The Case for Course Correction: Fixing the FTC’s Mission Statement
Plus Humphrey’s Executor, content moderation, and more.
FTC: Andy’s comments urged the FTC to return to a balanced regulatory approach by restoring its original mission statement in the upcoming Strategic Plan, including the phrase “without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.”
Rule of Law: In his debut at The UnPopulist, Corbin has an open letter to Roberts, Kavanaugh, and Barrett showing what a modest, measured, respectable SCOTUS opinion upholding Humphrey’s Executor would look like.
Podcast: On a new Tech Policy Podcast, we replayed Berin’s interview with FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez at our recent policy forum. Commissioner Gomez discussed how the FCC is undermining free speech.
Antitrust: On the latest episode of our Rethinking Antitrust podcast, Bilal discussed the purported firing of FTC Commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya with Eli Nachmany, the author of a forthcoming law review article on “The Original FTC.”
Content Moderation: Broadband Breakfast reported on our policy forum, emphasizing concerns that the FTC’s investigation into platform content moderation practices violate the First Amendment.
Space: Next month, Jim will be a keynote speaker at the first morning session of the International Space Development Conference on June 19, rolling out a new project aimed at creating deregulatory “sandboxes” for space activities at the state level. Registration is now open!
