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The FTC is not the speech police; we do not have authority to require Apple or any other fum to take affirmative positions on any political issue, nor to curate news offerings consistent with one ideology or another. But Congress has mandated that we protect consumers from material misrepresentations and omissions, including when the product or service offered to consumers is a speech-related product.
As the Chairman of the FTC, I write to inform you of your obligations under the FTC Act. Any act or practice by Apple News to suppress or promote news articles based on the perceived ideological or political viewpoint of the article or publication, if inconsistent with Apple's terms of service or the reasonable expectations of consumers, may violate the FTC Act. I encourage you to conduct a comprehensive review of Apple's terms of service and ensure that Apple News' curation of articles is consistent with those terms and representations made to consumers and, if it is not, to take corrective action swiftly.
Please direct any inquiries conceming this letter to Levi Swank, [email protected] (202)
355-5940.
Sincerely,
Andrew N. Ferguson
Chairman
Federal Trade Commission
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11 See Fed. Trade Comm'n, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson Wars Companies Against Censoring or Weakening the Data Security of Americans at the Behest of Foreign Powers (Aug. 21, 2025),
https://www.ftc.gov/news-
events/news/press-releases/2025/08/ftc-chairman-ferguson-wams-companies-against-censoring-or-weakening-data-security-americans-behest.
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