{
  "id": 16705,
  "url": "https://epic.org/epic-urges-ftc-to-abandon-misleading-guidance-suggesting-consumer-protection-laws-preempt-state-ai-regulations",
  "title": "EPIC Urges FTC to Abandon Misleading Guidance Suggesting Consumer Protection Laws Preempt State AI Regulations",
  "summary": "On Friday, EPIC submitted comments urging the FTC to rescind its recent policy statement on AI regulations, which falsely suggests that companies could violate federal consumer protection law by complying with state AI laws.",
  "authors": "Caroline Anders",
  "category": "org",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-31T19:15:41.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-06T05:10:11.148Z",
  "source_slug": "epic",
  "source_name": "EPIC",
  "source_homepage": "https://epic.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16705",
  "original_url": "https://epic.org/epic-urges-ftc-to-abandon-misleading-guidance-suggesting-consumer-protection-laws-preempt-state-ai-regulations",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}