Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Andrew Ferguson’s first policy initiative since becoming Chair is a Request for Information (RFI). The RFI seeks “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.” Specifically, Chair Ferguson is looking for evidence that big tech companies demonetize or ban users based on the users' activities—including those that take place outside the platform.
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