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FTC chair and delegations urge balanced online protections for children

Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit · March 24, 2026
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At the summit’s final session, FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson and international delegates urged tailored rules and parental-empowerment approaches to protect children’s data and guard against deepfakes and exploitation online.

Andrew Ferguson, chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, opened the summit’s session on online safety by arguing that children deserve different online and data rules than adults and warning against regulations that would displace parental authority. "The goal of child online safety must be to empower parents, not to replace them," Ferguson said, and urged balanced regulatory approaches…

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