Re: FTC vs. First Amendment

On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 08:29:31AM -0700, David Honig wrote:

So if someone goes to your site, the FTC can tell you how to communicate? Or only if your site's DNS entry is hamming-close to another? Or only if you're communicating unPC (e.g., erotica) content?

And how does "bombarding them with ads" differ from spam, which has been 1st-amend. protected so far?

Isn't the source of the FTC's authority its statutory power against unfair and deceptive practices? Seems as though you should be arguing against that law -- this is just the latest action taken under it. -Declan