Ferguson Poised To Halt FTC’s Privacy, AI Enforcement

By Cara Smith, Charlie Mitchell / December 11, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Andrew Ferguson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged to dramatically scale back or halt the commission’s health care privacy and artificial intelligence enforcement -- areas in which current Democratic Commissioner Lina Kahn carved out major new roles for FTC, often rising the ire of the GOP commissioners including Ferguson. Ferguson laid out his plans to slash FTC’s role in the two areas as part of a document, first reported by Punchbowl News, pitching his...


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