FTC Tech Firm Censorship Inquiry

Published on: Feb 24, 2025

On Feb. 20, FTC launched a technology platform censorship inquiry.

  • FTC launched a public inquiry into whether tech platform censorship violated the law.
  • Aim is to investigate whether consumer harm has resulted from tech firm censorship.
  • Inquiry Components
  • Whether users' access to services was impacted because of their speech, affiliations.
  • Understand if tech firm procedures to stop service are confusing or unpredictable.
  • Determine if denying service affected competition, resulted from lack of competition.
  • Consultation
  • Request for Information (RFI) issued, public to provide comments until May 21, 2025.
  • Private reports can be submitted to the FTC for comments not to be made public.
Regulators
FTC
Entity Types
CNSM; Corp
Reference
PR, FTC-2025-0023, RFI FTC-2025-0023-0001, 2/20/2025;
Functions
Advertising; Compliance; Legal; Market Conduct; Operations; Product Administration; Sales Practices
Countries
United States of America
Category
State
N/A
Products
Corporate
Rule Type
Concept
Regions
Am
Rule Date
Feb 20, 2025
Effective Date
May 21, 2025
Rule ID
244476
Linked to
N/A
Reg. Last Update
Feb 20, 2025
Report Section
US Consumer