FTC Chair Deborah Platt Majoras: When Concerns Arise, we will not be Silent
Dan Jaffe, Executive Vice President of the ANA, doesn't mince words when he says advertising is in the midst of a dramatic shift in the political climate. "No longer are the threats theoretical or abstract," he warns. "We are now confronted with sweeping proposals put forward by committee and subcommittee chairs and other powerful political leaders to ban, restrict, or tax broad categories of advertising."
This dangerous political environment creates the context in which key regulatory leaders such as Deborah Platt Majoras, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, must operate. The FTC is the lead federal agency overseeing advertising and is responsible for both consumer protection and
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"FTC Chair Deborah Majoras: When Concerns Arise, we ..." Doug Wood, Reed Smith; Anthony Diresta. The Advertiser, December 2007
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