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TechFreedom Statement on FCC Appeal of Prometheus III Decision

November 7, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. —TechFreedom General Counsel James Dunstan issued the following statement in support of the FCC’s appeal of the Third Circuit’s Decision in Prometheus Radio...


EU-US Privacy Shield Extended, Keeping the Internet Global and Open—for Now

October 23, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the European Commission finished its third annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, extending for another year the agreement that...


Court Upholds FCC’s Refusal of Broad Internet Powers but Litigation Will Drag On

October 1, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO) issued by the Federal Communications...


FTC Settles with YouTube Over Alleged COPPA Violations

September 4, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the Federal Trade Commission and New York’s Attorney General announced a $170 million settlement with Google over charges that the company...


Draft Social Media Bias Executive Order Would Create Real Internet Speech Police

August 9, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. —­ Following months of increasingly angry complaints from Republicans about social media companies’ alleged bias against conservatives, the Trump Administration is drafting an...


Facebook Just Bought a $5 Billion Moat around Its Business Model

July 24, 2019

WASHINGTON D.C. —­­ Today the FTC announced that it had voted 3-2 along party lines to approve a $5 billion settlement over Facebook’s handling of...