Category: Director’s Take
The “Open App Markets Act,” introduced in the Senate last week, is the latest salvo against Americans who enjoy iPhones and Android phones. Other volleys have been from video game maker Epic Games, the European Union (e.g., here and here), several state attorneys general, and antitrust bills already being considered in Congress. Like these, the [...]
The White House has announced what it calls a historic bipartisan infrastructure deal that would cost about $1.2 trillion. About 27 percent of the money goes to what is generally thought of as infrastructure: roads, bridges, railroads, the electric grid, and water and wastewater systems. $65 billion, or about 6 percent of the total, is [...]
America’s pandemic experience has created a sense of urgency for expanding broadband. Pew Research found that 53 percent of Americans considered the internet essential throughout the COVID-19 crisis. But as acting Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel frequently points out, many students have not had broadband at home for doing homework or attending online [...]
Earlier this year, I wrote that Big Tech would never be the same after kicking former President Donald Trump off of their platforms. My prediction was that this demonstration of Big Tech’s power would lead political actors to appropriate that power for their own ends. Sadly, that prediction was correct: Members of the House and [...]
Much of the mainstream media seemed to gush over President Joe Biden’s executive order (EO) ramping up regulation of American business. Headlines claimed the order would “tackle corporate abuses” (Reuters), “boost competition ‘across the board’” (CNBC), crack “down on anticompetitive economic practices” (CBS News), and launch an “assault on monopolies” (Politico). A Washington Post headline [...]