Bell Ringers

Bell Ringer: The Role of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internet

Maureen Ohlhausen, Commissioner, FTC

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Maureen Ohlhausen talks about the FTC and some of the key issues involving the agency.

Description

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) member Maureen Ohlhausen talks about the FTC and some of the key issues involving the agency.

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • What is the mission of the FTC?
  • How do they relate their mission to the issue of net neutrality?
  • Why was the FTC originally created, and how did it evolve over time?
  • How does the FTC view the issue of the infrastructure and service layers of the internet?

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Anti-competitive Prohibitions
    • Anti-trust Laws
    • Broadband
    • Consumer Protection Laws
    • Innovation
    • Net Neutrality
    • Regulation
    • Transparency
    • Wheeler-lea Act

    Topics

    Bureaucracy & RegulationEconomics & Financial Literacy

    Grades

    High SchoolUniversity