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FTC Consumer Protection Chief Cites Paradigm Shift for Privacy
Top News|27 Oct 2020|Ref: 2010260050|by Karl Herchenroeder

The FTC’s cases against Facebook and Google show a paradigm shift in privacy enforcement, Consumer Protection Bureau Director Andrew Smith told an FCBA event Monday. The Facebook case (see 1907240042) provided a new model for relief, while the Google case…Subscribe to Read >>

State, Local Officials Seek to Fill Distance Learning Gaps
Top News|27 Oct 2020|Ref: 2010260045|by Adam Bender

Giving laptops and hot spots to students who lack good internet won’t solve distance learning problems exacerbated by COVID-19, state and local officials said Monday. The California Senate Education Committee and the Special Committee on Pandemic Emergency Response jointly held…Subscribe to Read >>

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Today’s Featured Article

CES 2021 Goes All-Virtual; ‘Just Not Possible to Safely Convene’ Physical Show
Bulletin|28 Jul 2020|Ref: 2007270072|by Paul Gluckman

CTA will move CES 2021 to an all-virtual event on Jan. 6-9 from a physical show at the Las Vegas Convention Center, said the association Tuesday.Read More >>

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Oct
26
Technology Policy Institute webinar on digital platform regulation, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Oct
26
FCBA Privacy and Data Security Committee and American Bar Association’s Communications Law Forum annual Privacy & Data Security Symposium CLE, virtual, 1 p.m. EDT — see here
Oct
26
American Enterprise Institute virtual event on House Antitrust Subcommittee antitrust/technology staff report, 1 p.m. EDT — see here
Oct
27
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Technology Engagement Center virtual event on technology policy, including Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., and FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips, 2 p.m. EDT — see here
Oct
27
FCC commissioners’ meeting, 10:30 a.m., Commission Meeting Room — see here
Oct
27
Media Institute Virtual Communications Forum with Brookings Institution Senior Fellow Nicol Turner Lee, 1 p.m. EDT (password required) — see here
Oct
27
New America and others' virtual event on U.S. and Chinese technological ties and decoupling, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., 10 a.m. EDT — see here