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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.AI Verified source (Jul 16, 2026)
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Source context concerns AI opt-out defaults and calls for federal intervention; supports the opt-out right.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19h ago
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Recorded for matches call for federal protection against abusive AI opt-out defaults.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19h ago
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WIRED, July 16, 2026, attributes this exact statement to Ben Winters.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 19h ago
replying to Ben Winters