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FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal | "Tech firms should not be bullying their users," Chairman Andrew Ferguson says.
“Tech firms should not be bullying their users,” Chairman Andrew Ferguson says.
The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants "to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users' access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliations, and how this conduct may have violated the law." "Republicans have spent nearly a decade campaigning against perceived social media 'censorship' by attempting to dismantle platforms' ability to moderate content, despite well-established Supreme Court precedent," the group said. Last year, the Supreme Court found that a Texas state law prohibiting large social media companies from moderating posts based on a user's "viewpoint" is unlikely to withstand First Amendment scrutiny.
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