The first entry is always the pin's source. Overall confidence is a weighted average of how firmly each reference supports the start and end times used above; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newest.
Estimated, per Bloomberg's exclusive of 13 February 2026 (3:15 PM UTC): the FTC "has issued civil investigative demands in recent weeks" - no day is given, so the pin sits on the day the escalation was first reported.
The Verge obtained and verified details of the FTC's civil investigative demands to Microsoft's rivals: 15+ pages and questions on licensing, interoperability, Azure and AI bundling under the FTC Act, with Microsoft's on-record response.
InfoWorld analysis days later: the FTC has been interviewing rivals and issuing civil investigative demands, weighing whether Microsoft ties Office 365 to Azure, levies exit fees and whether Copilot's integration amounts to digital tying.
Bloomberg's November 2024 report of the probe's start: a detailed FTC information demand to Microsoft on cloud, software licensing, cybersecurity and AI under Chair Lina Khan, the investigation this pin's escalation belongs to.[1]
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