Economist - expert in consumer market issues: information, privacy and consumer injury. Former Deputy Director for Consumer Protection, FTC Bureau of Economics
Oct 22, 2021 • 21 tweets • 4 min read
"[M]arket power may enable violations of consumer protection laws, and exacerbate the effects of those violations." An example of *enabling* would be useful as I'm having a hard time coming up with one. Certainly market power could amplify a violation. ftc.gov/reports/look-w…
...and they do provide a fairly standard example of how CP violations may enable enable (or be) anticompetitive. "Companies may gain market share through deceptive reassurances on privacy."
Oct 22, 2021 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
ftc.gov/system/files/d… The ISP report executive summary makes just two points: 1. ISPs are positioned to collect lots of data. 2. ISPs are "vertically-integrated platforms" where "rapid consolidation" has enabled this collection perhaps in opposition to consumer welfare.
I wonder where they are going with this?
Jul 7, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Wow, just wow. The way to keep top staff, build credibility and signal “transparency” is not by gagging staff. politico.com/news/2021/07/0… #FTC
I seem to remember some righteous indignation against previous administrations that pulled stuff like this. Bad then, bad now.
