U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wants to make it easier to cancel online subscriptions.

On Monday, he urged the Federal Trade Commission to finalize a “click to cancel" rule that would allow consumers to cancel online subscriptions as easily as they start them.

The rule was passed by the FTC under the Biden administration and was supposed to go into effect last month, but it got held up in the court of appeals.

“Right now, very often, they will express interest in a trial membership or subscription, and they are automatically signed up and then automatically renewed,” Blumenthal said. “And the charges keep coming, and there's no way for them to stop them easily.”

The rule was voted against by the two Republican members of the FTC. Current FTC chair Andrew Ferguson was one of the me

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