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Knight Institute Calls for Urgent “Course Correction” on Response to Student Protests at Columbia University. Letter to President Shafik raises concerns about university decisions and policies relating to #freespeech on campus. Read it here: knightcolumbia.org/blog/knight-in…

At Fordham Law School’s Fourth Annual Reidenberg Lecture, Samuel Levine, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, spoke about building momentum to protect consumer privacy through legislation and regulatory action. bit.ly/3QBD22t

The FTC Office of Technology (OT) shares key research questions on competition and AI-enabled fraud and scams to open models and algorithmic pricing: bit.ly/3QQPcEy /1

The FTC’s Office of Technology (FTC's Office of Technology), whose mission is in part to highlight market trends and emerging technologies that impact the agency’s work, highlights some research questions of interest: bit.ly/3UKqSpc

Calling info tech researchers & consumer advocates. FTC's Office of Technology invites insights on current issues, incl competition, AI-enabled scams, & algo pricing. The notice flows from its mission to track trends and support policymaking/enforcement. ftc.gov/policy/advocac….

Under Ben Wiseman’s leadership, the FTC’s Privacy Division is delivering win after win against unchecked commercial surveillance. Hear from him directly about our work on data brokers, AI, and more: therecord.media/ben-wiseman-in…

Generative AI companies are scraping the internet and grabbing everything, whether or not it is truly publicly available to them. I am very concerned about the disincentive that gives for people to contribute to the public square. journalistsresource.org/media/ai-journ…

The FTC is looking to hire a new deputy general counsel for litigation. The role will oversee a broad portfolio of the agency's litigation, from enforcing subpoenas to defending rulemakings. Apply by 7/22/24: usajobs.gov/job/796669700

I was prepared for disaster, but the Netchoice decision is good. It rejects the broadest arguments made by the states and the platforms. It recognizes that platforms are ‘editors’ but dismisses the argument that regulation in this sphere is categorically unconstitutional. /1

Hearing lots of commentary on administrative agencies, but FTC is staying focused. This week we: ✔️ Shut down a billing scam ✔️ Recovered $1 million for car buyers ✔️ Challenged a verger merger ✔️ Secured $7 million for gig workers All bipartisan. And it’s only Tuesday.

The FTC issues orders to 8 companies seeking information on surveillance pricing products and services that use personal data, including finances and browser history, to determine individualized prices: bit.ly/3WfyWyX /1

Open-weights models have the potential to promote innovation and competition. But the FTC is clear-eyed about the limitations and risks when models that claim to be “open” don’t meet the mark. bit.ly/3ynzNFL /1

The FTC's investigation found that TikTok knowingly and repeatedly violated kids’ privacy, threatening the safety of millions of children across the country. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today based on FTC's referral. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

Is it going to be Uber or labor driving Harris's policy? I wrote for the The New York Review of Books why embracing Lina Khan as Chair of the FTC would send a clear signal of economic leadership from Kamala. nybooks.com/online/2024/08…

FTC announces final rule banning fake reviews and testimonials. The rule will allow agency to strengthen enforcement, seek civil penalties against violators, and deter AI-generated fake reviews: bit.ly/4clk2xa /1

New research initiative on "Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Freedoms," a collaboration between Knight First Amendment Institute and the philosopher Seth Lazar. Here's our call for abstracts. knightcolumbia.org/blog/call-for-…

FTC staff report finds large social media and video streaming companies have engaged in vast surveillance of users with lax privacy controls and inadequate safeguards for kids and teens 1/ ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

I am proud of FTC’s work championing the public interest and fighting corporate cheats. It’s been a week, so you might have missed how busy we’ve been 🧵