New FTC Chair Has Warned Against Stricter Privacy Rules

President Donald Trump has named Republican Maureen Ohlhausen, a Republican who has opposed net neutrality and neutrality and warned against government regulations intended to prevent discriminatory data practices, as acting chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. The move comes on the heels of the nomination of pro-competition Republican Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications Commission, which now oversees privacy issues related to Internet Service Providers.

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