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Congress, Allow Companies to Publish Information About Government Requests for User Data

September 30, 2013

Today, TechFreedom joined with over 70 companies and nonprofit organizations to voice support for two important bills that would allow companies to publish statistics about government...


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...


Hey, FTC, Whatsathamattawitchew? Focus on identity theft, already!

September 25, 2013

The FTC’s raison d’etre is the prevention of consumer harm. The FTC Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts and practices. Both proscriptions are grounded in...


More fuzzy thinking about the magical power of broadband

September 25, 2013

We’re all in favor of faster broadband and of removing regulatory barriers at the Federal, state and local level that make it difficult for new...