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The FTC Just Banned Noncompete Agreements And It's A Huge Deal
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Wait, the entirety of the FTC is 5 fucking people?
The FTC has about 1000 employees, including five commissioners.
The commission which sets policy is five people. The FTC as a whole has over 1000 staff
Is that similar to our Supreme Court? Could conservatives stack that court and just destroy everything?
FTC commissioners have a limited term of office, and no more than 3 are allowed to be members of one party.
A future Republican President could in fact change this by appointing a Republican majority. This makes it incredibly important to not allow that. That means not just planning to vote, but checking your registration to make sure it hasn't been purged or in need of an update because you moved or changed names, volunteering and donating
Government ran entities are the bane of my existence but the FTC has always been a seemingly efficient and unbiased regulatory commission. They're fucked when it comes to regulating the tech industry but still less fucked than anyother boomer politician who vote on its laws.
I am a kid with the popcorn bucket entranced by the current and looming topic of intellectual property arguments. People rarely appreciate how fucking wild wild west the internet (even now) really is. Fuckin crawlers, scrapers, AI training all this shit is the smoke and tremors before Mt. St. Helen's.
You cant but a pack of gum anymore without agreeing to terms and conditions while at the same time its all but common knowledge none of them hold a lick of value in a court room.
The best part is normally in life you can have a decent gut feeling the way something will play out. But with this I have no fuckkng clue.
I mean aren't half the regulations around spamming emails covered by the FCC while the other half is FTC. Like think about this for a second. We live in 2024 where the internet is connected to implanted medical devices, it's tracking your driving habits, listening to you jerk off, storing every text message you ever sent, then backing up that plus every picture you ever took but surprisingly do not actually own all because it never leaves the apple servers...etc the point being how in the flying fuck is the there not a single regulatory committee over seeing the internet? IDK maybe it's because they would have to have open discussion about the very real very terrifying backdoor policy to software. Can't drop terabytes if child porn on you nemises' hard drive with out that little loophole in the system.
/edit I realized that what I was saying before didnt make sense
Supreme Court appointments are for life (or you quit) and it is generally very hard to replace you. The effect that a replacement on the court has, is upwards of 20 years so the impact is lasting. FTC Chair can be replaced by the President as long as Senate approves. Usually FTC picks are closely tied to the same industry the FTC governs. Its the so called "revolving door" where the CEO of say, Verizon becomes FTC Head or vice versa.
The controlling board, yes. How many does it take to sign off on final rules?
FYI the FTC has tens of thousands of employees.