Several federal agencies regulate companies that collect personal information or provide mediums for free speech. For example, the Federal Trade Commission, which serves to safeguard consumer rights and police anticompetitive practices, has become a forum for formal complaints on issues such as net neutrality and privacy policy enforcement. The Federal Communications Commission, which is charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable throughout the United States, allocates communication spectrum resources and issues regulations and rulings concerning the manner in which media companies operate the networks through which third parties communicate and share information.

State agencies, such as public utilities commissions, can also play an important role in enforcing privacy rights.