- The state of antitrust and consumer protection law and enforcement.
- Competition and consumer protection issues in communication, information and media technology networks.
- Identification and measurement of market power and entry barriers, and the evaluation of collusive, exclusionary, or predatory conduct . . . in markets featuring “platform” businesses (read: Google, Facebook).
- Intersection between privacy, big data, and competition.
- Consumer welfare implications associated with the use of algorithmic decision tools, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics.
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Monday, June 25, 2018
Antitrust, data and consumer privacy will take center stage at new FTC hearings
announced yesterday it will hold public hearings on “whether broad-based changes in the economy, evolving business practices, new technologies, or international developments might require adjustments to competition and consumer protection enforcement law, enforcement priorities, and policy.”
The hearings are being presented as part of a broad re-examination of the agency’s “near- and long-term law enforcement and policy agenda.” On the surface, this is appropriate and timely. Yet this also seems to me partly a way revisit Google antitrust questions that the FTC initially dismissed in 2013. I’m speculating, but that seems to be part of the not-so-subtle subtext.
Below are the some of the issues the FTC says it wants to examine:
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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