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FTC

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795 articles decelerating
The Federal Trade Commission's 792-article news footprint peaked at 42 articles in Q3 2023, reflecting Lina Khan's aggressive enforcement posture against Big Tech. Coverage has since contracted sharply from 25 articles in Q2 2025 to just 2 in Q1 2026, tracking a shift from activist antitrust to regulatory uncertainty. The corpus reveals distinct enforcement targets: Facebook and Meta dominate early years, followed by Amazon and Google challenges peaking in 2022-2023. The FTC's media presence correlates strongly with Facebook, Amazon, and Google, with Meta becoming the primary focus post-rebrand. Recent silence suggests either enforcement stasis or a transition period following political changes. The agency's coverage arc reflects broader swings in tech regulation—from laissez-faire (2014-2019) to enforcement surge (2021-2023) to current ambiguity.

FTC has appeared in 795 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 34 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Facebook, Amazon, Google, The Federal Trade Commission.

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Coverage Timeline

2026-08-01
Reuters 4 related

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared quantum computing firm IonQ's (IONQ.N) $1.8 billion acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater Technology …

2026-07-31
Reuters 2 related

The FTC clears quantum computing company IonQ's $1.8B acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater after the FTC's two members disagreed at first on imposing conditions

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cleared quantum computing firm IonQ's (IONQ.N) $1.8 billion acquisition of chipmaker SkyWater Technology …

2026-06-27
Bloomberg 4 related

The FTC fast-tracks approval for SpaceX to acquire Mesh, which raised a $50M Series A in February to make high-efficiency optical transceivers for data centers

2026-06-26
Bloomberg

The FTC fast-tracks approval for SpaceX to acquire Mesh, which raised a $50M Series A in February to make high-efficiency optical transceivers for data centers

Elon Musk received a regulatory greenlight to acquire startup Mesh Optical Technologies, a company founded by former SpaceX engineers working …

2025-12-26
Bloomberg 36 related

Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently

anybody who knows anything about AI chips knows groq's first gen chips aren't competitive but maybe their upcoming chips might have been able to threaten nvidia? @josephjacks_ : Overly simplistic take...

2025-12-06
Financial Times 79 related

Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026

Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...

2025-11-05
Bloomberg 10 related

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport says the US DOJ concluded its review of Google's planned $32B acquisition; the FTC's website says the early termination was October 24

Alphabet Inc.'s Google and cybersecurity company Wiz Inc. cleared a key hurdle to closing their $32 billion deal …

2025-08-06
Wall Street Journal 1 related

The UK CMA clears Omnicom's $13B acquisition of rival Interpublic after launching an investigation into the deal on June 23; the FTC cleared the deal on June 25

The watchdog had been considering whether the deal would lead to a substantial lessening of competition

2025-03-12
Reuters 6 related

Delivery Hero says Uber has terminated its $950M deal to acquire Foodpanda in Taiwan and will pay a ~$250M termination fee after Taiwan's FTC blocked the deal

2024-12-26
Bloomberg 15 related

Taiwan's FTC blocks Uber's $950M acquisition of Delivery Hero's Foodpanda, arguing it would decrease competition as their combined market share would be 90%+

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FTC has appeared in 772 tech news articles since December 2014, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. The biggest stories include US district court dismisses FTC's antitrust complaint against Facebook, saying its... and FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues Facebook, alleging Instagram.... Frequently covered alongside Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta. Coverage has shifted toward funding, consumer themes and away from competition, regulation.

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2024Q2enterprise +10pts; consumer +10pts; funding -10pts
2024Q3safety +6pts; developer +7pts; consumer -16pts
2024Q4safety -7pts; developer -7pts; consumer +7pts

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