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Trump should quickly nominate, and Mitch McConnell should fast track, FTC nominees who respect intellectual property. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump should nominate FTC commissioners who respect intellectual property

Jenny Beth Martin · May 17, 2017 4:05 am

John Oliver argues that the Federal Communications Commission should retain former President Barack Obama's Internet regulations to prevent Internet service providers from prioritizing content in exchange for payment by content providers.

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John Oliver should be on PBS

Adam Brandon · May 9, 2017 8:13 pm

Supporters of net neutrality had filed a motion for a longer comment period, specifically asking for an eight-week extension. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House to kill Obama-era FCC Internet privacy rules

Daniel Chaitin · March 28, 2017 9:58 pm

Maureen Ohlhausen, the acting chairwoman of the FTC and a commissioner since 2012, told the Washington Examiner in a Tuesday interview that she hopes to be Trump’s choice to head the commission and that she has —œlaid out an agenda that I think is very consistent with one the president has set out.—? (Screenshot/C-Span)

Trump’s acting FTC chief presents herself as ‘big proponent of economic liberty’

Joseph Lawler · February 15, 2017 5:01 am

The debate on whether the FTC or the FCC should enforce any kind of net neutrality regulations has been going on for years.

FTC poised to take command of Internet oversight duties

Daniel Chaitin · February 6, 2017 5:01 am

"An FTC framework for fraud news would treat these readers as 'consumers,'" says MSNBC's Ari Melber. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Reporter: FTC can regulate what’s real news, what’s ‘fake news’

Daniel Chaitin · January 30, 2017 9:14 pm

Maureen Ohlhausen is President Trump's pick to be acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission. (from Twitter @MOhlhausenFTC)

Trump chooses acting FTC chair

Daniel Chaitin · January 25, 2017 11:13 pm

Visa set up technical requirements for new chip card readers that interfered with merchants' ability to decide which network to use. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The Fed and FTC strike a blow for competition

Lyle Beckwith · January 9, 2017 5:04 am

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is in litigation with former Trump University students who have charged that the company defrauded them. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democrats want feds to stop future Trump University

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2016 5:51 pm

Led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., more than a half-dozen lawmakers have already signed onto a letter that is expected to generate much deeper interest before it is sent to the three enforcement agencies this week. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File)

Lawmakers renew push for investigation of Clinton Foundation

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2016 2:15 pm

President Obama and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg take off their jackets before the start of their town hall meeting to discuss reducing the national debt, on April 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Feds and Silicon Valley: Is the honeymoon over?

Rudy Takala · June 13, 2016 4:01 am

"If adopted as proposed, [the rules] would result in a detailed set of burdensome data-privacy rules with no precedent in the FTC or other U.S. privacy regimes … inconsistent with the privacy obligations applied to the rest of the economy," wrote Jon Leibowitz, who served as his agency's chairman from 2009-13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Former Obama regulatory chair advises FCC against new regulations

Rudy Takala · May 24, 2016 5:41 pm