us this week on the communicators is the senior republican on the federal trade commission, maureen ohlhausen. commissioner, thanks for joining us. commission isthe turning 100 years old this month. >> yes. of the's the mission federal trade commission? >> well, thank you for having me here. about theted to talk mission of the federal trade commission. our birthday is actually this i'll bethe 26th, and hosting a celebration at the commission. twofold.ission is it's to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and competition.s of but to do that in a way that hurt legitimate business. and we try to keep those two goals in mind as we do our work. theell, this is communicators, so we want to talk about some of the communications issues that we often talk about. do you fit that mission regulation of net neutrality. >> so net neutrality is an a very hot topic in washington for the past several years. a previous role at the federal trade commission. i was head of the office of thecy planning and head of internet access task force. and we looked at this issues in connectivity competition policy

us this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal trade commission, maureen ohlhausen. commissioner ohlhausen, thanks for joining us. first of all, the commission is turning 100 years old this month. >> guest: yes. >> host: what's the mission of the federal trade commission? >> guest: well, thank you for having me here. i'm delighted to talk about the mission of the federal trade commission. our birthday's actually this friday, the 26th, and i'll be hosting a celebration at the commission. but our mission is twofold. it's to prevent unfair acts or practices and unfair methods of competition, but to do that in a way that doesn't hurt legitimate business, and we try to keep those two goals in mind as we do our work. >> host: well, this is "the communicators," so we want to talk about some of the communications issues that we off talk about, and how do you fit that mission into potential regulation of net neutrality? >> guest: so net neutrality is an issue, obviously, that's been a very hot topic in washington for the past several years. and back -- so i had a previous ro

that kind of thing >> host: maureen ohlhausen, we have the department of justice, ntia, ftc and other agencies who all a foot in the management and regulation. are there turf wars? how do you coordinate this? >> guest: we think about if the aringilation or p-- regulation r the proposal is going to make the consumer better. we are general agency but our authority is to make sure consumer interest are protected. so i think the important way to do that is coordinate with other agencies as much as possible. i wrote a paper about the importance of avoiding institutional conflict. there are times when the consum consum consumer viewpoint does need to play an important role. >> host: final question, brian fung. >> back to net neutrality where we began. many consumers expressed opinion they ought to apply strong net neutrality rules to make sure the isp's continue to behave well. how does the ftc interrupt its mandate? >> guest: going back, what sin place now is the transparency issue. they can make sure the promise to consumers are fulfilled. i am concerned if the ftc is taken out of the pic

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. >> host: maureen ohlhausen, and brian fung of the "washington post." thank you boat. &%c1 >> an alarm box near the front enterance of the whitehouse designed to alert guards to the intruder was muted at the request of the usher's office. a secret service working spoke on this. you can read more at "washington post" website. there will be testimony before the live house committee at 10 a.m. eastern. and next remarks from steny hoyer at the national press club and then we will hear from john huntsman who served as the ambassador to chaina. >> our debate coverage continues. tuesday night at 9 eastern. live coverage of the debate between wendy davis and greg abbott. and then live coverage of the minnesota debate between the governor candidates. thursday at 8 east n, live coverage of the oklahoma governor's debate between joe dorman and mary fallon. and the nebraska debate also will air. and saturday live coverage of the montana's house debate. more than a hundred debates for the control of congress here c-span. >>> steny hoyer talks about the elections five weeks away and

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conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> tonight on "the communicators," federal trade commissioner maureen ohlhausen on net neutrality, privacy and data security. >> big data is the tool. and it can be used well, and it can be used poorly. there are many benefits that can come from big data, consumer benefits. i think there'll be great new insights in certain areas. many areas, but some top of mind for me are in health care, in, you know, other kinds of research in reaching underserved populations and providing new insights, i think, in some of our more difficult-to-solve problems as a society. but are there risks from big data as well? i think that's true. i think that you can take pieces, previously kind of separate pieces of information and assemble them into a profile that may give sensitive insight into a consumer. and the question for me is, you have all these benefits and you have some risks, what do you do then? >> tonight at eight eastern on "the communicators" on c-span2. >> last friday in the british house of commons david cameron, british prime minister, led the debate on whether the u.k

>> here on c-span, the with ftctors is next, commissioner maureen ohlhausen. democratic senator jim webb speaking about the economy and foreign policy at the national press club. of this week's annual legislative conference congressional black caucus. c-span, created by america's cable companies, 35 years ago, brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. us this week on the communicators is the senior republican on the federal trade commission, maureen ohlhausen. commissioner, thanks for joining us. commission isthe turning 100 years old this month. >> yes. of the's the mission federal trade commission? >> well, thank you for having me here. about theted to talk mission of the federal trade commission. our birthday is actually this i'll bethe 26th, and hosting a celebration at the commission. twofold.ission is it's to prevent unfair and deceptive acts or practices and competition.s of but to do that in a way that hurt legitimate business. and we try to keep those two goals in mind as we do our work. theell, this is communicator

. >> next on "the communicators," ftc commissioner maureen ohlhausen on issues involving the federal trade commission and the internet. then louisiana governor bobby jindal's remarks at the values voter summit. after that, live at nine a.m., the washington institute symposium on u.s. relations with the middle east. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and joining us this week on "the communicators" is the senior republican on the federal trade commission, maureen