US EditionFTC tells Tim Cook to look into reports Apple News is censoring conservatives
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson warned Apple about potential violations of the FTC Act due to alleged suppression of conservative outlets and urged a review of Apple News curation policies.
- FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson has raised concerns over allegations that Apple News favors articles from left-wing outlets and suppresses conservative publications.
- A study found that outlets considered right-leaning were not featured in a 620-story sample on Apple News.
- Ferguson called on Tim Cook to review the potential political bias and take corrective action if the curation is inconsistent with Apple's terms of service.
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Apple Accused Of Left-Wing Bias After New Investigation Shows Blackout Of Conservative Media
Technology giant Apple is facing serious accusations from the Federal Trade Commission over its seeming political preferences. Specifically those that appear to be baked into the company's Apple News service. The accusations stem from an investigation by the Media Research Center, a right-leaning watchdog group that investigates media bias. Their investigation found that of 620 stories promoted by Apple News during morning hours, the busiest tim…
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Trump's FTC chairman chides Apple boss Tim Cook for content of Apple news feed
President Donald Trump's Federal Trade Commission chairman has written to Apple chief Tim Cook, complaining that the company has “suppressed” content from conservative news sources in the Apple News feed loaded onto many of its devices.
Apple is the new target for nonsense harassment by Trump’s regulators (but your news org could be next)
On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump’s head of the Federal Trade Commission, Andrew Ferguson, sent a ludicrous letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, threatening to bring the hammer of the federal government down on the tech giant because he doesn’t like its morning email newsletter. No, really — that’s what he did. He sent a three-page letter complaining that Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, and their ideological fellow travelers don’t get featured in Appl…
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