Whether the Verizon Google net neutrality proposal would eliminate FTC...
Whether the Verizon Google net neutrality proposal would eliminate FTC authority regarding abuses remains a bone of contention. A Verizon spokesman said Tuesday it would not. “The joint Google-Verizon proposal expressly states that generally applicable law that applies to all…
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businesses -- which includes the FTC’s consumer protection laws -- continue to apply,” spokesman Edward McFadden said in a written statement. Media Access Project Senior Vice President Andrew Schwartzman disagreed. “The two pager” on the deal “expressly states that the FCC will have ‘exclusive authority to oversee broadband,'” he said. “That takes away the FTC’s authority. The takeaway is explicit, and the reading of ambiguous language about leaving stuff in place is not."