US EditionFTC removes posts critical of big tech from its website
- The Federal Trade Commission has removed over 300 blogs related to consumer protection and big tech, including important guidance on issues like privacy and artificial intelligence.
- Current and former FTC employees revealed that the removed blogs included advice for tech companies on complying with consumer protection laws.
- Andrew Ferguson, the newly appointed FTC Chair, has vowed to focus on perceived censorship by social media rather than previous consumer protection issues.
- Sources suggest that deleting these blogs mainly benefits tech companies, as it minimizes prior compliance expectations established by previous administrations.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) removed at least 300 entries from its blog that were published during Lina Khan’s tenure, and contained data on research on data privacy issues against big tech or Big Tech. According to Wired, deleted FTC blog entries would represent at least four years of work done during Khan’s administration, including relevant data protection information in the Artificial Intelligence (IA) era, in addition to the agen…
The efforts of the Big Techs to win the favours of US President Donald Trump seem to be bearing fruit. Donald Trump has dismissed the only two democrats of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the agency has withdrawn the criticisms of the Big Techs from its website. It has removed more than 300 commercial guidelines published under the Biden era, including information on the protection of consumers in relation to AI and the prosecution of Ama…
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