In 2016, political ad spending hit $1.1 billion and it is projected to hit $2.7 billion in 2020, according to […]
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by a coalition of ten Republican state attorneys general, led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, […]
December 11, 2020 — In today’s digital environment, winning wars requires more than “boots on the ground.” It also requires […]
Voters in Chicago and Denver have shown overwhelming support for local broadband projects. Roughly 90 percent of voters in Chicago […]
The European Union on Tuesday charged Amazon with antitrust violations for abusing the size and scale of its online platform […]
November 9, 2020 — Two technology policy intellectuals said on Friday at the Reboot conference that the “techlash” may due […]
Tech CEOs and industry lobbying groups alike congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after their victory in […]
October 30, 2020 – Tech platform companies Google, Facebook, and Twitter said they not in favor of redefining the phrase, […]
October 23, 2020 – Evidence-based policy making needs to be framed by the correct questions, agreed panelists at the Silicon […]
October 20, 2020 — In the midst of the largest lawsuit against a tech giant in decades, Google, the Technology […]
The Justice Department’s antitrust division plans to sue Google today for engaging in anticompetitive conduct to preserve monopolies in search […]
October 13, 2020—A presidential administration led by Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden would bring substantive changes to the enforcement […]
October 12, 2020 – Because the network effects of digital platforms makes it hard to prove harm to consumers, it […]
October 12, 2020 – The Supreme Court on Wednesday publicly struggled with the copyrightability of software in a uniquely contested […]
October 11, 2020 — House Democrats on Tuesday proposed a massive overhaul of U.S. antitrust laws that could make it […]
October 9, 2020 – The United States Distance Learning Association will be hosting the 2020 Annual Legislative Policy Forum as a […]
October 5, 2020 – Social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have waited until very late in the 2020 election […]
September 29, 2020 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr was the odd man out in a conversation about Section 230 […]
September 17, 2020 – The best way for the U.S. to catch up with China in the 5G race is […]
September 16, 2020 — Both Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday grilled a top Google official at a hearing just […]
Amazon was granted an air carrier certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday which should greatly further Amazon’s plans […]
The Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy published a report (PDF) on Thursday that proposes a new […]
Many stakeholders in the communications sector made it clear that the internet should not be the tool used to collect […]
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to begin gathering information for its 2021 Broadband Deployment Report. Section 706 of the […]
August 6, 2020 — While Americans still value the media’s traditional role in society, a new report found that trust […]
August 4, 2020 — Panelists in a Tuesday Brookings Institution webinar discussed their takes on the historic House Judiciary Antitrust […]
Google and Facebook have extraordinary control over information and communications systems in the United States. These two corporations dominate internet […]
Panelists speaking on a Thursday Brookings Institution webinar expressed mixed views on the likelihood of Congress passing a federal infrastructure […]
July 30, 2020 — Wednesday’s House Judiciary Antitrust subcommittee hearing marked the first time four tech CEOs appeared before Congress, […]
July 30, 2020 – Several of the companies featured in Wednesday’s blockbuster big tech hearing need to be broken up, […]
July 28, 2020 — The CEOs of four of the world’s biggest technology companies are preparing to defend their rapidly-expanding […]
Americans could soon receive another $1200 stimulus check, CNET reported. On Monday, Senate Republicans plan to introduce the CARES 2 […]
July 23, 2020 — Tech policy experts gathered virtually Wednesday and Thursday for IGF-USA 2020, a digital event held by […]
July 22, 2020 — The United States’ attempts to derail the influence of Chinese technology domestically could backfire, CNET reported. […]
Tech companies are hesitant to reopen their offices, Axios reported. Many companies have announced that employees will be able to […]
The city of West Des Moines will invest $40 million to become Iowa’s first Google Fiber-enabled city, the Des Moines […]
July 9, 2020 — Social media algorithms can assist with detecting false or misleading content amid the coronavirus, but they […]
July 9, 2020 — In the absence of federal leadership, the number of coronavirus cases has continued to climb in […]
July 7, 2020 — Many conservatives have long accused popular social media platforms of discriminating against their ideas, but that […]
July 1, 2020 — The time is right for smaller companies to seize market share amid the coronavirus, said New […]
