OPINION: Data-Driven Thinking
Why Is The Push For Children’s Online Protection Moving So Slowly?
Lawmakers are busy playing politics, and it’s getting in the way of creating safety guardrails for children’s privacy online.
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Rebecca Slaughter
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Prog IO: Ad Trade Orgs Push For Privacy From Different Directions
The CEOs of the three largest advertising trade orgs – IAB, ANA and 4A’s – agree that we need a federal privacy law. They just don’t agree on exactly how to get there.
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Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter Clears The Air About The FTC’s ‘Scary’ Rulemaking Process
The Federal Trade Commission helped normalize and popularize the term “commercial surveillance.” But is the current FTC “anti-advertising”?
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Biden’s FTC Will Be Proactive About Antitrust Enforcement
While there isn’t 100% bipartisan support for strengthening US antitrust laws to deal with big tech, Republicans and Democrats agree on the need for more robust enforcement of existing antitrust laws. “We need personnel at these agencies who are willing to bring the difficult cases,” said Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), speaking at a House judiciary […]
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New Leadership At FTC And FCC; Australia Wants Google And Facebook To Pay For News
Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. New Crew With Biden in the White House, the Federal Trade Commissions and the Federal Communications Commission are playing the usual game of musical chairs triggered by a new administration. The Republican heads of both agencies – Ajit Pai at the FCC and Joe […]
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FTC Looks To Change; MDC Explores A Sale
Cold Shower For Market Power Big tech, are your ears burning? On Friday, the Federal Trade Commission held the second in an ongoing series of hearings digging into competition and consumer protection issues. The FTC is trying to update its enforcement and policy agenda in the face of fast-paced technological change. “Technology is no longer […]