FTC Weighs Rulemaking on Privacy Abuses, Algorithmic Discrimination

The FTC is considering issuing an FTC Act Section 18 rulemaking to limit privacy abuses and ensure “algorithmic decision-making” doesn’t result in “unlawful discrimination,” OMB said. This came in the commission’s annual regulatory priorities submission to OMB, which recently published the submissions. “Algorithms are used everywhere, and their malicious use causes real harm to Americans every day,” Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said in a statement. He said he was glad to see Chair Lina Khan and the agency "take this step to crack down on companies using discriminatory algorithms.”