WASHINGTON D.C. — Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments with the FCC following the Mozilla court’s narrow remand of discrete issues in the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (RIFO), in the latest round of the net neutrality debate. TechFreedom General Counsel Jim Dunstan …
Internet Policy Counsel
TechFreedom, the premier market-oriented technology policy think tank, seeks an experienced Internet lawyer to study, document and combat a populist frenzy sweeping across the political spectrum, channeling broad outrage about the tech sector, and demanding fundamental changes to the legal …
Competition Counsel
Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA; or Virtual Office TechFreedom, the premier market-oriented technology policy think tank, seeks an experienced antitrust lawyer to study, document and combat a populist frenzy sweeping across the political spectrum, channeling broad outrage about the tech …
EARN IT Act Could Hurt Kids and Undermine Privacy of All Americans
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced legislation that would force operators websites, messaging services and other tools for sharing images and videos to do more to combat the spread of child sexual abuse material …
New Vertical Merger Guidelines May Hurt Startups & Facilitate Political Weaponization of Antitrust
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, TechFreedom filed comments on the draft Vertical Merger Guidelines proposed by the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. This document would replace the 1984 Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines, and explain how the antitrust …
Bill Barr Declares War on Online Privacy
WASHINGTON D.C. Today, Attorney General Bill Barr renewed calls he made in a speech last July to require online communications services to build a backdoor for law enforcement to access their services. But this time, in a speech before an …
TechFreedom Asks SCOTUS to Decide Who Can Bring Privacy Lawsuits
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, TechFreedom filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief urging the Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit’s August decision in Patel v. Facebook. Back in 2010, Facebook launched “Tag Suggestions,” a feature that identified possible …
SAVE THE DATE! Will Kids’ Privacy Crackdown Break the Internet?
SAVE THE DATE! Will Kids’ Privacy Crackdown Break the Internet? Roughly a million people have urged the Federal Trade Commission to rethink its approach to children’s privacy. Join TechFreedom on January 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. FTC Commissioner Noah Philips …
Urging the FTC to Rethink Its Kids’ Privacy Crackdown
COPPA Comments Underscore What Most Americans Think about Privacy WASHINGTON D.C. — TechFreedom has filed comments in the most controversial proceeding in the history of the Federal Trade Commission — at least since the late 1970s. Then as now, the …
TechFreedom Statement on FCC 5.9 GHz Band Proceeding
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the FCC announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the 5.9 GHz band that would split the band into two uses: 45 MHz for unlicensed use, and 30 MHz for vehicle-to-vehicle use. TechFreedom’s Ian Adams issued …
TechFreedom Statement on FCC Appeal of Prometheus III Decision
WASHINGTON D.C. —TechFreedom General Counsel James Dunstan issued the following statement in support of the FCC’s appeal of the Third Circuit’s Decision in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC. TechFreedom supports the FCC’s effort to overturn the Third Circuit’s decision in …
EU-US Privacy Shield Extended, Keeping the Internet Global and Open—for Now
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, the European Commission finished its third annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, extending for another year the agreement that allows U.S. companies to handle European personal data — and thus serve European users. But …
