According to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission, the largest grocery retailers — including Walmart, Kroger and Amazon, which owns Whole Foods — used the pandemic as an excuse to raise prices across the board.

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To ensure that tech giants will not have “carte blanche with kids' data,” as one advocacy group said, the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday unveiled major proposed changes to the U.S. online privacy law for children for the first time in a decade.

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Meta Platforms — which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — on Wednesday sued the U.S. Federal Trade Commission six months after the agency proposed an order that would prohibit the tech giant from monetizing minors' data.

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), with the support of at least 17 states, has filed its long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon for allegedly engaging in illegal conduct and “monopolistic practices” within its online store and merchant services. The FTC is asking the court to consider forcing the online retailing giant to sell some of its assets as […]

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Food and beverage industry lobbyists paid dozens of registered dietitians with millions of social media followers to promote aspartame and sugar, The Washington Post found. Aspartame is particularly dangerous for children and has been shown to be toxic to children’s brains, Dr. Michelle Perro, a pediatrician, told The Defender.

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