United States of America: Monitoring regulation measure by US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Progress
Current status
adopted
13 Oct 2021 adopted
Scope
Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Adopted FTC order enforcing content-related measures
On 13 October 2021, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent out a Notice of Penalty Offense to over 700 companies in the US. Through such notices, the FTC is informing companies how deceiving consumers through the use of endorsements will be punishe…
SourceEvent type
order
Action type
adoption
Government branch
executive
Government body
competition authority