GDPR, CCPA Are Problematic, Phillips Says; FTC Not Affected by O'Rielly Situation
EU's general data protection regulation seems to be entrenching big tech companies that were much the target of the legislation, while costing billions of dollars in compliance, FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips said on C-SPAN's The Communicators, to have been televised…
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this weekend. He said proposals to expand it and the California Consumer Privacy Act, which is taking effect now, indicate weaknesses in the ability of those laws to address privacy issues. He said congressional work on federal privacy legislation needs to focus first on what problems need addressing and then on details such as whether there should be state law preemption or a private right of action. However, much of the Capitol Hill debate seems to be focusing on those details first, he said. Phillips confirmed his agency is doing an antitrust investigation into Facebook but didn't elaborate, and he didn't comment when asked about any possible TikTok investigation. He said he intends to serve out the remaining three years of his term regardless of how the November election goes. He said there's no chilling effect on FTC commissioners by FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly's renomination being pulled by the White House seemingly for his stance on social media regulation. "We operate as a bipartisan agency," Phillips said. NTIA said Friday the FCC has the legal authority to regulate social media, and the First Amendment backs it doing so (see 2009180054).