Category: Director’s Take
There is growing interest in reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This statute protects internet companies that host content from being legally liable for what their users and readers post. Section 230 also lets sites restrict content “in good faith” that the site provider deems to be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, [...]
President Donald Trump’s efforts to address any national security threats emanating from China-based apps WeChat and TikTok received a setback earlier this week. As The Wall Street Journal wrote, “A federal judge in California temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s executive order curbing Americans’ use of WeChat, upholding a motion from users of the popular Chinese-owned [...]
Sometimes antitrust seems like an evidence-free zone. As with any topic, some writers on antitrust are happy to announce their opinions without explanation or evidence. More troubling are those who support their opinions with arguments that are known to be flawed. These unsupported arguments take the forms of myths that, if repeated enough, become part [...]
Suppose it’s 2024, and Vice President Kamala Harris is running to succeed President Joe Biden. What would tech and US tech policy look like after four years of Biden-Harris? Read Dr. Mark Jamison's full blog post online at AEI.
Facebook and Google have argued that breaking them up would damage US competitiveness with China. Vanderbilt Law Professor — and former advisor to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) — Ganesh Sitaraman and former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler (now at the Brookings Institution) take exception. Sitaraman argues in Foreign Affairs that breaking up Big Tech [...]