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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by Despegar on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:40PM (#25424345)
It's in the press release:

>The FTC is issuing the orders under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act, which authorizes the Commission to conduct wide-ranging studies that do not have a specific law enforcement purpose.

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by akersten on Monday December 14, 2020 @05:50PM (#25424439)
My read of Section 6(b) (from [0]) is that it requires the FTC to prescribe specific questions for a company to answer:

> the Commission may prescribe annual or special, or both annual and special, reports or answers in writing to specific questions

I do not see how the requirements of part 12 of this Order are "specific questions," in fact they are quite broad to me. But I suppose that's for a lawyer to decide.

[0]: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/statutes/f... (Control+F "Sec. 6")

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