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EPIC’s Davisson testifies before House Energy & Commerce Committee

September 19, 2024

EPIC Director of Litigation John Davisson testified before the House Energy & Committee Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce today in a hearing focused on the Federal Trade Commission. The hearing focused on the evolution of the FTC and recent actions. Davisson told the Committee:

“Under recent leadership, the FTC has stepped up enforcement against abusive data practices and unfair algorithmic systems, undertaken sorely needed rulemakings to establish rules of the road for industry, adapted remedies to meet the moment, built deeper technical expertise, refocused its privacy agenda on the harms suffered by consumers, and brought greater transparency and public engagement to its proceedings. And it has done all these things with far fewer resources than peer regulators in other democracies. This work is well within the FTC’s principal mandate to prohibit unlawful trade practices, including “[u]nfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.”

Testimony of John Davission, EPIC Director of Litigation (Sept. 19, 2024)

Questions from Committee members focused on robocall scams, AI systems, the need for a privacy law, and what tools the FTC needed to address emerging technologies.

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