Federal Trade Commission

United States federal government agency
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Federal Trade Commission

Summary

Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the United States government[1]. It draws 1,644 Wikipedia views per month (independent_agency_of_the_united_states_government category, ranking #10 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • Federal Trade Commission's field of work was consumer protection[3].
  • Federal Trade Commission's field of work was economic competition[4].
  • Federal Trade Commission's field of work was publishing[5].
  • Federal Trade Commission is in the country of United States[6].
  • Federal Trade Commission's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government[7].
  • Federal Trade Commission's founder is recorded as Woodrow Wilson[8].
  • Federal Trade Commission's headquarters location is recorded as Federal Trade Commission Building[9].
  • Federal Trade Commission's Commons category is recorded as Federal Trade Commission[10].
  • Federal Trade Commission's foundational text is recorded as Federal Trade Commission Act[11].
  • 1914 marks the founding of Federal Trade Commission[12].
  • Federal Trade Commission's parent organization or unit is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[13].
  • Federal Trade Commission's official website is recorded as https://www.ftc.gov/[14].
  • Federal Trade Commission's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Federal Trade Commission[15].
  • Federal Trade Commission's described at URL is recorded as https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission[16].
  • Federal Trade Commission's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1123'}[17].
  • Federal Trade Commission's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1131'}[18].
  • Federal Trade Commission's described by source is recorded as 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica[19].
  • Federal Trade Commission's replaces is recorded as Bureau of Corporations[20].
  • Federal Trade Commission's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'FTC'}[21].
  • Federal Trade Commission's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+93307'}[22].
  • Federal Trade Commission's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+27600'}[23].
  • Federal Trade Commission's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+30000'}[24].
  • Federal Trade Commission's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+32700'}[25].
  • Federal Trade Commission's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+34800'}[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Federal Trade Commission's instance of is recorded as independent agency of the United States government[7].

Origins

Federal Trade Commission's founder is recorded as Woodrow Wilson[8]. 1914 marks the founding of it[12].

Why It Matters

Federal Trade Commission draws 1,644 Wikipedia views per month (independent_agency_of_the_united_states_government category, ranking #10 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Works attributed to it include Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property[29], a document[30], in United States[31], founded in 2017[32], written by United States Department of Justice[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ftc.gov. Retrieved . ftc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . gsa.gov. Retrieved . gsa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ftc.gov. Retrieved . ftc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16h ago · ~2026-33464-95 · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 7d ago · TalgatSnow · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1914-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Instance of independent agency of the United States government
    Country United States
    Field of work consumer protection, economic competition, publishing
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