Apple has been issued a warning letter from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, urging it to review its content curation for Apple News so as to ensure that it is not suppressing conservative publications. In a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, seen by the Financial Times, FTC chairman Andrew Ferguson cites recent press coverage of a report from conservative media watchdog Media Research Center (MRC), which claimed that Apple has promoted "leftist outlets" in its content choices.
  • CompactFlaxEnglish
    29·
    5 天前

    It’s pretty fucking difficult to be “balanced” when one side is publishing verifiable falsehoods as truth.

  • misk@piefed.socialEnglish
    25·
    5 天前

    These people seem to hate free markets but only when they’re on the receiving end, curious.

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    12·
    5 天前

    Apple is under absolutely no obligation to promote conservative views, nor should they be. Are you gonna probe Fox News for not promoting Democratic views? No? Didn’t think so.

  • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    5 天前

    Tim Apple should just kill off the News app and be done with it. It’s a garbage app full of mostly ads anyway.

  • TORFdot0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    5 天前

    I thought Apple News was a glorified RSS reader prefilled with subscriptions to various feeds. I didn’t realize they did curation.

    • robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      3·
      5 天前

      They do and it’s terrible. Literally couldn’t convince it to stop showing me sports or celebrity gossip. I cancelled before the trial was halfway over.