A top-line concern for this subcommittee must be to protect consumers, regardless of whether they are online or not.

Deepfakes, manipulation of video, dark patterns, bots, and other technologies are hurting us in direct and indirect ways.

Bad actors are stocking the online marketplace, using deceptive techniques to influence consumers.

The internet provides new opportunities for commerce, education, information, and connecting people.

It is incumbent on us in this subcommittee to make clear that the protections that apply to in-person commerce also apply to virtual space.

I want to begin with some questions of you, Ms. Bickert.

The Federal Trade Commission works to protect Americans from many unfair and deceptive practices.

So, Ms. Bickert, I really don't understand why Facebook should treat fake audio differently from fake images.

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