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Friday, September 05, 2025 1:57:42 AM
LOLOL Buying on line takes even added skills to walking and talking,
more skill zip luck, thanks for helping even more to make my point. -:).
Andrew Ferguson seems so far to be a Trump appointment of a different quality:
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson: Big Tech is one the main priorities of this agency
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FTC Warns Big Tech Not to Weaken U.S. Privacy Under Foreign Pressure
To cave or not to cave.
David Eberly
Contributing Writer
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson has warned over a dozen leading tech companies not to undermine American privacy and free speech by complying with censorship or anti-encryption demands from foreign governments.
The warning comes amid growing global regulatory pressure from the European Union and the United Kingdom, whose recent laws may encourage the censorship of online speech and weaken end-to-end encryption protections.
The FTC’s letters to companies such as Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and X show concerns that compliance with foreign laws, like the EU’s Digital Services Act or the UK’s Online Safety Act, could lead to violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices.
Ferguson reminded companies that weakening data security in response to foreign laws may deceive American consumers and leave them vulnerable to surveillance, fraud, and identity theft.
Why It Matters: This is a rare and direct confrontation by a U.S. regulator over foreign digital laws, signaling that American companies may face federal action for actions taken abroad. It sets the stage for a broader global clash over online speech, surveillance, and encryption, particularly as nations develop contradictory tech governance frameworks.
* FTC Pushes Back Against Foreign Censorship Laws: FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson explicitly named the European Union’s Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act as examples of foreign laws that could drive U.S. tech companies to engage in global censorship, including of American citizens. These laws, framed as efforts to improve safety and content moderation, may compel companies to restrict lawful speech outside of those regions. Ferguson emphasized that any move to preemptively censor content to comply with such foreign laws could violate American legal protections and mislead U.S. consumers about the openness of the platforms they use.
Legal Risks for Weakening Encryption or Data Security:
https://nationalcioreview.com/articles-insights/extra-bytes/ftc-warns-big-tech-not-to-weaken-u-s-privacy-under-foreign-pressure/
This feels connected somehow: Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176654323
more skill zip luck, thanks for helping even more to make my point. -:).
Andrew Ferguson seems so far to be a Trump appointment of a different quality:
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson: Big Tech is one the main priorities of this agency
**
FTC Warns Big Tech Not to Weaken U.S. Privacy Under Foreign Pressure
To cave or not to cave.
David Eberly
Contributing Writer
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson has warned over a dozen leading tech companies not to undermine American privacy and free speech by complying with censorship or anti-encryption demands from foreign governments.
The warning comes amid growing global regulatory pressure from the European Union and the United Kingdom, whose recent laws may encourage the censorship of online speech and weaken end-to-end encryption protections.
The FTC’s letters to companies such as Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and X show concerns that compliance with foreign laws, like the EU’s Digital Services Act or the UK’s Online Safety Act, could lead to violations of Section 5 of the FTC Act, which prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices.
Ferguson reminded companies that weakening data security in response to foreign laws may deceive American consumers and leave them vulnerable to surveillance, fraud, and identity theft.
Why It Matters: This is a rare and direct confrontation by a U.S. regulator over foreign digital laws, signaling that American companies may face federal action for actions taken abroad. It sets the stage for a broader global clash over online speech, surveillance, and encryption, particularly as nations develop contradictory tech governance frameworks.
* FTC Pushes Back Against Foreign Censorship Laws: FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson explicitly named the European Union’s Digital Services Act and the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act as examples of foreign laws that could drive U.S. tech companies to engage in global censorship, including of American citizens. These laws, framed as efforts to improve safety and content moderation, may compel companies to restrict lawful speech outside of those regions. Ferguson emphasized that any move to preemptively censor content to comply with such foreign laws could violate American legal protections and mislead U.S. consumers about the openness of the platforms they use.
Legal Risks for Weakening Encryption or Data Security:
https://nationalcioreview.com/articles-insights/extra-bytes/ftc-warns-big-tech-not-to-weaken-u-s-privacy-under-foreign-pressure/
This feels connected somehow: Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=176654323
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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