{"id":1218113,"date":"2025-02-20T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1218113"},"modified":"2025-02-20T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:00:00","slug":"ftc-launches-broad-tech-censorship-probe-targeting-meta-uber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1218113","title":{"rendered":"FTC Launches Broad Tech &#8216;Censorship&#8217; Probe Targeting Meta, Uber"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into potential &#8220;censorship&#8221; by technology platforms ranging from Meta to Uber, marking an escalation in scrutiny of content moderation practices. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson called for public comment on what he termed &#8220;Big Tech censorship,&#8221; describing it as &#8220;un-American&#8221; and &#8220;potentially illegal.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The broad probe could examine social media, video sharing, ride-sharing and event planning services. The announcement follows long-standing Republican claims that conservative viewpoints face discrimination on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative;\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=FTC+Launches+Broad+Tech+'Censorship'+Probe+Targeting+Meta%2C+Uber%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F20%2F1953229%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><imgsrc=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F20%2F1953229%2Fftc-launches-broad-tech-censorship-probe-targeting-meta-uber%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><imgsrc=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yro.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/02\/20\/1953229\/ftc-launches-broad-tech-censorship-probe-targeting-meta-uber?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23615895&amp;smallembed=1\" style=\"height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into potential &#8220;censorship&#8221; by technology platforms ranging from Meta to Uber, marking an escalation in scrutiny of content moderation practices. FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson called for public comment on what he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1218113\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slashdot","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1218113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1218113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1218113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1218113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}