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Code Words in Tech Policy & the Politicians Who Use Them
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
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
On the weekend of October 26 — the 12th anniversary of the signing of the USA PATRIOT Act — thousands of people from across the...
Let’s Not Make Fiber the Concorde of the Internet, We Tell the FCC
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?
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...
TechFreedom Joins Coalition to Reform ECPA
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, is one of the Internet’s most outdated laws. It says hundreds of federal entities, including the IRS and...