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FTC ‘Dark Patterns' Enforcement Policy Darkens Public Input On Rule, Commissioner Wilson Argues

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Wilson’s dissenting statement isn’t first time she's disagreed with Democrat majority on the five-seat commission after four years of a Republican majority. Her statement made clear her argument the commission has over-stepped its authorities more than once.

• Source: Alamy

The Federal Trade Commission, according to Commissioner Christine Wilson, exceeds its statutory boundaries with a recent enforcement policy statement on e-commerce billing practices.

And not for the first time since the Biden administration took the agency’s helm, says Wilson, a Republican appointee.

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