The FTC has sent a letter to Tim Cook because Apple News is too woke and needs to include more right wing content.

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An archive copy, just in case: https://archive.is/KV0Ws

> Apple has been warned by the Federal Trade Commission not to stifle conservative content on its Apple News platform, as tensions rise between the smartphone maker and the Trump administration.

> In a letter to chief executive Tim Cook, FTC chair Andrew Ferguson cited recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center which claimed that Apple has promoted “leftist outlets” in its news feed.

> Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, a fellow Trump appointee and vocal critic of Big Tech, applauded Ferguson’s move on Wednesday, saying that “Apple has no right to suppress conservative viewpoints in violation of the FTC Act”.

> The public rebukes for Apple from top US enforcers came the day after President Donald Trump shared coverage of the MRC report on Truth Social.
“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 . . . may violate” US laws that prevent businesses from misleading consumers, Ferguson said.

> Ferguson, who Trump appointed to lead the US competition and consumer protection watchdog, said that Apple should carry out a “comprehensive review” of its terms of service and take corrective action if its content curation is not in line with them.

> Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The letter marks an escalation in public tensions between Apple and members of the Trump administration in recent days.

> Trump has attacked Big Tech companies over claims they have suppressed conservative voices and has targeted Apple over its heavy reliance on manufacturing in China and India.

> But the president has generally refrained from criticism of Apple since Cook moved to mend fences with the administration in August.

> Tech bosses have been at pains not to provoke the president since he returned to office. But Cook last week posted a selfie with Bad Bunny, the star of the Super Bowl halftime show, which was sponsored by Apple Music and had drawn criticism from Trump.

@carnage4life They always come back for more.

@carnage4life I am pretty sure they will comply, just like Tim himself.

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Tim needs to kiss the again.

This is the kind of stuff I remember the US getting all noisy about when even somewhere like Singapore censored journalists/newspapers such as The Economist. “Oppressive regime” that “stifles free speech”

This illegitimate government has become what we as a nation used to fight against.

@carnage4life Some day Tim Apple will realize that appeasement with gold bars buys exactly nothing from this administration.

Let that be a warning to anyone else who thinks they can buy their way into this administration's good graces. Nobody wins, everyone loses.

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Someone needs to explain to the FTC what algorithms are.