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FTC's FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan: Strong Enforcement Signals Despite Business-Friendly Tone
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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The FTC's FY 2026-2030 Strategic Plan signals a return to consumer-welfare-focused enforcement whilst restoring the qualifier that action should not unduly burden legitimate business. Priority areas include children's online safety, privacy and data security, healthcare fraud, anticompetitive mergers, labour-market restraints, and Big Tech conduct.
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If you're selling to consumers, collecting data, running healthcare claims, or acquiring companies: the FTC just told you what it will litigate over the next five years, and it's hiring economists to win those fights in court. Reassess advertising claims, privacy practices, and M&A antitrust risk now—the language shifted towards business-friendly framing, but enforcement targets are clearer and more concrete than they were.
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