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Lori Trahan: “The FTC currently only has 1,100 employees tasked with…”

Featuring: Lori Trahan, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 3rd Congressional District

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Global Summit | Rep. Lori Trahan

Published | Video Starts at 15:32

For those of you who may be less familiar with the US Regulatory environment, this would be huge. The FTC currently only has 1,100 employees tasked with consumer protection and antitrust enforcement for nearly every sector of the economy. and most employees are experts in law or economics. Dasosa would change that by allowing the agency to hire a variety of experts, including technologists, child development specialists, statisticians, and others who are capable of assessing a wide array of systemic risks online. (15:32–15:42)

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