You may not know much about the most important agency in Washington when it comes to regulating new technologies. The Federal Trade Commission, or FTC for short, is for better or worse, becoming the Federal Technology Commission. This week, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill resigned, leaving a second seat for Congress to fill. What does a second vacancy mean for the agency? Can the agency protect consumers without stifling innovation? Evan and Berin discuss the FTC’s past, present, and future. For more, see Berin’s post on Medium.
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#163: Online Sales Tax
#162: Should Government Pay for Broadband?
#161: Spying on the World
#160: Privacy at the Border
#159: Next-Gen TV
#158: Who Owns Your Data?
#157: Counterpoint on Trump's FCC
#156: Car Talk
#155: Supreme Court of Tech
#154: Augmented Reality and Poképolicy
#153: Trump Picks Ajit Pai for FCC Chair
#152: Uber Dodges Bullet in Maryland
#151: 16 Going on 17
#150: If Hotels Could Regulate Airbnb
#149: Do Smart Cars Need Smart Roads?
#148: Fake News and Filter Bubbles
#147: Secret Law
#146: Robot Scalpers and the BOTS Act
#145: Chicago's War on Homesharing
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