FTC investigates big tech censorship
Trump's FTC chairman has launched a public inquiry into censorship of American's free speech. You can report your experience. Grownups are gaining power in Washington.
Vice President J.D. Vance this week shocked global warmongers in Europe this week by admonishing European “democratic” nations for censoring their so-called free citizens.
Yesterday, after four years of unconstitutional censorship by the thugs in the Biden administration, Andrew Ferguson, new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has launched a public inquiry 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.
You can help the investigation. Visit this FTC site, or download this form to report how you were censored, banned or shadow banned.
“Tech firms should not be bullying their users,” Ferguson said. “This inquiry will help the FTC better understand how these firms may have violated the law by silencing and intimidating Americans for speaking their minds.”
The FTC issued a Request for Information (RFI) requesting public comment on how consumers may have been harmed by technology platforms that limited their ability to share ideas or affiliations freely and openly.
“Censorship by technology platforms is not just un-American, it is potentially illegal,” FTC said. “Tech firms can employ confusing or unpredictable internal procedures that cut users off, sometimes with no ability appeal the decision. Such actions taken by tech platforms may harm consumers, affect competition, may have resulted from a lack of competition or may have been the product of anti-competitive conduct.”
Tech platform users who have been banned, shadow banned, demonetized or otherwise censored are encouraged to share their comments in response to the RFI. The FTC said it is interested in understanding how consumers—including by potentially unfair or deceptive acts or practices, or potentially unfair methods of competition—have been harmed by the policies of tech firms.
The public will have until May 21, 2025 to submit a comment. Once submitted, comments will be posted to Regulations.gov. If consumers would prefer to file a private report with the FTC instead, they can go to ReportFraud.ftc.gov and click “Report Now.”
Grownups are beginning to take power in Washington.