Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology
Thank God the FCC is there for us. Today, our benevolant regulatory knights imposed over $6 million in fines, mostly on various consumer electronics retailers, in the name of “protecting consumers from unknowingly buying televisions that will not allow consumers to enjoy the full benefits of the digital transition.”
We can all rest easier tonight knowing that the FCC is policing the aisles of Sears and WalMart looking for non-compliant television sets.
Adam Thierer / Senior Fellow in Technology & Innovation at the R Street Institute in Washington, DC. Formerly a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, President of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Director of Telecommunications Studies at the Cato Institute, and a Fellow in Economic Policy at the Heritage Foundation.
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