The Federal Trade Commission voted unanimously to fine the company behind popular anonymous messaging app NGL and its founders $5 million in a settlement resolving a lawsuit against the company, which ...

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The FTC banned NGL: ask me anything app from marketing to teens under 18. Credit: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images Anonymous messaging apps like NGL: ask me anything are attractive to ...

In a first, the Federal Trade Commission is banning an app from serving users under the age of 18. The agency announced on Tuesday that it’s banning NGL, an anonymous social app, from marketing or ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The Federal Trade Commission said NGL falsely claimed AI tools would filter out cyberbullying and harmful ...

The Federal Trade Commission and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office have banned a controversial anonymous messaging app from serving kids under 18, taking an unprecedented and aggressive step ...

On Tuesday, the FTC unanimously banned the social messaging app NGL from hosting minors as part of a $5 million settlement. The first-of-its-kind ban comes after revelations that the company actively ...

The move against the app NGL by the Federal Trade Commission was the first time the agency barred an online service from hosting minors. By Cecilia Kang Reporting from Washington The Federal Trade ...