03/19/2025

FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies

The First Amendment seems to be getting more loosely defined

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the current administration, has removed four years' worth of business guidance blogs as of Tuesday morning, including important consumer protection information related to artificial intelligence and the agency’s landmark privacy lawsuits under former chair Lina Khan against companies like Amazon and Microsoft.

More than 300 blogs were struck.

On the FTC’s website, the page hosting all of the agency’s business-related blogs and guidance no longer includes any information published during President Joe Biden’s administration, current and former FTC employees, who spoke under anonymity for fear of retaliation, told WIRED. These blogs contained advice from the FTC on how big tech companies could avoid violating consumer protection laws.

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