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New FTC Chair Fighting DEI, Cuts Off Public Comments on Surveillance Pricing

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FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson has zeroed in on a singular supposed cause for all of the economic problems: DEI .

Sitting Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya said Ferguson is “uninterested in the challenges that regular human beings face” Bedoya highlighted a number of issues the FTC was working on but has now closed off the public’s ability to comment.

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https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0008 https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0007 https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-surveillance-pricing-study-indicates-wide-range-personal-data-used-set-individualized-consumer https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/bedoya-statement-emergency-motion.pdf https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0010 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-cost-of-being-poor-is-rising-and-its-worse-for-poor-families-of-color/https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/06/economy/more-americans-falling-behind-on-loans/index.html https://ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/bedoya-statement-emergency-motion.pdf https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/andrew-n-ferguson-takes-over-ftc-chairman https://time.com/4899508/flight-search-history-price/https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2025-0011

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