---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-020174"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLNT"
cik: "0001460329"
company_name: "Fluent, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T06:59:47.815506+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fluent settles FTC investigation, agrees to $2.5 million civil penalty

## Summary
- Fluent, LLC entered Stipulated Order with FTC on July 17, 2023, resolving telemarketing probe.
- Order requires $2.5M civil penalty, injunctive relief, recordkeeping, and reporting obligations.
- Company states no admission of wrongdoing; it never placed robocalls and prohibited partner robocall tech in 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-020174
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLNT
- cik: 0001460329
- company_name: Fluent, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923020174/0001437749-23-020174-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1460329/000143774923020174/flnt20230718_8k.htm

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