“NGL marketed its app to kids and teens despite knowing that it was exposing them to cyberbullying and harassment,” FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said Tuesday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI July 9 (UPI) ...

The Federal Trade Commission has banned an anonymous messaging app from hosting kids under 18 on its platform to settle allegations it was unfairly marketed to minors and exposed them to cyberbullying ...

The Federal Trade Commission says that when NGL launched three years ago, it generated few users, prompting the company to begin sending fake messages to dupe users into thinking their friends were on ...

For the first time in U.S. history, the Federal Trade Commission has banned a digital platform from serving users under the age of 18. The FTC accused NGL -- a social-media app that delivers anonymous ...

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The Federal Trade Commission has banned the anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting users under 18, the first time it has ordered a digital platform to stop serving minors. The FTC and the Los ...

July 9 (UPI) --The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday banned the anonymous messaging app "NGL: ask me anything" from letting underage users on the platform in order to settle a lawsuit contending it ...