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Appeals Court Blocks FTC Rule Limiting Robocalls

Right-wing judges love to clip the authority of regulatory agencies, and if they can gut consumer rights in the process, so much the better.  A trio of Trump-appointed Appeals Court judges scored a two-fer when they vacated a FCC rule that required consumers to consent to robocalls from a specific company.  The judges’ logic was: the law doesn’t explicitly state that “prior express consent” can only be given for one named company at a time, so it must mean consent can cover calls on any topic from any number of unnamed companies.

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Amazon Brand+ Available to All Advertisers

January 30, 2025

Here’s another gift from our generous corporate overlords: Amazon Ads has made its Brand+ audience selection tool available to all advertisers. Brand+ identifies consumers likely to be in the market for a brand’s product or service within the next three months based on “trillions” of signals, and delivers ads to them on streaming services like Prime Video as well as on top video publishing websites.  You might spot some privacy concerns here, but it’s all legal since the data is collected by Amazon and surely you remember granting your consent.

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