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Let’s Not Make Fiber the Concorde of the Internet, We Tell the FCC

September 30, 2013

The Fiber to the Home Council recently asked the Federal Communications Commission to create a $150 million/year program to subsidize construction of 1 Gbps fiber...


TechShutdown: How essential are the FCC & FTC, anyway?

September 30, 2013

With the government shutdown looming, it’s time to play DC’s new favorite game: Who’s an “essential” government employee? When it comes to tech, the two...


Listen: TechFreedom Debates Broadband Deployment with Susan Crawford

September 30, 2013

Two of TechFreedom’s top experts recently appeared on WCPN’s The Sound of Ideas to discuss broadband deployment with law professor Susan Crawford (who we’ve disagreed with in the...


Now in its 100th year, the FTC has become the Federal Technology Commission

September 26, 2013

Today marks the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which will be commemorated tomorrow by FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen in an public address...


We Talk Targeted Advertising and California’s “Online Eraser” Law on RT America

September 26, 2013

TF’s Berin Szoka appeared on RT America’s Tech Report today, discussing Twitter’s recent purchase of online advertising company MoPub and California’s new “Online Eraser” law....


The Federal Trade Commission Has Become the Federal Technology Commission: TF in TechDirt

September 26, 2013

Today, the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Trade Commission, TF’s Berin Szoka and Geoffrey Manne wrote in TechDirt about the agency’s dominant...