FTC
Lina Khan Pitches Ideas For Regulating Big Tech In Nomination Hearing
Senate Commerce Committee considers nominations for Lina Khan, Bill Nelson and Leslie Kiernan.
FTC
National Plan Required For Consumer Privacy, Congresswoman says
April 1, 2021 — A Congresswoman from Washington State, who introduced federal legislation that would be the first national consumer privacy law if adopted, says the federal government is being outpaced by some states that are implementing their own consumer privacy legislation. “There is a significa
FCC
For or Against, It’s Time To Consider Codifying Net Neutrality In Law, Panelists Say
March 18, 2021 – The issue of net neutrality has captured more bandwidth than needed and the concept – either for or against – must be codified in the law so the issue doesn’t surface every election cycle, the president of the App Association said during a Federal Communications Bar Association even
FTC
Former and Current FTC Commissioners Laud Efforts At Greater Resources For Antitrust Cases
March 17, 2021 – A new antitrust bill by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, is receiving high praise from current and former commissioners of the Federal Trade Commission for its focus on enhancing resources required to tackle competition issues. “I think we could use more money still,” Noah Phillips, comm
FTC
Democrats Introduce Community Broadband Act, Lina Khan for FTC, Facebook Wants Lawsuits Dismissed
March 11, 2021 – Democratic lawmakers have introduced new legislation to ensure their residents have broadband access by removing roadblocks for public-private partnerships and locally-owned broadband systems. Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif. and Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. introdu
COVID
Privacy Concerns Increase With Ed Technology Boom, Says Acting Chair of Federal Trade Commission
February 16, 2021 – As the educational technology industry sees an explosion of interest as more kids are schooled at home, the Federal Trade Commission’s acting chairwoman said the agency is prioritizing the privacy implications of that. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter said the FTC is taking an all-hands-o
CDT
Broadband Breakfast Live Online on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Antitrust, the Consumer Welfare Standard and Big Tech Platforms
Panelists include: Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Avery Gardiner and Geoffrey Manne. Moderated by Drew Clark, Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
FTC
Sen. Amy Klobuchar Calls For More Aggressive Competition Policy Action
January 28, 2021—Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, said the administration of President Joe Biden needed to address competition and privacy in a speech concluding the State of the Net Conference on Wednesday. In the middle of stating that large U.S. corporations are growing at an unprecedented rat
FCC
Biden’s Inauguration Raises Questions of New Leadership at Communications and Trade Commissions
January 20, 2021 – President Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday will usher in a wave of new faces at the helm of many federal agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. Following through on an announcement made last November, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai ste
CTA
Big Tech Companies Talk the Talk on Privacy at CES 2021: Will They Walk the Walk?
January 12, 2021 – Privacy is of paramount importance as the world accelerates its adoption of new technology during a tumultuous pandemic, big tech companies said during a panel at the Consumer Technology Association’s CES 2021. Technology has become increasingly more important in our lives, said A
FTC
House Democrats Tell FCC and FTC to Stop Work, Ookla Criticizes M-Lab, Tribal Spectrum Applications Approved
Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce committee on Tuesday demanded that Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai and Federal Trade Commission Chairman Joseph Simons cease work on any “partisan or controversial items” currently under consideration, in light of the results of last week’
FTC
Panel of Antitrust Experts Assembled by AEI Slams House Judiciary Antitrust Report as ‘Political’
October 30, 2020 — An American Enterprise Institute webinar on Monday criticized the House Judiciary Antitrust Committee’s recent report, calling it politically-motivated and criticizing it for lacking sources and transparency. “If you believe that there should be a much more politically motivated a
Privacy
Panelists at Tech Policy Institute Conference Tout American Approaches to EU Privacy Ambitions
October 22, 2020 – The European Commission will issue a draft for modernized standard contractual clauses “very soon,” said Bruno Gencarelli, head of International Data Flows and Protection for the commission, speaking at Technology Policy Institute event on Monday. Protecting privacy and data flows
FTC
Federal Trade Commissioners Disagree About Role of Antitrust Lawsuits Against Big Tech
October 20, 2020 — In the midst of the largest lawsuit against a tech giant in decades, Google, the Technology Policy Institute hosted a conversation with two current and two former Federal Trade Commissioners discussing the state of antitrust in the United States. The Tuesday event aired as part of
FCC
With Robocall Complaints Down, Who Can STIR Up Action to Restore Public’s SHAKEN Trust?
September 11, 2020 – Given the way that robocalls “implicate a wide jurisdiction,” Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai stressed the need for collaboration to end the crisis of unwanted calls and specifically lauded the so-called STIR/SHAKEN protocol for phone number verification. Iro
House Judiciary
Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing
August 5, 2020 — The five leaders of the Federal Trade Commission testified together before a Senate panel for the first time in nearly two years on Wednesday. The FTC is charged with maintaining a competitive marketplace and protecting consumers’ personal information, and members of the U.S. Senate
