Happy holidays from TechFreedom!
As 2021 closes out, some final news about our work on FTC happenings and the conservative approach to social media regulation.
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Social Media Regulation. This week, Corbin made his debut in The American Spectator, which published a piece of his called “Government Is Not Conservatives’ Social Media Friend.” Acts of Parliament “must always do something,” Lord Salisbury said, “but they very seldom do what the originators of these enactments meant.” That’s a sound conservative sentiment, and, as Corbin explains in the article, it’s one the GOP should heed when they feel tempted to try to regulate social media.
FTC. In the last Tech Policy Podcast of 2021, Corbin spoke with Adam Cella, an advisor to FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson, about what’s happening at the Federal Trade Commission. The discussion centered around a speech, The Neo-Brandeisian Revolution: Unforced Errors and the Diminution of the FTC, that Commissioner Wilson gave last month. But of course, we at TechFreedom, too, have been keeping a close eye on the FTC’s “neo-Brandeisian revolution.” In fact, we’ve got more coverage than you can poke a stick at. Be sure to check out our comments to the agency, our recent webinars, our podcast and event appearances, and our articles and essays.
On Monday, Walter Olson, writing for Cato at Liberty, cited Andy's piece in WLF Legal Pulse regarding the FTC's proposed change to the agency's mission statement. In the post, Oslon argues that the proposed change merits wider discussion — and far greater transparency.