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FCC Anxiously Puts One Toe Halfway in Tepid Water with IP Transition “Trials”
Today, the FCC asked for comments on initial trials for a transition from outdated switched telephone networks to Internet-based (IP) alternatives. Instead of studying the...
Wyndham: FTC Must Provide More Guidance for Unfairness, Data Security
Today, the International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE) and TechFreedom filed an amici curiae brief in the federal District Court of New Jersey arguing that...
Senate Committee Passes Long-Overdue ECPA Reform, but More Remains to Be Done
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously passed the Lee-Leahy ECPA Amendment . That Amendment modifies the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) to require law enforcement...
Humility Should Be Chief Virtue of FCC & FTC Commissioners, Urges Coalition Letter
Today, TechFreedom joined a coalition of think tanks, academics and commentators on technology policy in a letter urging the President, Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats...
CISPA Shouldn’t Infringe on Freedom of Contract
In spirit, CISPA aims to clear the thicket of restrictions firms face when they try to share data about online attacks. In practice, as TechFreedom’s...
CISPA Renders Online Privacy Agreements Meaningless, But Sponsor Sees No Reason To Fix That
As we have been arguing time and again , CISPA bars companies from making enforceable promises to their users about how they might share users’...