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FCC Has No Basis for Setting Arbitrary E-Rate Broadband Speed Goals

November 8, 2013

Today, TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics filed Reply Comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to modernize the E-Rate Program, created...


FTC must limit competition authority, Congressional Judiciary leadership urges

October 24, 2013

Senators Chuck Grassley and Mike Lee and Reps. Bob Goodlatte and Spencer Bachus just sent a strongly worded letter to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez insisting...


The real fight in Washington: Can we plan a better future?

October 11, 2013

George Will nailed it in this 2012 column: America now is divided between those who find this social churning unnerving and those who find it...


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....