FTC Mulls Crackdown On YouTube Content Moderation
The FTC reportedly is considering suing YouTube over decisions to remove videos posted by users.
The Federal Trade Commission’s Andrew Ferguson has been investigating supposed “censorship” by online platforms since he took the helm of the agency last year.
In one of his first acts as chair, he asked social media users to tell the FTC whether they had suffered “adverse actions” — such as demonetization or “shadow banning” — due to their speech or political affiliations. At the time, he declared via tweet that “Big Tech censorship” was “potentially illegal.”
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