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Regulation of Net Neutrality. So Net Neutrality is an a very hot topic in washington for the past several years. A previous role at the federal trade commission. I was head of the office of thecy planning and head of Internet Access task force. And we looked at this issues in connectivity competition policy that we issued. And some of the issues that that at was whether the antitrust laws which we enforce as well as Consumer Protection could promote some of the values that the Net Neutrality trying to safeguard. So, for example, making sure that consumers get the type of Broadband Service they...

Commissioner ohlhausen, thanks for joining us. First of all, the commission is turning 100 years old this month. Guest yes. Host whats the mission of the federal trade commission . Guest well, thank you for having me here. Im delighted to talk about the mission of the federal trade commission. Our birthdays actually this friday, the 26th, and ill be hosting a celebration at the commission. But our mission is twofold. Its to prevent unfair acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, but to do that in a way that doesnt hurt legitimate business, and we try to keep those two goals in mind...

What is the mission of the federal trade commission . Thank you for having me. Our birthday is the 26 actually. We are trying to prevent unfair acts of competition and doing that in a way that doesnt hurt business. We try to keep those two goals in mind as we do our work. Host we want to talk about the communication issues we often talk about. How do you fit that mission into potential regulation of Net Neutrality . Guest Net Neutrality has been a hot topic in washington for several years. I was head of the office of policy planning and Internet Task force and we looked at the issue on the bro...

100 years old and needed more business. So this is really the economy we see. When we look at the internet or look at the political challenges in the United States and all the issues and all the sniping, what we see is, when people selforganize, they use the internet to connect with each other and they work with each other. Then the economy works. Great. So i think people can envision transformation when it affects them and they have a hard time when it doesnt. People in d. C. Understand the transforming political effect of being able to raise money on line. In a recent conference, we had trav...

People in those communities with urban wood goods, for example, we have our sellers as they scale up. Theyre making money and doing well but also submitting orders to smaller manufacturers in their area, which is creating jobs. I really think everything we do is because it is based on that principle of fairness that i talked about, everything we do is intended to build a really healthy economy. And, again, is the mission about more fulfilling and lasting world, were not saying etsy is the place to sell more stuff. We want all of the mechanisms in the company to make the world better, not in th...