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VOICE ARCHIVE

Mark Meador

@meadorftc
9 posts
2026-02-26
Please read this for important guidance on age verification and COPPA compliance.
2026-02-26 View on X
The Record

The US FTC says it won't enforce COPPA against companies using age verification tools as long as they use the collected data only to verify a user's age

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday issued a policy statement advising industry that it will not bring enforcement actions …

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2025-09-12
This study will require the leading chatbot companies to provide detailed information on how their products function and interact with young people. It represents a critical first step in keeping the public safe.
2025-09-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens

Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / ...

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If future law enforcement investigations indicate that the consumer protection laws have been violated, the Commission should not hesitate to act to protect the vulnerable. Read my full statement here: https://www.ftc.gov/...
2025-09-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens

Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / ...

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A growing number of reports have emerged of chatbots displaying strange and disturbing behaviors—from promoting suicidal ideation to engaging in sexualized conversations with minors.
2025-09-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens

Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / ...

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Today @FTC launched a major, sector-wide inquiry into the AI chatbots that more and more Americans—including children—use on a daily basis. https://www.ftc.gov/...
2025-09-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The US FTC orders Google, OpenAI, Meta and Instagram, Snap, xAI, and Character.AI to turn over information about how their AI chatbots impact children and teens

Meta, OpenAI, Musk's XAI Among Targets Chris Morris / Quartz : Federal agency plans to examine the mental health risks of AI chatbots from OpenAI, Snap, Meta, and more Ian Stark / ...

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2025-07-09
The FTC's click-to-cancel rule, which would have made it much easier for consumers to get rid of unwanted online subscriptions, isn't going into effect for one reason: the Biden FTC cut corners and didn't follow the law. Process matters.
2025-07-09 View on X
Reuters

A US appeals court blocks the FTC's “click-to-cancel” rule that would have taken effect on July 14, saying it didn't conduct a preliminary cost-benefit analysis

A U.S. appeals court blocked a rule that would have required businesses to make it as easy to cancel subscriptions …

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2025-05-20
It was an honor to join @AFergusonFTC and @MHolyoakFTC for the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. I look forward to helping them and the dedicated @FTC staff enforce this law to protect our most vulnerable. [image]
2025-05-20 View on X
The Verge

Trump signs the Take It Down Act, criminalizing the distribution of nonconsensual intimate images and requiring platforms to promptly remove them when notified

The bill sailed through Congress with a focus on deepfakes and other nonconsensual intimate images.

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It was an honor to join @AFergusonFTC and @MHolyoakFTC for the signing of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. I look forward to helping them and the dedicated @FTC staff enforce this law to protect our most vulnerable. [image]
2025-05-20 View on X
404 Media

Civitai blames a “configuration issue” for allowing users to generate non-consensual porn; it appears that users can still create such videos of non-celebrities

404 Media found that people were using Civitai to create nonconsensual AI porn videos of anyone for a small price. Bluesky: @josephcox and @emanuelmaiberg . Mastodon: @jbhall56@inf...

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2025-04-17
Huge win for @JusticeATR, American consumers and businesses, and our innovation economy. It's also a vindication of what so many of us have been saying for years. Let's keep it up!
2025-04-17 View on X
New York Times

A US judge says Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising tech, the second time in a year a court found Google acted illegally

The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

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