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The FTC — America’s abusive nanny

Uncle Sam Says Obey the FTCThe FTC — Federal Trade Commission — “is showing troubling signs of overaggressive behavior” says a new policy paper from the National Taxpayers Union’s Pete Sepp.

“Americans may find themselves unwitting (and ultimately unwilling) wards of an obsessive ‘nanny’ that will dictate not only their everyday choices as consumers, but also the direction of technological innovation.”

One example? The FTC decided to investigate whether Google’s search results are “unfair” because they rank some websites above others. 

Read more: http://www.ntu.org/governmentbytes/detail/ftc-a-three-letter-way-to-spell-nanny