Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson notified Apple in a letter Wednesday that the company could be violating consumer protection laws by allegedly stifling conservative publications on its news app.
The letter comes after a Media Research Center study found that 440 out of 620 stories that were featured on Apple News during high-traffic morning time slots between Jan. 1 and 31 were from left-leaning outlets, according to the New York Post.
“These reports raise serious questions about whether Apple News is acting in accordance with its terms of service and its representations to consumers,” Ferguson wrote in the letter.
