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Small Biz Bears the Cost When FTC Skips Steps on Mergers

Last week, ACT | The App Association sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) highlighting that the FTC’s proposed updates to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) merger notification rule fail to properly account for small business concerns. In assuming that the rule would have no significant effect on small companies, [...]

By |2024-02-07T15:21:45-05:00February 7th, 2024|Blog|

Developers Write Software, Parents Parent—Government Should Do Neither

Last week, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hosted a listening session as part of its ongoing work on child safety online. This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee hosts a hearing on Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis. In both discussions, policymakers were urged to make [...]

By |2024-01-31T10:42:39-05:00January 31st, 2024|Blog, Competition, Privacy|

Reviewing the Reviewers: What They’re Getting Wrong About Congress’ Track Record on Privacy

Frustrated advocates are saying that Congress is falling down on the job by declining to enact the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA, S. 1409) and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0, S. 1418). One Wired article summarizes the legislative process those bills traversed and cites harms [...]

By |2024-01-05T12:52:58-05:00January 5th, 2024|Blog, Competition, Privacy|

Deceptive Advertising? The FTC Has Trouble Backing Up Its Claims

On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) case against Amazon reached another milestone as Amazon filed its motion to dismiss (MTD). Straightforwardly, Amazon pointed out that the FTC failed to state a valid claim, mainly because it provided no evidence of the harm to competition and consumers it alleges took [...]

By |2023-12-11T14:47:21-05:00December 11th, 2023|Blog, Competition, Policy, Tech Regulation|
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