Category: Business

The Federal Trade Commission secured a $2.5 billion settlement with Amazon to resolve allegations that the company used deceptive enrollment and cancellation practices in its Prime program, comprising $1.5 billion in consumer redress and a $1 billion civil penalty. The FTC said the redress will reach an estimated 35 million consumers and that some eligible […]

BY KENYATTA THOMAS | September 26, 2025 This is the sixth installment in a blog series documenting EFF’s findings from the Stop Censoring Abortion campaign. You can read additional posts here.  When we started our Stop Censoring Abortion campaign, we heard from activists, advocacy organizations, researchers, and even healthcare providers who had all experienced having […]

Jimmy Kimmel has been in the news a lot recently, which means the ongoing lawsuit against him by perennial late-night punching bag/convicted fraudster/former congressman George Santos flew under the radar. But what happened in that case is an essential illustration of the limits of both copyright law and the “fine print” terms of service on […]

“This Biennial Summit is not just another meeting,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “It is the first of its kind.” Attended by top politicians, international institutions and officials representing the G7, G20 and the COP30 UN climate conference, the focus was on addressing challenges in development finance on the rocky road towards the 2030 […]

Following the overnight announcement by President Donald Trump of new U.S. tariffs—including measures affecting patented pharmaceuticals—Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris issued a measured response, emphasizing Ireland’s commitment to coordinated EU engagement. “We will be studying the impact of this announcement, which includes a number of exemptions, together with EU colleagues,” Harris stated, […]

MIAMI — Spirit Airlines will reduce flight capacity by 25% starting in November as part of a restructuring effort following its second bankruptcy in less than a year. CEO Dave Davis announced the cuts in a memo to employees, signaling further layoffs and a strategic shift toward the carrier’s most profitable markets. The budget airline […]

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Japan, and the Republic of Korea. Begin Text: Secretary of State of the United States of America Marco Rubio, Foreign Minister of Japan Iwaya Takeshi, and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Cho Hyun met on September 22 in […]

We need your help to make a common-sense bill into California law. Despite the fact that California has one of the nation’s most comprehensive data privacy laws, it’s not always easy for people to exercise those privacy rights. A.B. 566 intends to make it easy by directing browsers to give all their users the option […]

After firm expansion last year, seaborne trade volumes are forecast to rise by just 0.5 per cent in 2025, the slowest pace in years, according to the agency’s Review of Maritime Transport 2025, launched in Geneva. The slowdown comes as geopolitical tensions, new trade barriers and climate pressures reshape shipping routes, push up costs and […]

Investment, optimism and anxiety: these are three of the big drivers of interest in artificial intelligence and its implications.  Because the challenges and opportunities are global, the responses also need to be far more comprehensive than the fragmented and siloed solutions that have been enacted thus far: A UN report from 2024 found that 118 countries […]