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10/16/2024
FTC Confirms ‘Click-to-Cancel’ Rule for Sellers
The FTC voted 3-2 in favor of finalizing a “click-to-cancel” rule that will force sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their plan as it was to sign up.
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09/11/2024
FTC Commish Calls Out Latino Representation in Media
It was a packed room at the St. Regis in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, as former FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips joined sitting Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya during The Media Institute Communications Forum Luncheon to discuss his perspective on hot topics such as protecting children’s privacy, fraud and AI. The free-flowing discussion even delved into TV viewing, with Bedoya complaining about a lack of Latino representation and the skewed portrayal of existing Latino characters, particularly regarding dialects and accents.
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08/21/2024
Regulatory Roundup
The Independent Show is an opportunity for ACA Connects to provide updates on Washington doings, with the news delivered this year being pretty good. The FCC’s Title II order was stayed, the Chevron doctrine was overturned and just last night, a judge struck down the FTC’s rule seeking to ban non-compete clauses in employment agreements in most industries, including telecom
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07/09/2024
Cruz Probing if Big Tech is Shaping American AI Policy
Senate Commerce Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-TX) wants to know whether government agencies have been using temporary staff funded by Big Tech companies to establish and implement the administration’s AI policy.
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06/27/2024
House Commerce Markup Cancelled Over Privacy Bill Fight
A highly-anticipated House Commerce markup of the American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 and ten other bills was canceled at the last minute.
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06/18/2024
FTC Refers TikTok to DOJ
The FTC took the unusual move of announcing that it has referred a complaint against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance to the Department of Justice.