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VOICE ARCHIVE

Alvaro Bedoya

@bedoyaftc
17 posts
2025-03-19
These are the questions to ask about the president's attempt to illegally fire me [video]
2025-03-19 View on X
New York Times

President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge

The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.

*tried to illegally fire me. I'll see the president in court.
2025-03-19 View on X
New York Times

President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge

The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. The president just illegally fired me. This is corruption plain and simple. My full statement: [image]
2025-03-19 View on X
New York Times

President Trump fires the FTC's two Democratic members, threatening the regulatory body's independence in a decision that is likely to face a legal challenge

The decision to fire the two members of the traditionally independent regulatory body is likely to face a legal challenge.

2025-01-17
The FTC has referred to the Department of Justice a complaint against Snap, Inc. The complaint pertains to the company's deployment of an artificial intelligence powered chatbot, My AI, in its Snapchat application and the allegedly resulting risks and harms to young users of the application.  [image]
2025-01-17 View on X
CNBC

The US FTC refers a complaint against Snap to the DOJ, alleging Snapchat's My AI chatbot poses “risks and harms to young users”; SNAP closed down 5%

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC :

2024-01-10
Today, @FTC brought and settled charges against a data broker who, among other things, tracked people to their cardiologists, endocrinologists, or gastroenterologists and used that information to sell custom audience segments to third parties. [image]
2024-01-10 View on X
TechCrunch

In a first, the US FTC bans data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling phone location data and orders the company to delete all collected data

2023-12-21
1/ Today @FTC brought and settled charges against Rite Aid for using a biased face scanning system that led to employees falsely accusing people of crimes they did not commit. We impose a 5-year ban on Rite Aid using face surveillance. My statement: https://www.ftc.gov/...
2023-12-21 View on X
Bloomberg

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers

11/ I see the order as a strong *baseline* for what a comprehensive algorithmic fairness program should look like. Future companies should expect to be pressed on enrollments into the system. Future violators should be ready to accept independent assessors to ensure compliance.
2023-12-21 View on X
Bloomberg

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers

Some say that COPPA protects against things that just aren't that harmful. COPPA's 25-year history reminds us that it protects against real threats to kids' safety and data security, and prevents companies from forming commercial relationships with kids that exploit their trust.
2023-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

The US FTC proposes more data protections for kids, including making targeted ads for under-13s opt-in and banning using select data for kids push notifications

and where firms are deploying increasingly sophisticated digital tools to surveil children.'” Jules Polonetsky / @julespolonetsky : Just when you thought you could log off for the ...

The proposal includes new protections on biometrics, makes sure that exceptions to consent rules aren't misused to extend engagement, and a clear reminder that kids' data can't be kept forever.
2023-12-21 View on X
Washington Post

The US FTC proposes more data protections for kids, including making targeted ads for under-13s opt-in and banning using select data for kids push notifications

and where firms are deploying increasingly sophisticated digital tools to surveil children.'” Jules Polonetsky / @julespolonetsky : Just when you thought you could log off for the ...

2023-12-20
1/ Today @FTC brought and settled charges against Rite Aid for using a biased face scanning system that led to employees falsely accusing people of crimes they did not commit. We impose a 5-year ban on Rite Aid using face surveillance. My statement: https://www.ftc.gov/...
2023-12-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers

- FTC says chain's surveillance system falsely flagged customers  — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images

11/ I see the order as a strong *baseline* for what a comprehensive algorithmic fairness program should look like. Future companies should expect to be pressed on enrollments into the system. Future violators should be ready to accept independent assessors to ensure compliance.
2023-12-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Pharmacy chain Rite Aid must stop using facial recognition for five years as part of a settlement with the US FTC, which says the tech falsely flagged customers

- FTC says chain's surveillance system falsely flagged customers  — Bankrupt pharmacy chain will stop using system, delete images

2023-07-19
Labor matters. Most of us put food on the table by selling our labor. The draft merger guidelines will help make sure that companies compete for it. My statement, with @linakhanFTC and @RKSlaughterFTC, on the draft merger guidelines: [image]
2023-07-19 View on X
CNN

The DOJ and the FTC release draft updates to US merger guidelines, introducing potentially comprehensive changes to reviews for the first time in over a decade

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday released a set of long-anticipated draft updates …

2023-06-02
Machine learning is no excuse to break the law. Today's settlement on Amazon Alexa should set off alarms for parents across the country - and is a warning for every AI company sprinting to acquire more and more data. My full statement with @LinaKhanFTC and @RKSlaughterFTC: [image]
2023-06-02 View on X
New York Times

Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years

Natasha Singer / New York Times :

2023-06-01
Machine learning is no excuse to break the law. Today's settlement on Amazon Alexa should set off alarms for parents across the country - and is a warning for every AI company sprinting to acquire more and more data. My full statement with @LinaKhanFTC and @RKSlaughterFTC: [image]
2023-06-01 View on X
New York Times

Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years

Regulators said the tech giant kept children's Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children's privacy law.

2022-08-12
Our nation is the world's unquestioned leader on technology and the information economy. Yet we're almost alone in our lack of meaningful protections for this infrastructure. Today, @FTC begins to explore rules to change that. My statement: https://www.ftc.gov/...
2022-08-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children

on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security p...

4/ How do we protect against stalking apps? (Q.12) How do we make protect against fraud in languages other than English? (58) How can we protect privacy when a snapshot of a person's face, or a few seconds of their voice, can identify them? (37-38) URL:https://www.ftc.gov/...
2022-08-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children

on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security p...

1/ We talk a lot about the latest implications of the latest technology. I think we need to take a step back and ask: Who's being left behind? A few points from my first speech as commissioner @FTC🧵
2022-08-12 View on X
Wall Street Journal

The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children

on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security p...