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FTC’s Operation AI Comply Generated in Part by Fear of Scale
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October 24, 2024
FTC’s Operation AI Comply Generated in Part by Fear of Scale
By: Jordan Briggs
With the increased visibility of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in our daily lives—in search engines, PDF readers, social media feeds—AI is starting to become commonplace and its use normalized. In its recent crackdown against five businesses advertising AI services to consumers, the FTC put its enforcement authority behind its belief that AI can “turbocharge deception” (“Operation AI Comply”). But by its very nature, as a machine trained to learn on its, at least at first, human-provided inputs, when it comes to combatting deceptive practices, are the problems we face from AI all that different from the ones we faced already? Of the five businesses the FTC brought actions against, only two are actual use cases of AI. The other three, Ascend…
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What are cookie consents and do you really need them on your website?
October 15, 2024
What are cookie consents and do you really need them on your website?
By: Nicole Kardell
Most of us are accustomed to receiving pop-up notices regarding cookies when we first visit a website. Some people quickly click the “accept” button and move on. Others review their choices, and opt out of some, if not all, optional cookies. Why suddenly, have we been offered such choices online, even in the U.S.? Those in Europe and the U.K. have been accepting and rejecting…
FTC Adds COPPA Violations to the Growing List of Privacy Concerns While TikTok is on the Clock
August 13, 2024
FTC Adds COPPA Violations to the Growing List of Privacy Concerns While TikTok is on the Clock
By: Jordan Briggs
For years now, TikTok has seemed to be the center of attention. From viral baking content to true crime to dancing videos to family-influencer content, everyone seems to be on it or talking about it. And the FTC has said that’s part of the problem. On August 2, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) brought a suit on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) against…
In Rare Ruling, Court Permits Discovery Into Motives Behind FTC Subpoena
July 26, 2010
In Rare Ruling, Court Permits Discovery Into Motives Behind FTC Subpoena
By: Ifrah Law
When a U.S. magistrate judge in the District of Columbia issued his ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Bisaro on July 13, 2010, permitting limited discovery of certain FTC officials regarding an agency subpoena, it had been more than three decades since the D.C. Circuit had found that “extraordinary circumstances” were present that warranted discovery in a subpoena enforcement action. Subpoena enforcement proceedings are typically…