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The humility Hayek urged would serve tech policymakers well

October 9, 2013

Humility about our ability to plan or steer the future from the top down should be the chief virtue of tech regulators. We’re fond of...


Is the FCC stalling on the IP Transition to coerce concessions from telcos?

October 9, 2013

The companies that own the old copper telephone networks are chomping at the bit to transition to Internet Protocol so they can carry not only...


Shutdown delays oral arguments in key data security case: FTC v. Wyndham

October 8, 2013

We recently noted that a Federal district court had finally set oral arguments on Wyndham Hotels’ motion to dismiss the FTC’s data security enforcement action....


Code Words in Tech Policy & the Politicians Who Use Them

October 7, 2013

Senator Rockefeller has detected code words from Republican FCC nominee Michael O’Rielly. When O’Rielly reiterated that he advocated a “flexible” and a “light hand” on regulation, Rockefeller...


Video: FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen on Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age

October 4, 2013

Before her stint as Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen Ohlhausen oversaw the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning and helped to author the 2007 “FTC at 100”...


Rally Against Mass Surveillance in DC, this October 26

October 2, 2013

On the weekend of October 26 — the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA PATRIOT Act — thousands of people from across the...