Demand Progress Education Fund: FTC Must Investigate AI Book Burning
August 23, 2026
August 23, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Demand Progress Education Fund issued the following news release:
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FTC Must Investigate AI Book Burning
AI Companies are Scanning and Destroying Millions of Books to Keep in Private Databases
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On Friday, Demand Progress Education Fund and a coalition of civil society advocates asked the FTC to investigate AI companies like Anthropic and Amazon for buying books in bulk, scanning them and then destroying . . .
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FTC Must Investigate AI Book Burning
AI Companies are Scanning and Destroying Millions of Books to Keep in Private Databases
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On Friday, Demand Progress Education Fund and a coalition of civil society advocates asked the FTC to investigate AI companies like Anthropic and Amazon for buying books in bulk, scanning them and then destroying . . .