US FTC Probing YouTube Over Social Media Policies
THE SO WHAT
Regulators are now interrogating not just content, but how platforms enforce their own account and policy decisions. Any product that relies on opaque moderation or suspension rules should assume legal discovery on those processes and start tightening documentation and auditability.
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