The Evidence Record
- FRED: Manufacturing Value Added as a Percent of GDP
Government Record · 2026
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED: manufacturing was about 10 percent of the U.S. economy in 2020, and 9.7 percent in the second quarter of 2026.
- Free Press: Twitter Files on Secret Suppression, Congressional Copy (2022)
News Report · 2022
Free Press; reproduced for the Congressional Record
The Free Press, December 2022, reprinted in a congressional hearing record: internal Twitter material describes visibility filtering as a powerful tool to suppress what people see,…
- Freedom Convoy Organizer Chris Barber Suing Federal Government Over Frozen Bank Accounts
News Report · 2024
CBC News
CBC reports that Barber, his wife and trucking business filed a statement of claim in Saskatchewan’s Court of King’s Bench in Saskatoon in February 2024. It…
- FreeForm Search — Flock Safety
Document
Flock Safety
Flock's FreeForm search page: type a plain-language description like "man in blue shirt and cowboy hat" and the system searches video feeds for matches. It searches…
- Friedman v. Sebelius (D.C. Cir. 2012)
Court Filing · 2012
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Federal appeals court, July 2012: upheld HHS's power to ban the three Purdue executives from federal health programs, but threw out the 12-year length of the…
- Frustrating, Corrupt, Unfair: Civil Forfeiture in Philadelphia
Document · 2021
Institute for Justice
The 67% figure describes the survey sample and 43% the city comparison population. The report does not verify the book’s apparent 43%/72% formulation.
- FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report, Q4 FY2021, Tables
Government Record · 2021
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
FSIS confirms the July 22, 2021 contempt-sanctions order and its $250,000 fine and reimbursement. It also states that the June 16 contempt finding concerned violations of…
- FSOC Issues Guidance on Nonbank Financial Company Determinations (2023)
Government Record · 2023
Financial Stability Oversight Council
FSOC's November 2023 guidance setting a two-stage process for designating nonbank firms for Fed supervision. It names no asset manager.
- FSRI: Lahaina Fire Forward-Looking Report, Phase Three (2025)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2025
Fire Safety Research Institute, commissioned by Hawaii Department of the Attorney General
Fire Safety Research Institute, January 2025, for Hawaii's Attorney General: recommendations to reduce future wildfire risk after Lahaina.
- FSRI: Lahaina Fire Incident Analysis Report, Phase Two (2024)
Peer-Reviewed Study · 2024
Fire Safety Research Institute, commissioned by Hawaii Department of the Attorney General
Fire Safety Research Institute, October 2024, hired by Hawaii's Attorney General: the Lahaina incident analysis. It blames hurricane-force winds and fuels for the speed, found no…
- FTC and New York v. Google LLC and YouTube LLC: Complaint (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
Federal Trade Commission; People of the State of New York
The FTC and New York complaint against Google and YouTube. It says YouTube pitched itself to toy makers Mattel and Hasbro as the top destination to…
- FTC and New York v. Google LLC and YouTube LLC: Stipulated Order (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
The court order settling the FTC's YouTube case. Google and YouTube neither admitted nor denied the allegations, paid the penalty, and agreed to build a system…
- FTC and States Sue WPATH over Deceptive Claims Regarding Treatment of Children (2026)
Government Record · 2026
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC, Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas filed a complaint alleging deceptive and unsubstantiated WPATH claims about necessity, effectiveness, safety, medical consensus, and medical necessity. The…
- FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter: Dissent on the Facebook Settlement (2019)
Court Filing · 2019
Federal Trade Commission (Slaughter, R.K., Commissioner)
FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, July 2019: dissented, saying the FTC should have gone to court instead of settling and that the release of claims was…
- FTC Finalizes Orders with Cox Media Group and Two Other Firms Settling Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” Service
Government Record · 2026
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC finalized orders and $930,000 in relief concerning deceptive Active Listening marketing. It states the marketed service was not based on voice data.
- FTC Hearing #8: Common Ownership
Government Record · 2018
Federal Trade Commission
Official agenda and session materials for the December 6, 2018 common-ownership hearing. It documents regulator consideration, not an FTC finding that common ownership raises fares.
- FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers Taking Control of Users’ Cameras
Government Record · 2023
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, May 2023: Ring agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle charges that it let employees spy on customers' private videos and failed to stop hackers.
- FTC Takes Action Against General Motors for Sharing Drivers’ Precise Location and Driving Behavior Data Without Consent
Government Record · 2025
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, January 2025: action against General Motors and OnStar for selling drivers' precise location and driving behavior, sometimes every 3 seconds, without proper consent. Proposed settlement.
- FTC, DOJ File Statement of Interest in Energy Collusion Case Against BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard
Government Record · 2025
Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division
The FTC's May 2025 release on its statement of interest, joined by the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, in Texas v. BlackRock. The agencies filed as interested…
- FTC: $5 Billion Penalty and Privacy Restrictions on Facebook (2019)
Government Record · 2019
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, July 2019: announced a $5 billion penalty and new privacy order against Facebook after Cambridge Analytica, approved 3 to 2 along party lines. The FTC's…
- FTC: Economic Liberty and Occupational Licensing
Government Record
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission task force: nearly 30 percent of American jobs now require a license, up from under 5 percent in the 1950s. Issued a 2018…
- FTC: Google Agrees to Change Business Practices (2013)
Government Record · 2013
Federal Trade Commission
FTC, January 2013: closed its 19-month investigation of Google's search practices with only voluntary commitments, saying 'the evidence collected to date did not justify legal action.'…
- FTC: Letter to Facebook and WhatsApp on Privacy Promises (2014)
Government Record · 2014
Jessica L. Rich, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
FTC consumer protection chief Jessica Rich, April 2014: as Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion, warned both companies that WhatsApp must keep its privacy promises to…
- FTC: Statement of the Commission on Google’s Search Practices (2013)
Government Record · 2013
Federal Trade Commission
FTC commissioners, January 2013: their reasons for closing the Google search case, saying Google's changes could be seen as product improvements for users.