://www.webpronews.com/figmas-68b-ipo-vindicates-antitrust-block-of-adobe-deal/

FinishWarm1746

FTC has passed ai regulations. Tech is cooked

Hereforsumbeer

Real curious about how many Robinhood held onto for themselves. Regardless of my holdings in HOOD, I’d still love to see the FTC finally stop turning a blind eye.

Gloomy_MTTime420

So your ticket is…$FTC? 😜

RepairmanJack2025

I am so tired of the ever intrusive government. Now the FTC falsely claims UBER One is deceptive, and hard to cancel. Ever tried to cancel a cable subscription? Suck my balls, FTC.

Rude_Judgment7928

Capitalism left the building in the mid-80s and fully flew out the door in 2008 when we decided we needed to protect companies over people (we could have easily saved every mortgage that was at risk of default for the amount we shoveled to private companies). If we get a FTC with some balls back we can talk big game of being a capitalist economy again.

SW4994M0N666

Inb4 Piper Sandler gets investigated by the DOJ & FTC.

Individual-Habit-438

the current DOJ or FTC doesn't care at all about monopolies. they relish consolidation. but any media-ish merger in 2026 is going to require capitulation and payment of bribes that need to be priced in

toofpick

Yes and those were terrible things he did. However hes a web darling because he pushed congress to create the market/casino we have today. Creating the Fed the FTC. His progressive tax system would be embraced by the billionaire haters in here. Also helped big time to create the league of nations.

MisterManatee

OpenDoor settled with the FTC for $62 million because its core business model was to mislead home sellers. I have my doubts that it will ever come back in a meaningful way.

Dr_Dick_Dastardly

Even during pre-Covid and pre-AI days, the site was terrible. Didn't work half the time, made it next to impossible to cancel subscriptions, and it's been through several massive data breaches that put the FTC on their ass.

TAKINAS_INNOVATION

Congrats now you know how google shareholders feel lmao. But on a serious note, I am weary of Adobe. I used to own them but sold at a loss because I thought their moat was eroding and put the capital into Netflix and Spotify and that worked out better. Adobe is literally the opposite of Netflix’s style of allowing people to cancel your subscription very easily. Adobe makes it a nightmare to cancel their service. They even got called out by the FTC. That’s not something I like. If you can’t make a good product and have to rely on sneaky and crappy stuff like that. It means your product isn’t good enough to stand on its own two feet. Plus speaking as a content creator CapCut really destroyed Adobe in the mobile editing space. Adobe should’ve made something like this to capture the mobile editing but let Bytedance run away with it. Just my thoughts though

throwawayainteasy

He hasn't had the authority to fire a bunch of people he's fired. Including FTC commissioners, who Humphrey's Executor (the precedent that is the foundation of all independent agencies) explicitly protected. As in, it's directly applicable because Humphrey's Executor was explicitly about the President lacking the authority to fire FTC commissioners without cause because Congress passed a law saying he couldn't. But, courts have bizarrely held that keeping people in office he's fired despite laws saying he can't is an unjust harm to the Executive Branch. So the wrongly-fired appointees have to sue to get their positions back, but are out of office while the underlying case is litigated and Trump is free to replace them in the interim. Which, since the underlying cases can take years to litigate, mostly means Trump is free to fire them regardless. Most of the positions he's fired like that have less time remaining on their terms than it will take to litigate the cases. (Is their term suspended while they're out of office? Does the time out of office count towards their term? Nobody knows because we're in uncharted waters with both POTUS and SCOTUS blatantly ignoring the Humphrey's Executor precedent.)

throwawayainteasy

He hasn't had the authority to fire a bunch of people he's fired. Including FTC commissioners, who Humphrey's Executor (the precedent that is the foundation of all independent agencies) explicitly protected. But, courts have bizarrely held that keeping people in office he's fired despite laws saying he can't is an unjust harm to the Executive Branch. So the wrongly-fired appointees have to sue to get their positions back, but are out of office while the underlying case is litigated and Trump is free to replace them in the interim. Which, since the underlying cases can take *years* to litigate, mostly means Trump is free to fire them regardless. Most of the positions he's fired like that have less time remaining on their terms than it will take to litigate the cases. (Is their term suspended while they're out of office? Does the time out of office count towards their term? Nobody knows because we're in uncharted waters with both POTUS and SCOTUS blatantly ignoring the Humphrey's Executor precedent.)

helloworldalien

Lol I owned this stock and sold with a 6% gain. I found the company phone number in the FTC filing paperwork and called it.  Went straight to Keith Berman’s phone… no secretary, no nothing. I asked him a few questions and he seemed annoyed and said some bullshit about fake reporters/ why would you call me/ all the scammers faults. Sold immediately.  Everything in the paperwork/ PR was weird and vague. I spammed stocktwit for a few days screaming for people to get out. Idk hopefully I saved some. Lol what a weird phone call. 

biologia2016

Half of this subreddit treats this place as r/politics, which is really saying something as a Dem voter myself, and the other half is just posting/commenting fluff pieces that suit their own stock positions. I used to find the open shilling on WSB to be obnoxious, but there's at least a sort of honesty there. Reddit overall has been the most anti-Google platform on the internet through the depreciation of Manifest V2 and the only people I've heard of migrating from Chrome are those on r/chrome. Meanwhile there's still that political football of the anti-monopoly FTC cases against Google. The company is obviously trying to kiss the ring with stunts like the "Gulf of America" Google Maps name change but they're not in the Trump inner circle like Palantir or Altman so who can say how seriously the DOJ will pursue them. There's a large population of people in the world who use exclusively mobile phones with OS like Apple that are almost completely outside the Google/Chrome ecosystem even if they might have an account for Youtube. Google's integration of Gemini is therefore meaningless to those people and ChatGPT is still the "brand name" service for the LLM chatbot revolution in the eyes of many people.

GoZukkYourself

Shout out to the FTC for making GOOGL untradeable.

Virtual-Moose5921

@FTC

BosSF82

The US court of appeals for the eighth circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule, which would have required companies to allow consumers to cancel subscriptions using the same method they used to sign up, after finding that the commission behind it failed to follow required procedures under the FTC Act during the rule-making process.

rriggsco

If you are in the US, report them to your state's AG and to the FTC.

memelordzarif

You should absolutely go ahead with reporting to those agencies you were reporting to. Just because they refunded you doesn’t make them better now. They will scam other people who don’t know any better and who doesn’t know who to contact when they get scammed out of thousands like you did. Just because a thief returned your things to you doesn’t mean they won’t steal from someone else and you shouldn’t contact the cops anyways. Please report to FTC, SEC and those other agencies. Hopefully they get shut down and refund all the people they scammed and not get to scam anyone else. These people should rot in jail for what they do. On a side note, 99% (if not 100%) of these get rich quick schemes are scams. You should never trust them without first hand accounts from people you know and trust.

Other-Ad-529

Well, weren't the FTC or SEC building a case against Musk before he bought Trump the election and gutted them?

FluorescentCheddar

Mark my words. Just wait until the FTC busts up the Microsoft Open AI partnership, then you'll be crying that you didn't buy TSLA under 300.

KULR_Mooning

No evidence that FTC has charged KULR but Queen Bi*ch Lafufu likes what she 👀

ToastSpangler

Mr Kulr! Mr Kulr! What have you to say regarding the FTC charges that are being pressed against you? Do you think "lick my ballz bro it started as a reddit rip lmao" is an appropriate defense?

movdqa

I've been paying US taxes on interest from foreign banks since 1988. Every year I have to compute income to file US taxes, file FATCA compliance forms to the US Treasury, and fill out account balance and account information on the IRS submission. The penalties for not filing the annual FATCA forms are severe - to the point that US citizens renounce citizenship. Yes, **if you are a U.S. citizen or resident alien, you are generally required to report and pay U.S. income tax on your worldwide income, including foreign income**, regardless of where you live or where the income is earned. However, there are ways to potentially reduce or eliminate U.S. tax liability on your foreign income. Options include the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion (FEIE) and the Foreign Tax Credit (FTC). Tax treaties between the U.S. and other countries may also help prevent double taxation. U.S. citizens and residents must report their worldwide income to the IRS. This includes reporting foreign financial accounts under certain thresholds by filing FinCEN Form 114. Additional reporting for foreign financial assets may be required with Form 8938. Given the complexities of international tax laws, especially with foreign income, consulting a tax professional specializing in expatriate taxes is recommended. You can find more information on these topics at [Thomson Reuters](https://tax.thomsonreuters.com/blog/overview-of-u-s-taxes-on-foreign-income-for-individuals/).  [https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=irs+do+you+have+to+pay+taxes+on+foreign+income](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=irs+do+you+have+to+pay+taxes+on+foreign+income)

throwawayainteasy

The WH has fired lots of people who's positions were protected by law and that Trump had no existing legal authority to fire. That includes and NRC Commissioner, OSC Council, MSPB judges, and two FTC Commissioners (literally the exact positions at the exact agency the Humphrey's Executor precedent protects which is the basis for independent government bodies). Courts have essentially held that the WH is free to fire them despite existing laws and SCOTUS precedent, they have to sue to get their jobs back (some of those lawsuits are ongoing now), and that the can't be in-office while the lawsuit plays out. So, basically, he can replace anyone he wants at-will and they're out of office until they complete a lawsuit proving the firing was wrongful (which can be a many years long process).

blownou

Zero chance. If the DoJ and FTC had any balls they would’ve broken up Herbalife. After I saw them do nothing but give them a slap on the wrist I realized that “too big to fail” applied to more than banks. These government orgs are just rubber stampers. They’ll get google to pay a couple billion dollars, claim that as a win, and google will continue to do business as usual

myironlung6

Except the DOJ AND FTC are going to break up their entire search business. You’re fucked 😂

dcwhite98

Google's biggest issue now is the US government (FTC) claiming they are a monopoly and trying to break them up. Until this is settled it's going to be bumpy. But there are a lot of cases made by analysts that say separating several of it's businesses, Cloud, Search, YouTube, etc. could unlock a huge amount of value and the price would skyrocket. I'd guess GOOG and GOOGL stock would be split among the new companies and if you own either of these two, you'd automatically get shares of the new companies.

HaveTwoBananas

FTC ruling?

PumpkinPoshSpice

In April 2024, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to ban most non-compete clauses in employment contracts, citing them as unfair competition. The rule was set to take effect on September 4, 2024, but a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction on August 20, 2024, deeming the ban unlawful. The injunction prevents the FTC from enforcing the rule, which is still being litigated.

RedDoesFBA

As an Amazon seller for 10+ years and getting buttfuked by these tarrifs. All trump had to do was make Chinese businesses sell direct to us businesses instead of direct to the US consumer. It builds up US business, creates jobs, keeps all that tax revenue in the US. There’s still healthy competition (it’s the same as any big box retailer) But no, we got massive tarrifs and all these Chinese scam companies that constantly break FTC laws that can’t be sued get to stay.

Rats_in_the_wall

This offer exhibits multiple classic signs of a cryptocurrency scam: guaranteed high daily returns (+15% per day), requests for upfront deposits, use of an unofficial “promo address” (newnet.free), and promises of repetitive transactions for bonuses. Legitimate airdrops never require you to send funds or repeatedly deposit/withdraw to a private address. Numerous reports on Reddit and security advisories highlight that similar EOS “airdrops” are phishing schemes designed to steal your tokens. Key Red Flags 1. Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns Legitimate crypto promotions may reward you with tokens, but never promise fixed, high-percentage returns on your deposit every single day. A promise of +15% daily return is a hallmark of a Ponzi-style or phishing scam, not a genuine airdrop 2. Upfront Deposits to Private Addresses Requiring you to send EOS (or any coin) to a non-official address (newnet.free) is blatant phishing—there is no credible project or exchange “promo address” by this name. Real airdrops distribute tokens directly to your wallet without you sending funds first 3. Multiple Daily Transactions Requirement No reputable exchange or project asks you to perform 15 transactions per day to unlock a bonus. This mechanic only increases the likelihood you’ll send a large amount by mistake and never get it back Scam Mechanism Phishing Address-Poisoning Scammers exploit wallet-address truncation or spoof addresses that look familiar. The FBI warns that address-poisoning attacks rely on users failing to notice slight differences in addresses, ultimately draining wallets when users send funds to the phishing address Fake Airdrop Phishing Sites Security researchers have documented EOS “airdrops” that redirect victims to phishing landing pages mimicking official exchanges, then immediately steal funds once deposited. Social Proof & Staged Screenshots The post’s screenshots and “user testimonials” are almost certainly fabricated. Scammers often reuse or fake screenshots to build credibility before disappearing with victims’ tokens How Legitimate Airdrops Work Free Distribution: Tokens are sent directly to your wallet address; you do not send your own funds first. Official Announcements: Projects announce airdrops on their verified social channels or through well-known crypto news outlets. No Deposit/Withdraw Loops: You may complete simple tasks (e.g., holding a token, social media engagement), but you’re never asked to deposit and withdraw repeatedly for bonuses Recommendations Do Not Send Funds: Never deposit EOS (or any crypto) to a private or unfamiliar address promising returns. Verify via Official Channels: Check each exchange’s official blog or Twitter account for any airdrop notices—none of the major exchanges listed (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.) have ever promoted such a scheme Use Scam-Tracking Resources: Refer to government and consumer-protection sites like the California DFPI’s Crypto Scam Tracker or the FTC’s consumer alerts to stay updated on emerging crypto scams Report Suspicious Posts: Notify Reddit moderators or the relevant platform when you encounter posts purporting “guaranteed returns” airdrops. Given these points and multiple security advisories, this post is almost certainly a scam. Never engage with it or send any funds to the provided address.

kraven-more-head

Yeah didn't. The supreme Court make it clear that the FED has different treatment than other things like the FTC. And that Trump can't just fire Powell?

kraven-more-head

It was already stated by the courts that the FED is different than the FTC.

favorite_time_of_day

> He would be ignored. I don't see that you have any reason to believe that. He should have been ignored when he fired the FTC members, but because he had installed a lackey as chairman they are being kept out of the building. So those FTC members are forced to sue to recover their positions. And that's a long process, and in the meantime Trump gets what he wants.

TimeGrownOld

Bitcoin is a financial technology; blockchain distributed ledgers applied to finance. Satoshi may have envisioned it being used as a currency but that was like two decades ago. That's not a failure, that's evolution. Think of what the internet was originally built for, or any of the dual-use military technologies over the last 50 years. Innovation and evolution is inherent with new technologies, to suggest it a failure suggests you don't work with new technology. Crypto is definitely surrounded by scams, but many would argue that's due to the government's repeated delay in putting proper guidelines in place for it. See coinbase's FTC case. Furthermore, cash facilitates a vast majority of criminal payments, and most fraud is still online-commerce based. Every new financial technology goes through the same growing pains before proper regulations and protections are in place. Think counterfeiting with fiat, card skimmers with credit cards, identity theft with online commerce, etc. It's simply not an argument. The Iran transfer is hypothetical but my point still stands. You're taking our first-world banking system for granted. You think people fleeing Ukraine want to carry their lifesavings in gold or fiat, when they can simply carry an encrypted hardware wallet? Again, these are tired tropes which illustrates a lack of understanding about the technology. No one suggests that crypto will be used to replace every-day small transactions (though with the rapid decrease in computing poser driven by AI, and the reduced volatility due to adoption, it may one day be a use case after all). But a store of value is definitely a good use case. Otherwise the cryptomarket cap wouldn't he sitting in the trillions, right? That's certainly not all scams and crime, as my personal experience suggests.

spiteful_rr_dm_TA

What positive fucking news are you talking about??? ICE is deporting the work force by the thousands to catch double digit numbers of criminals, which is significantly hampering agriculture, construction, and hospitality sectors in multiple areas, and that will only get worse as the admin doubles down. The number of people filing for unemployment is *rising*. Inflation is on the rise again, despite Biden having cooled it off before. A US senator was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by the executive branch because he spoke up at a press conference. Riots are breaking out in major cities as citizens form up against ICE. Republicans are being lawless, charging into every facet of governance to destroy all aspects of our administrative system; independent organizations are under attack, agencies are no longer able to regulate effectively, and regulatory bodies like the FTC are being gutted. US soft power is rapidly waning all around the world, while our resources are being sent to the pockets of billionaires. The tax bill passed by republicans in the form of the, and I hate saying this, "Big Beautiful Bill" will add trillions more to the debt, both by increasing spending and cutting government revenues. We have 55% tariffs coming in on Chinese goods, while things like Aluminum are rapidly increasing in price. Not to mention we royally pissed off most of our allies and friends with our recent behavior. And that is just a sample of what is going wrong inside the US. You have the ongoing humanitarian crises of Ukraine and Gaza, the fact Israel and Iran are heading to war, etc etc.

Rats_in_the_wall

This offer exhibits multiple classic signs of a cryptocurrency scam: guaranteed high daily returns (+15% per day), requests for upfront deposits, use of an unofficial “promo address” (newnet.free), and promises of repetitive transactions for bonuses. Legitimate airdrops never require you to send funds or repeatedly deposit/withdraw to a private address. Numerous reports on Reddit and security advisories highlight that similar EOS “airdrops” are phishing schemes designed to steal your tokens. Key Red Flags 1. Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns Legitimate crypto promotions may reward you with tokens, but never promise fixed, high-percentage returns on your deposit every single day. A promise of +15% daily return is a hallmark of a Ponzi-style or phishing scam, not a genuine airdrop 2. Upfront Deposits to Private Addresses Requiring you to send EOS (or any coin) to a non-official address (newnet.free) is blatant phishing—there is no credible project or exchange “promo address” by this name. Real airdrops distribute tokens directly to your wallet without you sending funds first 3. Multiple Daily Transactions Requirement No reputable exchange or project asks you to perform 15 transactions per day to unlock a bonus. This mechanic only increases the likelihood you’ll send a large amount by mistake and never get it back Scam Mechanism Phishing Address-Poisoning Scammers exploit wallet-address truncation or spoof addresses that look familiar. The FBI warns that address-poisoning attacks rely on users failing to notice slight differences in addresses, ultimately draining wallets when users send funds to the phishing address Fake Airdrop Phishing Sites Security researchers have documented EOS “airdrops” that redirect victims to phishing landing pages mimicking official exchanges, then immediately steal funds once deposited. Social Proof & Staged Screenshots The post’s screenshots and “user testimonials” are almost certainly fabricated. Scammers often reuse or fake screenshots to build credibility before disappearing with victims’ tokens How Legitimate Airdrops Work Free Distribution: Tokens are sent directly to your wallet address; you do not send your own funds first. Official Announcements: Projects announce airdrops on their verified social channels or through well-known crypto news outlets. No Deposit/Withdraw Loops: You may complete simple tasks (e.g., holding a token, social media engagement), but you’re never asked to deposit and withdraw repeatedly for bonuses Recommendations Do Not Send Funds: Never deposit EOS (or any crypto) to a private or unfamiliar address promising returns. Verify via Official Channels: Check each exchange’s official blog or Twitter account for any airdrop notices—none of the major exchanges listed (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.) have ever promoted such a scheme Use Scam-Tracking Resources: Refer to government and consumer-protection sites like the California DFPI’s Crypto Scam Tracker or the FTC’s consumer alerts to stay updated on emerging crypto scams Report Suspicious Posts: Notify Reddit moderators or the relevant platform when you encounter posts purporting “guaranteed returns” airdrops. Given these points and multiple security advisories, this post is almost certainly a scam. Never engage with it or send any funds to the provided address.

FistyGorilla

I doubt the FTC would approve that.

Rats_in_the_wall

This offer exhibits multiple classic signs of a cryptocurrency scam: guaranteed high daily returns (+15% per day), requests for upfront deposits, use of an unofficial “promo address” (newnet.free), and promises of repetitive transactions for bonuses. Legitimate airdrops never require you to send funds or repeatedly deposit/withdraw to a private address. Numerous reports on Reddit and security advisories highlight that similar EOS “airdrops” are phishing schemes designed to steal your tokens. Key Red Flags 1. Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns Legitimate crypto promotions may reward you with tokens, but never promise fixed, high-percentage returns on your deposit every single day. A promise of +15% daily return is a hallmark of a Ponzi-style or phishing scam, not a genuine airdrop 2. Upfront Deposits to Private Addresses Requiring you to send EOS (or any coin) to a non-official address (newnet.free) is blatant phishing—there is no credible project or exchange “promo address” by this name. Real airdrops distribute tokens directly to your wallet without you sending funds first 3. Multiple Daily Transactions Requirement No reputable exchange or project asks you to perform 15 transactions per day to unlock a bonus. This mechanic only increases the likelihood you’ll send a large amount by mistake and never get it back Scam Mechanism Phishing Address-Poisoning Scammers exploit wallet-address truncation or spoof addresses that look familiar. The FBI warns that address-poisoning attacks rely on users failing to notice slight differences in addresses, ultimately draining wallets when users send funds to the phishing address Fake Airdrop Phishing Sites Security researchers have documented EOS “airdrops” that redirect victims to phishing landing pages mimicking official exchanges, then immediately steal funds once deposited. Social Proof & Staged Screenshots The post’s screenshots and “user testimonials” are almost certainly fabricated. Scammers often reuse or fake screenshots to build credibility before disappearing with victims’ tokens How Legitimate Airdrops Work Free Distribution: Tokens are sent directly to your wallet address; you do not send your own funds first. Official Announcements: Projects announce airdrops on their verified social channels or through well-known crypto news outlets. No Deposit/Withdraw Loops: You may complete simple tasks (e.g., holding a token, social media engagement), but you’re never asked to deposit and withdraw repeatedly for bonuses Recommendations Do Not Send Funds: Never deposit EOS (or any crypto) to a private or unfamiliar address promising returns. Verify via Official Channels: Check each exchange’s official blog or Twitter account for any airdrop notices—none of the major exchanges listed (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.) have ever promoted such a scheme Use Scam-Tracking Resources: Refer to government and consumer-protection sites like the California DFPI’s Crypto Scam Tracker or the FTC’s consumer alerts to stay updated on emerging crypto scams Report Suspicious Posts: Notify Reddit moderators or the relevant platform when you encounter posts purporting “guaranteed returns” airdrops. Given these points and multiple security advisories, this post is almost certainly a scam. Never engage with it or send any funds to the provided address.

Rats_in_the_wall

This offer exhibits multiple classic signs of a cryptocurrency scam: guaranteed high daily returns (+15% per day), requests for upfront deposits, use of an unofficial “promo address” (newnet.free), and promises of repetitive transactions for bonuses. Legitimate airdrops never require you to send funds or repeatedly deposit/withdraw to a private address. Numerous reports on Reddit and security advisories highlight that similar EOS “airdrops” are phishing schemes designed to steal your tokens. Key Red Flags 1. Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns Legitimate crypto promotions may reward you with tokens, but never promise fixed, high-percentage returns on your deposit every single day. A promise of +15% daily return is a hallmark of a Ponzi-style or phishing scam, not a genuine airdrop 2. Upfront Deposits to Private Addresses Requiring you to send EOS (or any coin) to a non-official address (newnet.free) is blatant phishing—there is no credible project or exchange “promo address” by this name. Real airdrops distribute tokens directly to your wallet without you sending funds first 3. Multiple Daily Transactions Requirement No reputable exchange or project asks you to perform 15 transactions per day to unlock a bonus. This mechanic only increases the likelihood you’ll send a large amount by mistake and never get it back Scam Mechanism Phishing Address-Poisoning Scammers exploit wallet-address truncation or spoof addresses that look familiar. The FBI warns that address-poisoning attacks rely on users failing to notice slight differences in addresses, ultimately draining wallets when users send funds to the phishing address Fake Airdrop Phishing Sites Security researchers have documented EOS “airdrops” that redirect victims to phishing landing pages mimicking official exchanges, then immediately steal funds once deposited. Social Proof & Staged Screenshots The post’s screenshots and “user testimonials” are almost certainly fabricated. Scammers often reuse or fake screenshots to build credibility before disappearing with victims’ tokens How Legitimate Airdrops Work Free Distribution: Tokens are sent directly to your wallet address; you do not send your own funds first. Official Announcements: Projects announce airdrops on their verified social channels or through well-known crypto news outlets. No Deposit/Withdraw Loops: You may complete simple tasks (e.g., holding a token, social media engagement), but you’re never asked to deposit and withdraw repeatedly for bonuses Recommendations Do Not Send Funds: Never deposit EOS (or any crypto) to a private or unfamiliar address promising returns. Verify via Official Channels: Check each exchange’s official blog or Twitter account for any airdrop notices—none of the major exchanges listed (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.) have ever promoted such a scheme Use Scam-Tracking Resources: Refer to government and consumer-protection sites like the California DFPI’s Crypto Scam Tracker or the FTC’s consumer alerts to stay updated on emerging crypto scams Report Suspicious Posts: Notify Reddit moderators or the relevant platform when you encounter posts purporting “guaranteed returns” airdrops. Given these points and multiple security advisories, this post is almost certainly a scam. Never engage with it or send any funds to the provided address.

Rats_in_the_wall

This offer exhibits multiple classic signs of a cryptocurrency scam: guaranteed high daily returns (+15% per day), requests for upfront deposits, use of an unofficial “promo address” (newnet.free), and promises of repetitive transactions for bonuses. Legitimate airdrops never require you to send funds or repeatedly deposit/withdraw to a private address. Numerous reports on Reddit and security advisories highlight that similar EOS “airdrops” are phishing schemes designed to steal your tokens. Key Red Flags 1. Unrealistic Guaranteed Returns Legitimate crypto promotions may reward you with tokens, but never promise fixed, high-percentage returns on your deposit every single day. A promise of +15% daily return is a hallmark of a Ponzi-style or phishing scam, not a genuine airdrop 2. Upfront Deposits to Private Addresses Requiring you to send EOS (or any coin) to a non-official address (newnet.free) is blatant phishing—there is no credible project or exchange “promo address” by this name. Real airdrops distribute tokens directly to your wallet without you sending funds first 3. Multiple Daily Transactions Requirement No reputable exchange or project asks you to perform 15 transactions per day to unlock a bonus. This mechanic only increases the likelihood you’ll send a large amount by mistake and never get it back Scam Mechanism Phishing Address-Poisoning Scammers exploit wallet-address truncation or spoof addresses that look familiar. The FBI warns that address-poisoning attacks rely on users failing to notice slight differences in addresses, ultimately draining wallets when users send funds to the phishing address Fake Airdrop Phishing Sites Security researchers have documented EOS “airdrops” that redirect victims to phishing landing pages mimicking official exchanges, then immediately steal funds once deposited. Social Proof & Staged Screenshots The post’s screenshots and “user testimonials” are almost certainly fabricated. Scammers often reuse or fake screenshots to build credibility before disappearing with victims’ tokens How Legitimate Airdrops Work Free Distribution: Tokens are sent directly to your wallet address; you do not send your own funds first. Official Announcements: Projects announce airdrops on their verified social channels or through well-known crypto news outlets. No Deposit/Withdraw Loops: You may complete simple tasks (e.g., holding a token, social media engagement), but you’re never asked to deposit and withdraw repeatedly for bonuses Recommendations Do Not Send Funds: Never deposit EOS (or any crypto) to a private or unfamiliar address promising returns. Verify via Official Channels: Check each exchange’s official blog or Twitter account for any airdrop notices—none of the major exchanges listed (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, etc.) have ever promoted such a scheme Use Scam-Tracking Resources: Refer to government and consumer-protection sites like the California DFPI’s Crypto Scam Tracker or the FTC’s consumer alerts to stay updated on emerging crypto scams Report Suspicious Posts: Notify Reddit moderators or the relevant platform when you encounter posts purporting “guaranteed returns” airdrops. Given these points and multiple security advisories, this post is almost certainly a scam. Never engage with it or send any funds to the provided address.

FerretMuch4931

Those FTC lawsuits are likely holding AMZN back; trials start this fall. 😑