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US FTC consumer protection chief Mufarrige to focus on 'kitchen-table' issues

By Mike Swift and Madeline Hughes ( September 17, 2025, 21:59 GMT | Comment) -- In a wide-ranging conversation with MLex, the US Federal Trade Commission's new consumer protection chief, Chris Mufarriage, discusses how the agency’s probe of AI chatbots and a flurry of recent privacy and online safety settlements fits with the enforcement philosophy of the new Republican leadership of the agency, as well as his view that the departure of senior leaders due to Trump Administration spending cutbacks is providing growth opportunities for a new generation of FTC staff.The first seven months of Chris Mufarrige’s tenure at the US Federal Trade Commission were quiet — so quiet that divining the enforcement priorities of the agency’s new consumer protection chief was an exercise in reading tea leaves....

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