FTC's "click-to-cancel" rule
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•New FTC 'Click-to-Cancel' Rule Marks Latest Pro-Consumer Win by Lina Khan | Common Dreams
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The FTC announced that its "click-to-cancel" rule was finalized and will go into effect 180 days after it is published in the Federal Register .
"Consumers shouldn't have to navigate a Rube Goldberg machine to get out of a subscription they purchased with a keystroke," said one advocate.
The rule is an example of the kind of action that has made Lina Khan a target of billionaire donors.
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