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FTC Looks To the Future

netbuzz writes "The Federal Trade Commission will host three days of hearings starting Monday that are billed 'Protecting Consumers in the Next Tech-ade' — a reprise of a similar FTC event held a decade ago that attendees still credit with having provided prescient guidance to regulators. You can judge for yourself whether they got things right."

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  1. Darwinism? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just what we need, the technically challenged US government protecting us by _committee_. Why don't I feel better about this???

  2. Re:Language Conspiracy by Overzeetop · · Score: 2, Funny

    On occasion I find it necessary to interact with these "children" of which you speak. I suspect the inability to communicate has already overtaken that generation.

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    Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?