US FTC says it may be unable to regulate Comcast, Google, and Verizon | Ars Technica UK


While the FTC’s charter from Congress prohibits it from regulating common carriers, the agency has previously exercised authority to regulate these companies when they offer non-common carrier services. But the recent court ruling said that AT&T is immune from FTC oversight entirely, even when it’s not acting as a common carrier. * * * The “enforcement gap” could…