"Washington D.C. leaders including Amy Klobuchar and Ted Cruz will throw our industry under their campaign buses, if we let them," IAB CEO David Cohen said this week.

Many online ad practices are "unfair, deceptive, and privacy-invasive," writes Brooklyn Law School professor Jonathan Askin in a petition in which he urges the FTC to examine how ad companies interact with each other and how they handle consumer data.

"There is a lot of opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to work together to rein in BigTech and update our nation's online privacy laws," Rep. Frank Pallone said.

For the third time in his presidency, Joe Biden has nominated longtime consumer advocate and net neutrality champion Gigi Sohn to the FCC.