Comment by Ben Winters

Consumer Federation of America director
It is the perfect recipe for something that needs federal government intervention. That's what legislatures and governments are there for: to protect people where they are unable to protect themselves and constrain companies from doing things that are particularly abusive and deceptive at scale.
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AI Verified Source context concerns AI opt-out defaults and calls for federal intervention; supports the opt-out right. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19h ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches call for federal protection against abusive AI opt-out defaults. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19h ago

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AI Verified WIRED, July 16, 2026, attributes this exact statement to Ben Winters. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19h ago
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