It’s worth noting that if the contingency payment successfully entices the states to impose similar restrictions on its competitors, Meta will similarly have leveraged settlement to achieve a level of…
By Daniel Lyons | October 27, 2026
Yet the core question remains still how to fund the commission’s ever-growing budget as the bureaucratic demands of its governance of digital firms and markets continues to grow.
By Bronwyn Howell | October 23, 2026
As more states adopt online age verification laws, how can policymakers protect minors without compromising privacy and free expression? What cybersecurity risks arise when third-party services collect sensitive personal information?…
| October 22, 2026
Anthropic announced plans to commit 5 percent of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, with more potentially added as the company’s value grows. At the roughly $2 trillion valuation reportedly…
By John Bailey | October 20, 2026
The distance between the the Video Privacy Protection Act’s origin story and the Salazar case illustrates the difference between privacy as reputation and privacy as anti-commerce.
By Jim Harper | October 20, 2026
Can students, especially Jewish students, participate fully and confidently in campus life? I returned to my alma mater to try to find out, and while I saw encouraging signs, America’s…
By Michael M. Rosen | October 18, 2026
It can hardly be surprising that when the government regulates to reduce risks, those partially relieved of the responsibility for managing those risks relax their efforts.
By Bronwyn Howell | October 16, 2026
Shane and Sam Love discuss the boundaries between cable broadband and wireless services, BEAD funding, and more.
By Shane Tews | October 15, 2026
Ideas that sometimes appear trivial, inconsequential, or confusing might be just what is needed for innovation. And the consumers should be the ultimate decision makers.
By Mark Jamison | October 14, 2026
While Meta’s massive, voluntary multistate settlement has garnered much media attention, an August ruling in New Mexico against the company illustrates the dangers for speech-centric businesses of states using public…
By Clay Calvert | October 13, 2026
But when we ask whether their ideas will truly benefit humankind, another group matters, too. Somewhere, there must be intellectual entrepreneurs who recognize what those ideas can do and take…
By Mark Jamison | October 9, 2026
The importance of distinguishing between gratis and libre information is as important now as it has always been.
By Bronwyn Howell | October 9, 2026
Cable companies are now offering mobile service, wireless carriers are competing for home broadband customers, and satellite providers are even expanding their offerings. As these historically distinct markets converge, policymakers…
| October 8, 2026
Historically, the E-Rate program has simply assumed that funding classroom connectivity would improve student educational outcomes. As we wrestle with the effects of screen time on the Anxious Generation and…
By Daniel Lyons | October 8, 2026
The issue of large international internet platforms compensating Australian copyright holders for use of their copyrighted material has not gone away.
By Bronwyn Howell | October 2, 2026