Lines of Thought / Organisation

FTC: every development we track

3 developments and 5 rules, in date order. Built automatically from every development involving this organisation.

  1. Rule · In forceUS
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  2. Enforcement or rulingInformationUS
    FTC orders seven firms to explain how AI companion chatbots protect children

    It put the largest consumer chatbot providers on notice that companion features and teen use are a federal consumer-protection priority, ahead of state companion-chatbot laws taking effect.

    Also on Children, companions and deepfakes

  3. Rule · In forceUS-CA
    SB 53 / TFAIA

    Also on Washington vs the states on AI rules

  4. PolicyGovernmentUS
    Trump executive order targets state AI laws with litigation and funding pressure

    It does not void any state law by itself, but it opened a federal legal and financial campaign against state AI statutes such as Colorado's and California's.

    Also on Washington vs the states on AI rules

  5. Rule · Enacted, not yet in forceUS-NY
    RAISE Act
  6. Enforcement or rulingInformationUS
    FTC begins enforcing TAKE IT DOWN Act's 48-hour removal duty for intimate deepfakes

    Any US service hosting user images or video, including AI image generators, now needs a working notice-and-removal channel or faces FTC civil penalties.

    Also on Children, companions and deepfakes