# EFF Joins Call for FTC to Drop Its Disastrous AI Policy Proposal

- Type: News
- Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Date: 2026-08-03
- Original: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-joins-comments-calling-ftc-drop-its-ai-policy-proposal
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/184720
- Topics: Artificial Intelligence

## Summary

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in July issued a proposed policy statement “concerning the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems.” We urge the FTC to withdraw this misguided proposal and instead focus on its core strengths and mission to protect consumers. The new proposed policy builds on, and directly references, the Trump administration’s “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government” executive order—a nightmare for civil liberties that seeks to strong-arm AI companies

## Full text

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in July issued a proposed policy statement “concerning the suppression of accuracy in artificial intelligence systems.” We urge the FTC to withdraw this misguided proposal and instead focus on its core strengths and mission to protect consumers. The new proposed policy builds on, and directly references, the Trump administration’s “Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government” executive order—a nightmare for civil liberties that seeks to strong-arm AI companies into modifying their models to conform with the its ideological agenda. In recently filed comments, EFF, Public Knowledge, and Fight for the Future call for the FTC to stop its unconstitutional efforts to regulate lawful speech, override state laws, and intimidate AI developers into ideological alignment with the Trump administration. The government may not install itself as the arbiter of truth. In the joint comments, we outline three critical flaws within the latest proposed policy. First, it

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