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This week on the communicators we want to produce you terrel mcsweeny, the only democrat on the trade commission what is the charge of the ftc . The federal trade commission is the nations top Consumer Protection Enforcement Agency. We have a general mandate to protect consumers from unfair deceptive acts and practices from anticompetitive practices. Mandate is realtivelily broad. We cover many sectors of the economy but as im sure well discuss we have limitations to our jurisdiction, including around issues of common carriage. So were at a moment in time where the ftcs jurisdiction fccs sure ...

Tom larsen, what do you do for a living . I run Government Relations for media come communications corporation. Were the fifth biggest Cable Company in the america. Ot to be the eighth but because of the mergers anding acquisitis can he keep moving up. My team manages the relationships we have if the communities. We go to the board meetings, talk to the city councils, mayors, take calls from Council Members and dole with issues. We also run the immediate you relationships, so markets where weekly newspapers or daily newspapers, we talk to the press if there issues, announcements, and i also pe...

Internet activity on nonu. S. Citizens to gather intelligence. It runs 40 minutes. Good morning, everybody. Ill give you a quick welcome and a brief introduction of our first speaker. Im mike frank and im the director here of the wauds Program Office for the hoover institution. And welcome to sunrise or sunset, the future of section 702 the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. Our first speaker will be john villasenor, who is member here at the institution. He wears a number of hats. Hes a professor at ucla where he olds appointments in schools of engineering, public affair, and governance. ...

And brief introduction of our first speaker. Im mike franc, director of the washington, d. C. Programs office for the hoover institution. Welcome to sunrise or sunset, the future of section 702, the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act. Our first speaker will be john villasenor, who is a visiting fellow here at the hoover institution. He wears a number of hats. Hes also an affiliate at Stanford Center for International Security and cooperation. Hes a professor at ucla where he holds appointments in schools of engineering, public affairs, and governance. Hes also a visiting professor in the uc...

In one minute, if everyone will take their seats, please. You become so quiet when i say that, that i shouldnt even wait the full minute. Thats fantastic. So we are going to get started now. Again, i think that was a terrific session to get the conference started talking about regulation more generally. Although, i knew there would be. As i said in my welcome that i think throughout the day were going to hear a lot about Net Neutrality or restoring Internet Freedom or the open internet proceeding, whatever name interview you prefer to call that proceeding by. And we did hear a little bit durin...