by Geoff Peters | Oct 7, 2021 | Advocacy
Under the current presidential administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has signaled a hawkish attitude toward breaking up illegal monopolies through antitrust litigation. FTC chair Lina Khan is an award-winning leader in the tech antitrust movement who made...
by | Sep 24, 2021 | Press Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 25, 2021 FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Noelle Garnier 202-891-7843 ngarnier@nrb.org Facebook’s “Transparency Center” Confirms What “Shadow Banned” Accounts Already Knew WASHINGTON, D.C.— Not long ago, the concept of certain social media...
by Geoff Peters | Sep 24, 2021 | Advocacy
Not long ago, the concept of certain social media accounts and content being “shadow banned” was ridiculed as a hoax—but those days are over for good. In the name of “insightful transparency,” Facebook has unveiled its Content Distribution Guidelines, a partial...
by | May 19, 2021 | Advocacy
On Wednesday, May 12, the Senate Commerce Committee agreed to move forward with President Joe Biden’s nomination of Lina Khan to the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC works with the Justice Department to enforce antitrust laws and investigate allegations of deceptive...
by | May 6, 2021 | NRB News
On Wednesday, May 5, NRB Senior Vice President of Communications, Daniel Darling, hosted a panel of guests on NRB Live at Lunch to discuss big tech and platform censorship issues. Darling was joined by Ryan Anderson of the Ethics & Public Policy Center, Jason...
