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Why just telcos?

dredmorbius 3y ago
Because the remit and legislative mandate of the US Federal Communications Commission is ... communications: As specified in section one of the Communications Act, the Commission’s mission is to “make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges.” 1 In addition, section one provides that the Commission was created “for the purpose of the national defense” and “for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications.” FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, p. 4: <https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/ar2008.pdf https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/ar2008.pdf> For general commercial enterprise requirements, you'd want the Federal Trade Commission, whose mandates are antitrust and general consumer protection.
- nottorp 3y ago
  And what's the "Trade Commission" doing about this? Taking bribes? Sorry, listening to lobbyists ...
  - dredmorbius 3y ago
    A somewhat more fruitful, informative, and informative approach to this, as well as adhering to HN's prime directive of stimulating intellectual curiosity[1] might be to spend a minute or five with $YOUR_PREFERRED_SEARCH_ENGINE, seeking relevant results, and commenting on those. DDG returns for "Federal Trade Commision data breach" results such as: "FTC Publishes Final Data Breach Notification Amendment to Safeguards Rule" <https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2023/12/final-data-breach-notification-amendment-to-safeguards-rule https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2023...> Dated December 4, 2023 Note that executive departments, agencies, and commissions are limited by their legislative mandate (United States Code) as interpreted by administrative rulemaking (Code of Federal Regulations), modulo further factors (case law, administration and adminstrator policy, etc.). Raising your own and others' awareness of these makes for a more interesting and productive discussion. As for other HN guidelines, I'd suggest your reviewing <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721402> and <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9536021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9536021>. ________________________________ Notes: 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308>

Why just telcos?

Because the remit and legislative mandate of the US Federal Communications Commission is ... communications: As specified in section one of the Communications Act, the Commission’s mission is to “make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service with adequate facilities at reasonable charges.” 1 In addition, section one provides that the Commission was created “for the purpose of the national defense” and “for the purpose of promoting safety of life and property through the use of wire and radio communications.” FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report, p. 4: <https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/ar2008.pdf https://transition.fcc.gov/Reports/ar2008.pdf> For general commercial enterprise requirements, you'd want the Federal Trade Commission, whose mandates are antitrust and general consumer protection.

nottorp 3y ago
And what's the "Trade Commission" doing about this? Taking bribes? Sorry, listening to lobbyists ...
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  A somewhat more fruitful, informative, and informative approach to this, as well as adhering to HN's prime directive of stimulating intellectual curiosity[1] might be to spend a minute or five with $YOUR_PREFERRED_SEARCH_ENGINE, seeking relevant results, and commenting on those. DDG returns for "Federal Trade Commision data breach" results such as: "FTC Publishes Final Data Breach Notification Amendment to Safeguards Rule" <https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2023/12/final-data-breach-notification-amendment-to-safeguards-rule https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/advisories/2023...> Dated December 4, 2023 Note that executive departments, agencies, and commissions are limited by their legislative mandate (United States Code) as interpreted by administrative rulemaking (Code of Federal Regulations), modulo further factors (case law, administration and adminstrator policy, etc.). Raising your own and others' awareness of these makes for a more interesting and productive discussion. As for other HN guidelines, I'd suggest your reviewing <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721402 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9721402> and <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9536021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9536021>. ________________________________ Notes: 1. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308>