Democrats are desperately trying to revive the click-to-cancel rule
Democratic lawmakers are taking multiple routes to try to revive the Federal Trade Commission’s “click-to-cancel” rule after an appeals court blocked it on procedural grounds right before it was set to take effect.
Democrats already introduced legislation earlier this month to codify the rule, which would require subscription services to let customers cancel as easily as they signed up, through congressional vote. But now a group of lawmakers are also pressuring Republican FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson to reinstate it.
Seven Democrats led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) appealed to the chair in a letter shared exclusively with The Verge, urging h …
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