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TF’s Latest: FTC reform event Thursday, Net Neutrality, USA Freedom Act, and more

July 29, 2014

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for tech policy: The FCC received over a million comments on its proposed net neutrality regulations, the Senate...


FTC Officials to Speak at Luncheon on the Commission’s Use of Economics

July 28, 2014

First Apple, now Amazon: Where is the FTC Heading on Digital Consumer Protection?  The Federal Trade Commission’s recent enforcement actions against Amazon and Apple raise...


Government-Run Broadband Will Fail in Court and in the Real World

July 25, 2014

Only Congress, not the FCC, Can Preempt State Laws Affecting Broadband Deployment Yesterday, Chattanooga, TN and Wilson, NC filed petitions to the FCC requesting that...


Thanks, FTC, but We Don’t Need a National Nanny

July 24, 2014

“Just think about the children!” has always been the rallying cry of hyperactive regulators. Lately, the FTC claimed it was protecting children — well, actually,...


The Internet Defies Metaphors, so Let’s Stop Using Them for “Net Neutrality”

July 24, 2014

Is the Internet a highway? Should we “preserve” its “neutrality?” Should we regulate it like the phone system? Or electricity? Or railroads? “Net neutrality,” a...


FTC Cmr. Wright to Keynote Luncheon on FTC’s Use of Economics in Consumer Protection

July 23, 2014

FTC Commissioner Joshua Wright will be the keynote speaker at TechFreedom and ICLE’s latest installment in their year-long project “FTC: Technology and Reform,” launched in...