Federal Trade Commission
also referred to as: ftc
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 22, 2024 by David Rosenthal · said 18 times in 7 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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2025 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2024 10 mentions in 2 episodes 5 per episode
2022 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
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Jul 22, 2024
Rosenthal: FTC deadlocked 2-2 on Microsoft antitrust penalties in 1993
“So in July, 1993, the FTC commissioners vote on whether Microsoft is a monopoly that deserves further action and penalties, and they deadlock at two to two, which means essentially a win for Microsoft. No action would be taken against the company.”
Oct 28, 2024 neutral
Gilbert: Facebook Settled with FTC for $5B with 20-Year Oversight
“The whole settlement here was not specifically about Cambridge Analytica. There were a bunch of other things that are privacy related, but the number is five billion dollars. And David, there is one thing that it comes with, and that is a 20 year window that t…”
Jun 2, 2025
Ballmer: Microsoft's first antitrust inquiry came from FTC over IBM collusion
“This was our first antitrust problem. I don't know if you guys know this, is the FTC at the time thought we and IBM were working to divide the market because we had done some positioning. What's windows good for? What's always too good for? We and IBM had done…”