Thanks are being with us for the first time ever. Guest my pleasure. Host i want to start and ask you, what exactly is the ftcs responsibility when it comes to telecommunications . Guest the federal trade commission has no jurisdiction over common carriers, although it can investigate and challenge conduct that the pilots is the antitrust laws or the Consumer Protection laws if it is a noncommentary activity thats undertaken by common carriers. The Net Neutrality debate took away jurisdiction from the federal trade commission for broadband isps when the isps were categorized under title ii as common carriers, and with the rolling back of the Net Neutrality regulations we do now i can have jurisdiction over broadband isps. Host define a common carrier. Guest im sure theres a very technical definition but it is an entity that falls within title ii of the ftc jurisdiction. Host with that be a landline phone company . Guest yes. Host when it comes to the Net Neutrality provisions or lack t
Helen Annette Njau, Esq. knew nothing of how an update Apple will make to its mobile operating system might affect her small business until she heard about it directly from a Facebook representative back in November.
“I got a message from a Facebook person saying, ‘Do you want to chat for a second?’” said Njau, co-founder of House of Takura, which makes bags from vibrantly printed fabrics sourced in Kenya and Tanzania.
By December, Njau was convinced the changes would be detrimental to her business. A former lawyer, she complained to the Federal Trade Commission’s Technology Enforcement division and also suggested to members of the Leaders Network, a private Facebook group for small business owners with 1,300 members,