Representatives from Apple and Google defended their companies against accusations of antitrust practices in their app stores during a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Consumer…
2,450 viewsConsumer advocates talked about the challenges around the expansion and modernization of the digital electric grid and the concerns around privacy and accessibility to low-income and rural c…
153 viewsLegal experts talked about the digital age and consumer privacy, and the challenges of rapidly changing technology. Topics included the values that should underlie the digital world, consume…
176 viewsWitnesses testified about the potential impact on the media marketplace of the proposed joint venture agreement between Comcast and NBC Universal. Among the issues they addressed were compet…
84,416 viewsA hearing was held on energy market manipulation and federal enforcement regimes. Topics included the current state of the oil and gas markets and their impact on consumers, as well as key f…
3,191 viewsMedia executives and consumer advocates testified at a Federal Communications Commission field hearing. Public comments were sought for the 2006 Quadrennial Broadcast Media Ownership Review.…
230 viewsConsumer advocates spoke to reporters about an effort to improve the reliability of electric distribution, recent power outages in the Northeast, and the impact of energy industry deregulati…
68 viewsThe Consumer Federation of America released a report on the impact of electricity deregulation on U.S. consumers. Research Director Mark Cooper talked about the report results and answered q…
45 viewsModerated by association chairman Doyle, panelists testified about the ways in which state attorneys general could anticipate the upcoming challenges of fraudulent practices as electric …
115 viewsRepresentatives of two consumer groups debated the 1996 Telecommunications Act and how it has affected cable rates and has impacted consumers across the United States.
29 viewsProfessor Alfred Kahn of Cornell University by telephone and Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America debated the costs and benefits of further telecommunications, electricity and g…
54 viewsRepresentatives of three consumer groups held a news conference to announce the release of the recommendations concerning the Clinton administration’s telecommunications policy. They propose…
35 viewsThe committee heard testimony on H.R. 1304, the Telephone Advertising and Consumer Rights Act, and H.R. 1305, the Telephone Consumer Privacy Rights Act. The two bills were introduced to prot…
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