The FTC is using its consumer protection and anti-trust regulatory powers to begin a series of investigations against tech giants for selling users' personal data to third parties. Donald Trump's transition team made clear that big changes are coming to the Federal Trade Commission, which, under Pres. Obama's control of four of the five seats, gave Silicon Valley a pass on selling users' personal data and ability to operate as monopolies and had the FTC sue Qualcomm to get lower chip prices for Apple iPhones. President Trump informed Silicon Valley tech giants that there was a new sheriff in town when he engineered the April 2017 repeal of Net Neutrality broadband regulations adopted during Obama Federal Communications Commission control.  The blatantly biased rules were best described as follows: "Everybody equal, but Google much more equal." With Trump successfully confirming all five members...(Read Full Post)