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
The importance of distinguishing between gratis and libre information is as important now as it has always been.
By Bronwyn Howell | October 9, 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
Writing my testimony made me firmer in my belief that indiscriminately using these systems searches for all cars, and by close inference all drivers, all the time.
By Jim Harper | October 2, 2026
David Ulevitch joins Shane to talk about the future of America’s infrastructure as we continue to employ emerging technologies.
By Shane Tews | October 1, 2026
Courts must reject the mentality that kids are too clever—and parents either too addled or tech-naïve—for effectively deploying the many extant tools provided by technology companies to help safeguard minors…
By Clay Calvert | September 30, 2026
AI leaders should look within for solutions rather than kicking the regulatory can down the road to the politicians.
By Bronwyn Howell | September 25, 2026
ABC has a strong case, if it can overcome the Commission’s arguments that the court should not consider the dispute.
By Daniel Lyons | September 24, 2026
A win in late July for social media platforms in CCIA v. Paxton that blocks enforcement of a Texas law that imposes monitoring and filtering requirements on platforms is marred…
By Clay Calvert | September 23, 2026
Kiyoshi Tanimoto’s extraordinary testimony about the Hiroshima attack and its aftermath has been published by his daughter some forty years after his death.
By Michael M. Rosen | September 22, 2026
The FTC should pursue violators based on current legal standards, applying them equally regardless of whether prices are uniform, personalized, or something in between. Research gives us little reason to…
By Mark Jamison | September 22, 2026
Directing funds toward network sustainability and operational costs, with states allocating funds from their BEAD allocation, will give local state broadband directors flexibility and discretion in post-deployment allocations to keep…
By Clay Calvert | September 18, 2026
A late August decision by a federal judge in favor of artificial intelligence company Anthropic and against Pete Hegseth and the Department of War illustrates serious problems when government officials…
By Clay Calvert | September 17, 2026
Shane is joined by Josh Tabish to talk about the recent legislative uptick in social media bans for minors.
By Shane Tews | September 17, 2026