May 2019

FCC Battles New York Times Over Net Neutrality Comments

Striking back at The New York Times Company, the Federal Communications Commission is urging a judge to rule that the agency need not disclose information about net neutrality commenters because doing so would compromise their privacy. “If the FCC is compelled to disclose an individual’s IP address, operating system and version, browser platform and version, and language settings, and that information is linked to the individual’s publicly-available name and postal address, that disclosure would result in clearly unwarranted invasions of personal privacy,” the FCC argues in papers filed wit

Political pressure builds for FTC to punish Facebook with more than a “bargain” fine

Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) expressed frustration with a federal probe into Facebook’s privacy practices, urging the government to move more swiftly and consider imposing tough punishments that target the company’s top executives. “This investigation has been long delayed in conclusion — raising the specter of a remedy that is too little too late,” the lawmakers wrote. “The public is rightly asking whether Facebook is too big to be held accountable.

Sponsor 

Senate Banking Committee

Date 
Tue, 05/07/2019 - 15:00

Witnesses 

  1. Mr. Peter Chase

    Senior Fellow

    The German Marshall Fund of the United States

  2. Mr. Jay Cline

    Privacy And Consumer Protection Leader

    PwC US

  3. Mr. Maciej Ceglowski

    Founder

    Pinboard



Sponsor 

Antitrust Research Foundation

Date 
Tue, 05/07/2019 - 14:30 to Wed, 05/08/2019 - 17:30

A debate: Is it time to scale back or reduce the scope of antitrust policy?

  • 09:40 am – YES: Robert Crandall, Brookings
  • 10:10 am - NO: Andrew Finch, Deputy AAG for Antitrust
  • 10:40 am -Comments: Chas (Rick) Rule, AAG for Antitrust ’86-‘89
    • James Rill, AAG for Antitrust ’89-92
    • H. Stephen Harris, Esquire (Global Implications)
  • 11:15 am- Open Forum