Recent Posts

FTC: Technology & Reform Project Launches 12/16 with Conference keynoted by Commissioner Wright

December 10, 2013

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...


Video: FTC Commissioner Ohlhausen on Protecting Consumers in the Digital Age

October 4, 2013

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”...


TechShutdown: How essential are the FCC & FTC, anyway?

September 30, 2013

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...


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...


100 is the New 30: Commissioner Ohlhausen on How the FTC Stays Vital in the Digital Age

September 24, 2013

Join TechFreedom and the International Center for Law & Economics this Friday, September 27, as we commemorate the 99th anniversary of the Federal Trade Commission Act....


LabMD and Data Security Event Video

September 24, 2013

Check out the full video of TechFreedom and Cause of Action‘s September 12 event on the Federal Trade Commission’s informal regulation of data security. The luncheon discussion began with...