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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

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Event Description

The Federal Trade Commission will hold a workshop entitled "The Attention Economy: How Big Tech Firms Exploit Children and Hurt Families" on May 28 at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. and streamed online.

The event will bring together parents, and child safety experts, and government leaders to discuss how Big Tech companies impose addictive design features, erode parental authority, and fail to protect children from exposure to harmful content. Experts will also discuss concrete solutions to protect kids online, including age verification and parental consent requirements.

The event will begin at 9 a.m. ET at the FTC’s headquarters at 600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20580. Registration will be required to attend in-person. Registration information will be posted to the event page prior to the workshop and a link to the livestream will be posted to FTC.gov the morning of the event.

The FTC is seeking input from those who are interested in participating as panelists for the workshop or who have expertise and relevant information to provide on any of the topics listed above. If you have expertise, email AttentionEconomy@ftc.gov by April 30, 2025. The FTC is not seeking substantive comments at this time.

Additional information, including a list of speakers and the agenda, will be posted to the event page in advance of the workshop.

FTC Privacy Policy

Under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) or other laws, we may be required to disclose to outside organizations the information you provide when you pre-register for events that require registration. The Commission will consider all timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, and as a matter of discretion, we make every effort to remove home contact information for individuals from the public comments before posting them on the FTC website.

The FTC Act and other laws we administer permit the collection of your pre-registration contact information and the comments you file to consider and use in this proceeding as appropriate. For additional information, including routine uses permitted by the Privacy Act, see the Commission’s Privacy Act system for public records and comprehensive privacy policy.

This event will be open to the public and may be photographed, videotaped, webcast, or otherwise recorded.  By participating in this event, you are agreeing that your image — and anything you say or submit — may be posted indefinitely at ftc.gov or on one of the Commission's publicly available social media sites.

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