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Amy Klobuchar: “If Congress sits here, and the FTC does, push it toward being an opt-in mechanism, you fundamentally change the nature…”

On the recordJune 27, 2012
If Congress sits here, and the FTC does, push it toward being an opt-in mechanism, you fundamentally change the nature of the Internet.
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Amy Klobuchar
Democratic · Minnesota

Editor's note · Context

Klobuchar expresses concern that opt-in privacy measures could alter the Internet's fundamental nature.

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