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>> It sounds good as long as the White House doesn't try to use the FTC as a political weapon to disadvantage their opponents. Like going after Amazon for their union stance or Facebook for their censorship stance.

> The FTC is an independent federal agency, and the President doesn't have the same amount of control over it that he has over federal executive departments.

Isn't that the same as the FCC? We all know what happened with it and Net Neutrality during the Trump administration.

If it's staffed/led by the right people, it could act as a semi-autonomous political weapon.

parent tablespoon 4 years ago

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