Tag: Federal Trade Commission

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Media activist calls for regulating mobile marketing

Published: May 8, 2008

WASHINGTON - Jeff Chester runs the Center for Digital Democracy and he's out to raise a stink on the practices in the mobile marketing industry.

Correction: Jon Leibowitz is a commissioner at the FTC

Published: May 8, 2008

WASHINGTON - Jon Leibowitz is a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, not its chief as mentioned in an article headline yesterday. Sorry for the mistake.

We're going to police the wireless space: FTC commissioner

Published: May 7, 2008

WASHINGTON - Given the tenor of his comments yesterday, Federal Trade Commission commissioner Jon Leibowitz is not going to give mobile marketers a free pass.

Google pushes open mobile platform at FTC event

Published: May 7, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Google's point person on mobile products made a forceful case yesterday for openness at the Federal Trade Commission's exploratory event on mobile marketing.

Don't forget tomorrow's FTC event on mobile

Published: May 5, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission tomorrow holds its first town hall meeting on mobile marketplace issues.

The law is watching

Published: March 3, 2008

When the Congress, FCC, FTC and Florida's Attorney General come calling, you know mobile marketing is on notice. It's time for those best practices to kick in.

Why the FTC meeting on mobile matters

Published: February 11, 2008

Marketers know only too well what happens when a government agency comes knocking on your door in the name of consumer protection: more regulation.

FTC to hold meeting on mobile commerce

Published: February 6, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a Town Hall meeting to discuss the evolving mobile commerce marketplace and its effect on consumer protection policy.

FTC nod for Google/DoubleClick deal means more targeted ads

Published: December 24, 2007

The gift came in early, but what was in the sock for search giant Google Inc.? Sign-off from the Federal Trade Commission to buy DoubleClick, the world's No. 1 display ad serving company.