{"id":65137,"date":"2026-02-12T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ftc-warns-apples-tim-cook-over-alleged-political-bias-in-its-apple-news-app\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:55:50","slug":"ftc-warns-apples-tim-cook-over-alleged-political-bias-in-its-apple-news-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ftc-warns-apples-tim-cook-over-alleged-political-bias-in-its-apple-news-app\/","title":{"rendered":"FTC warns Apple&#8217;s Tim Cook over alleged political bias in its Apple News app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sent a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/news\/press-releases\/2026\/02\/federal-trade-commission-chairman-andrew-n-ferguson-issues-warning-letter-apple-ceo-tim-cook?utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">warning letter<\/a>\u00a0to Apple CEO Tim Cook about Apple News, pointing to reports claiming the news aggregator &#8220;systematically boosts left-wing sources and suppresses right-wing sources.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson alerted the tech giant&#8217;s chief executive that, if the allegations are true, the company could be violating the FTC Act, a law that prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices. The Apple News app aggregates news stories from a range of digital publications to curate content tailored to consumers&#8217; preferences. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, who cited research from the Media Research Center, a right-leaning watchdog group, said that tech companies that feature news articles based on a publication&#8217;s &#8220;perceived ideological or political viewpoint&#8221; may violate the law. The FTC chief asked Apple to review its article curation and &#8220;take corrective action swiftly&#8221; if it is excluding conservative news sources.<\/p>\n<p>Policies that exclude some news sources &#8220;stifle the free exchange of ideas, manipulate the public discourse and are inconsistent with American values,&#8221; Ferguson wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Apple did not immediately respond to CBS News&#8217; request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC cited a report from the Media Research Center that analyzed more than 600 stories featured by Apple News in users&#8217; feeds from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31. The analysis found that more than 400 of the stories Apple News featured came from outlets perceived to be left-leaning, and that news sources perceived to be right-leaning did not appear in users&#8217; digital news feeds.<\/p>\n<p>The Media Research Center says it relies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AllSides<\/a>, a company that rates the perceived political bias of online publications, for determining a news source&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson also argued that Apple may be violating its own terms and conditions of service if it doesn&#8217;t disclose to consumers practices that could &#8220;cause substantial injury that is neither reasonably avoidable nor outweighed by countervailing benefits to consumers or competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the FTC chief noted that the agency &#8220;is not the speech police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[W]e do not have authority to require Apple or any other firm to take 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