{"id":3020,"date":"2011-05-18T18:25:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2022-12-30T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T21:08:34","slug":"tech-regulatory-capture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/tech-regulatory-capture\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Regulatory Capture"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"TechRegulatory capture<\/strong> occurs when governmental bodies<\/strong> created to act in the public interest instead advances<\/strong> the commercial or special interests<\/strong> that dominate the industry or sector it is charged with regulating<\/strong>. Regulatory capture is a form of government failure<\/strong>, as it can encourage large firms to exploit the public<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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Sunlight: Congress’ Revolving Door to Telecom, Cable Firms<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Congress'<\/a>According to a 2010 Washington Post<\/em><\/a> article<\/a>, broadband providers including Comcast, Time Warner Cable, AT&T and Verizon Communications have amassed armies of former government officials to lobby against net neutrality and other regulations at the Federal Communications Commission, according to a report<\/a> by the Sunlight Foundation<\/a>. The nonprofit public interest organization said those firms hired 276 former government officials, including 18 former members of Congress, to fight against rules that would require them to treat all Web sites and content equally on their networks.<\/p>\n

AT&T<\/a> (T<\/a>) has hired Republicans and Democrats from the US House and Senate to lobby for them including:<\/p>\n