The Trump administration's Federal Trade Commission has deleted over four years of business guidance blogs, erasing critical consumer protection information, especially regarding artificial intelligence and significant privacy lawsuits targeting tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft. The blogs included valuable advice for companies on compliance with laws, such as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, featuring important settlements. Sources within the agency have noted that this removal undermines industry compliance expectations and effectively erases historical lessons from enforcement actions, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in the tech industry.
The Trump administration's FTC has erased significant consumer protection guidance, including crucial insights into AI and privacy, effectively attempting to dismantle the compliance framework established under Biden.
Anonymous FTC sources emphasize that the removal of blog posts significantly undermines the message to industries about compliance expectations, thereby erasing important lessons learned from enforcement actions.
The absence of guidance from the Biden administration on the FTC's website reflects a troubling trend where industries are left without adequate resources to understand compliance with consumer protection laws.
The deletion of insights on how companies, like Amazon and Microsoft, could avoid violating consumer laws illustrates a disconcerting shift away from promoting accountability and transparency in the tech sector.
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