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Janice Schakowsky: “Congress has unfortunately taken a laissez faire approach to regulating unfair and deceptive practices online over the…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2020
Congress has unfortunately taken a laissez faire approach to regulating unfair and deceptive practices online over the past decade and platforms have let them flourish.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Critique of Congress's lack of regulation on online deceptive practices.

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