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FTC pivots from competition to children
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A Federal Trade Commission summit on protecting children online previewed an odd pivot.
Most of the panelists came from conservative groups.
The event barely pretended to be anything other than a right-wing values summit.
The way the FTC attacks tech companies has become a window into the larger preoccupations and priorities of different political cohorts.
Panelists expressed support for a wide range of federal legislation aimed at age-gating and censoring the internet.
The idea of human flourishing and common good envisioned by those in favor at the FTC right now seems to recognize few rights and little agency for anyone under the age of 18 .
The FTC 's current anti-tech agenda is explicitly rooted in socially conservative moral values and explicitly hostile to free speech.
Carl said the FBI offered to pay for therapy if she went through an FBI victim specialist.
She declined because she didn't want to use a victim specialist or process issues with the fbi .
Carl isn't the only woman involved with OneTaste who feels the FBI tried to paint as a victim despite her objections.
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