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#69: TWC-Charter Merger and FCC Extortion
This week, the Department of Justice approved the merger of Charter and Time Warner Cable, the sixth and third biggest broadband providers in America. If...
EU vs. Google: Regulators Still Fighting the Last War
Today, EU antitrust authorities began another lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of abusing its dominance of the European search market to favor its own...
The Anti-Consumer Origins of Anti-Trust Law
Historian Jim Powell explains, in FDR’s Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression: Considering how passionately New Dealers condemned monopolies, it’s curious...
Time to Overhaul Outdated Video Regulations: TF & ICLE File Joint Comments with Senate Commerce Committee
TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics have filed joint comments in response to questions from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
Sprint acquiring T-Mobile runs risk of “regulatory contagion,” says TF’s Jon Henke
Sprint, America’s #3 wireless provider, is attempting to buy T-Mobile, the industry’s fourth-largest player. It’s unclear if regulators will approve the deal, but they’re certainly...
FTC: Technology & Reform Project Launches 12/16 with Conference keynoted by Commissioner Wright
As it begins its hundredth year, the FTC is increasingly becoming the Federal Technology Commission. The agency’s role in regulating data security, privacy, the Internet...