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FTC criticizes Xbox Game Pass price increases in latest appeal

FTC criticizes Xbox Game Pass price increases in latest appeal

Picture: Microsoft On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission cited Microsoft’s recent price adjustment for Xbox Game Pass as Evidence of the damage caused by the merger with Activision Blizzard had on consumers. The agency filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of last year’s deal and called the changes “exactly the kind of consumer ...

FTC is vilified by Congress and Xbox fans for their work

FTC is vilified by Congress and Xbox fans for their work

Chaired by Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has come in for a lot of trouble for trying to be aggressive in regulating tech companies and preventing monopolies. Now the FTC faces criticism from both congressional Republicans and very online Xbox fans to appeal against a recent court decision That gave Microsoft the green ...

Xbox fined  million for ‘illegal’ storage of children’s data

Xbox fined $20 million for ‘illegal’ storage of children’s data

The Federal Trade Commission just announced that Microsoft was fined $20 million “for illegally collecting personally identifiable information from children who signed up for the Xbox gaming system without their parents’ consent.” The new game from Dead By Daylight Devs is Fortnite Meets Doom The verdict follows a larger December 2022 verdict when Epic Games, ...

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Microsoft called FTC unconstitutional, regrets mistake

Microsoft called FTC unconstitutional, regrets mistake

photo: Zed Jameson/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Today, Microsoft filed a revised response to the United States Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit aimed at stopping the tech giant from acquiring it call of Duty Publishers Activision. the First login contained several arguments claiming that the FTC itself and its court system were unconstitutional. But now Microsoft has ripped ...