Response to Better Biosecurity for the Bioeconomy by David Gillum. David Gillum makes a compelling and urgent case for improving oversight of high-risk biological research and proposes a National Biosafety and Biosecurity…
By Anemone Franz | January 13, 2026
Parents have valid concerns about how online environments shape their children’s behavior. However, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee advances a comprehensive package of children’s online safety bills, the…
By Shane Tews | January 13, 2026
An appellate court ruled in late November that a Florida law severely limiting minors’ ability to hold social media accounts and imposing age-verification and parental-confirmation requirements on platforms “likely” passes…
By Clay Calvert | January 13, 2026
In 2025, the landscape of digital safety for youth shifted from monitoring to integrated protection. Major platforms have moved beyond simple screen-time counters to introduce granular content filtering, mandatory age-appropriate…
By Shane Tews | January 12, 2026
There were ghosts in the old City Hall subway station when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office January 1. They were not the sentimental kind—not…
By Mark Jamison | January 12, 2026
With the second Trump administration settling into its second year, 2026 promises to bring continued evolution in technology policy. Our scholars are examining the developments likely to shape the year…
By The Editors | January 9, 2026
As the increased use of artificial intelligence necessitates connectivity, it will continue to become inextricably linked to the digital network landscape. When people talk about artificial intelligence, they usually focus…
By Shane Tews | January 8, 2026
Yesterday, the Trump administration announced via executive order that the United States was withdrawing from 66 international organizations, of which 31 fall under the United Nations (UN). [1] Among these organizations are the…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | January 8, 2026
Automatic-reply, out-of-office (OOO) emails are generally informative, innocuous and noncontroversial. They’re frequently formulaic—templates abound—and Microsoft offers instructions for their creation. However, the OOO emails at the heart of a First…
By Clay Calvert | January 8, 2026
Abstract This paper argues that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has outlived the economic and technological conditions that justified its creation. The monopolistic telephone and spectrum scarcity environments of 1934…
By Mark Jamison | January 7, 2026
Abstract Firms often choose with whom to compete and how similar or how different their products should be relative to those of their rivals. This paper investigates this issue in…
By Mark Jamison | Byoungmin Yu | January 7, 2026
Artificial intelligence is currently the shiny toy in tech, and when discussing it, most focus on the “AI stack,” data centers, or chips as the most vital aspect of furthering…
By Shane Tews | January 7, 2026
Keep an eye on a recent case filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF). It may broaden recognition of something the Supreme Court has found: Cell phones are no ordinary…
By Jim Harper | January 6, 2026
Almost immediately after President Trump returned to office, he moved aggressively to remake the federal science agencies, exerting tremendous pressure on the entire research enterprise in the process. The Trump…
By M. Anthony Mills | December 29, 2025
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in October delivered a significant triumph for the online speech rights of public high school students over educators’ authority to discipline…
By Clay Calvert | December 23, 2025