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Serious Cost-Benefit Analysis on Privacy

January 26, 2015

Cost-benefit analysis is supposed to be at the heart of the FTC’s unfairness powers. But the FTC doesn’t really bother with CBA in privacy cases,...


Are Democrats Serious about Net Neutrality?

January 21, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, House and Senate Subcommittees held hearings on a Republican discussion draft for legislation to protect an Open Internet and FCC Chairman...


Congress Must Rein in the FCC on Internet Regulation

January 20, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, a diverse coalition of web entrepreneurs, investors, telecom and antitrust experts, and policy organizations urged lawmakers of both parties to take...


Obama Prefers Unilateral Fiat over Legislative Compromise on Net Neutrality

January 16, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Sen. John Thune and Rep. Fred Upton released a discussion draft of legislation that would authorize the FCC to enforce net...


How Long Should Americans Wait for Clarity on Digital Privacy?

January 14, 2015

President Obama doesn’t want to talk about surveillance—and is once again trying to change the subject to regulating the companies that have made the Internet...


Republicans Come to the Table on Net Neutrality, but Will Democrats Join Them?

January 14, 2015

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, in an op-ed for Reuters, Senator John Thune and Congressman Fred Upton announced plans to pursue a public process for bipartisan...