Leadership Conference FTC Tech Censorship Request for Information Comments

Center for Civil Rights and Technology Resources 05.21.25

The Honorable Andrew Ferguson
Chair
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20580

Re: In the Matter of Technology Platform Censorship, Docket No. 25-0023

Dear Chair Ferguson,

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and its Center for Civil Rights and Technology (“The Leadership Conference”), we appreciate the opportunity to submit these comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC” or “commission”) Request for Information published on February 20, 2025, regarding Technology Platform Censorship. As discussed in these comments, we urge the FTC to center its inquiry on the deeper structural forces shaping platform governance—specifically the unchecked spread of misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and hate speech.

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