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The FTC has an "unequivocal basis" to investigate the transgender medicine industry, Commissioner Mark Meador says.
Companies that can't back up claims that their products are made in the U.S. could face hefty penalties from the Federal Trade Commission.
The Federal Trade Commission's plan to protect consumers from harmful subscription practices with "click-to-cancel" policy has failed.
A U.S. judge formally admonished Amazon.com on Thursday for withholding documents from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of deceiving customers of its paid Prime service.
Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson opened the workshop, titled "The Dangers of 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Minors," and in his remarks said that the agency will issue a request for information in the near future on gender-affirming care, emphasizing that the workshop was "not about politics."
Doctors who pitched medical treatments to minors with gender dysphoria may have deceived them, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
Refusing to investigate practices of so-called gender affirming care for minors, just because one political party opposes scrutiny, is the definition of politicization, Andrew Ferguson tells workshop with detransitioners,
Many companies have been accused by regulators of using imprecise labeling to induce shoppers to pay more through appeals to their patriotism.