The FTC announced that online bill payment firm Doxo will pay $2.1 million to settle FTC allegations that the company and two of its co-founders used misleading search ads to impersonate consumers’ billers and misled consumers about millions of dollars in fees they tacked on to consumers’ bills. In a 2024 complaint, the FTC alleged…

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Ohio AG Andy Wilson is seeking lead-plaintiff status in a securities class action lawsuit against Roblox, a video game developer, over allegations that the company has misled investors about child safety protections on its digital platform. The AGs office filed a motion to lead the case on behalf of the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System…

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Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday announced a lawsuit against TikTok for allegedly failing to shield children from age-inappropriate material and over-usage of the app, citing harms to youth development.

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird is leading a coalition of 15 Republican AGs demanding transparency and accountability from the AI company OpenAI for its alleged lack of oversight and transparency in the hacking of Hugging Face, another AI company. In July, OpenAI unveiled an experimental AI model that gained unauthorized access to several computer networks which…

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has secured a landmark agreed temporary injunction against Discord that requires the company to give Texas children the same age-assurance and default safety precautions it already provides to its users in the United Kingdom. Currently in Texas, anyone can open a Discord account with just an email address and a self-reported…

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