The Federal Trade Commission has removed its business blog from all positions in Joe Biden’s tenure. The online publication has historically provided advice on how companies can best comply with consumer protection regulations, covering topics such as artificial intelligence and how big tech companies collect and use customer data. At present, it has not published content between December 21, 2020 and March 7, 2025.
Some notable content is highlighted from over 300 blog posts that have been deleted. Currently speaking to former FTC officials in publications about changes anonymous out of fear of revenge.
“In terms of our compliance expectations, this is in some ways the most important part of the enforcement action in terms of the message we convey to the industry, and they are trying to remove these people from history,” a source said.
The FTC is led by President Donald Trump’s nominee Andrew Ferguson. At the time of his appointment, Ferguson He will use the department to “end Big Tech’s vendetta against competition and freedom of speech”. He and other Republicans claim that many platforms are censoring right-wing content, adding irony to the latest move of the FTC.
Another source told wired. “But at the end of the day, what really hits the bottom line of these companies is the data they can collect, how to use that data, whether AI models can be trained on that data, and whether this administration plans to take the foot from there while reviewing the review work.”
