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Jeffrey Chester

@chesterj1

privacy and consumer advocate, focusing on digital commerce

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Before any US TikTok deal finalized, public should know what new safeguards applied. Protections on data collection, use of Gen AI, role of influencers, dark pattern engagement tactics, etc.--or will it be biz as usual for global advertisers. That's not a serious change &

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Meta continues to prioritize AI marketing monetization. That's what they are about. See its recent Whatsapp expansion, for ex. "Together, Meta and L’Oréal Paris are redefining how consumers discover, understand, and connect with beauty. Bringing personalized beauty advice to

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Padre Marcelo’s Last March | Peter Canby | The New York Review of Books. See too how our cruel immigration policy impacting these communities. nybooks.com/articles/2025/…

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Removing Rebecca Kelly Slaughter shows that Trump Adm, inc. Andrew Ferguson, is fearful of being held accountable about their role facilitating the tremendous growth of consumer commercial surveillance--online & in-store. This is placing the privacy & welfare of Americans further at risk.

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The FTC needs to regulate the retail media marketplace to address surveillance-based pricing for groceries, retail, transportation & more. Privacy+competition+consumer protection linked here.

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As Texas fights tech abuses, FTC is MIA: ❌ No action on General Motors surveilling drivers ❌ No action on Snap AI chatbot harming kids ❌ No action on surveillance pricing ❌ $0 in penalties ❌ 0 privacy cases Protecting privacy isn’t partisan. FTC needs to get to work.

As Texas fights tech abuses, FTC is MIA:

❌ No action on <a href="/GM/">General Motors</a> surveilling drivers

❌ No action on Snap AI chatbot harming kids 

❌ No action on surveillance pricing 

❌ $0 in penalties 

❌ 0 privacy cases  

Protecting privacy isn’t partisan. <a href="/FTC/">FTC</a> needs to get to work.
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A new Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology editorial links ultra-processed food consumption to premature death—and outlines key solutions: taxes, warning labels, marketing bans, and healthy food subsidies. GHAI works globally to make these policies a reality: thelancet.com/journals/landi…

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This places Americans and people everywhere at serious risk Joel Kaplan as AI fuels global commercial surveillance marketing. We need regulatory safeguards on AI impact to democracy, privacy, consumer protection (personalization) & antitrust. Look at hiring spree at Meta

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Some of the White House AI Action Plan must have been written by Meta AI or its cousins. Hype, such as "Winning the AI race will usher in a new golden age of human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security for the American people." AI will be dominated by

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And it's clear that some of the people involved aren't really following--or admitting--how the AI market is working, such as this from intro: "our AI systems must be free from ideological bias..." AI is being shaped by the ideology of the commercial marketplace, with opinions,

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This provision by Trump AI plan will threaten youth and others when states want to enact safeguards against the current directions of the commercial AI market. All kinds of consumer, privacy, public health, environmental protections req'd.

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With all its hype of a "renaissance" the White House Action plan is more boiler plate industrial policy, corp. giveaway wish list, and irrational grievance doc. There's no real vision; commitment to democracy & public empowerment. It's mediocrity--they aren't using a very smart

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The data flows provision raises questions about the ability of Indonesia to protect their privacy & address unfair/harmful digital marketing tactics. Another giveway to US big tech.

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Who in the industry (you Writers Guild of America West @wgaeast Producers Guild of America Directors Guild) wants to work with Ellison/Skydance to help them support this (POLITICO): "Skydance Media is making new concessions to secure FCC approval... inc. a pledge to create an ombudsman to address concerns of

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Cutting consumer & other safeguards but billing us for his security. Russ Vought bills CFPB $5M for his security detail govexec.com/management/202… via GovExec

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See what happened when US has real consumer protection tion watchdog agencies that protected your $. Today CFPB, FTC caged house dogs. Check out PBS Digital Studios's video! #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZPHpNow4ABE5…

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We shouldn't be fooled again--we failed to regulate the Internet in early '90's & "smart" mobile phones around 2007--they helped unleash the global commercial surveillance online model undermining privacy, human rights, more. We have another chance now--to regulate Gen AI.