It is deeply unfortunate that the vast wave of information, education, interaction, commerce, and creativity borne by the internet comes with costs like greater access to child sexual abuse material…
By Jim Harper | December 17, 2024
If ever a First Amendment challenge to a statute constraining minors’ access to social media platforms was inevitable, it’s surely the one filed in late October by trade associations Computer and…
By Clay Calvert | December 11, 2024
In a remarkable shift that underscores the critical state of digital privacy, US officials are now actively encouraging Americans to use encrypted messaging apps for their communications. This recommendation comes…
By Shane Tews | December 11, 2024
The Biden administration has launched a crash effort to push out as much of the $39 billion in semiconductor manufacturing funds—appropriated under the CHIPS and Science Act—as possible before it leaves office.…
By Claude Barfield | December 10, 2024
“Tech” could push our society in two different directions in the forthcoming Trump administration. They could both be called the Singaporean model. But one could be an embrace of Singapore’s…
By Jim Harper | December 9, 2024
Blair Levin is one of telecommunications policy’s most respected elder statesmen. He served as chief of staff to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Reed Hundt, executive director of the National…
By Daniel Lyons | December 5, 2024
Can treating information as a form of property empower people to protect privacy using their property rights? Consider the following two quotes: Consumers and businesses—each in their way and for…
By Jim Harper | December 4, 2024
Leading up to the presidential election, it was a spectator sport to watch media coverage trigger Donald Trump, provoking him to lash out in ways pandering to his political base.…
By Clay Calvert | December 3, 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Labor government made good on his September 10 threat to make Australia the first country to legislatively enforce a minimum age for social media access. In November,…
By Bronwyn Howell | December 3, 2024
In a nation where less than half of adults can name all three branches of government, a quarter cannot name even a single branch, and roughly 26 percent cannot name any First Amendment freedoms, America’s civic…
By Shane Tews | December 2, 2024
This year saw a new battleground in data regulation open with California’s Senate Bill (SB) 1047, which passed the California State Legislature but was ultimately vetoed by Governor Newsom. SB 1047…
By Will Rinehart | November 27, 2024
To better understand issues affecting governance over (and guardrails for) the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, it’s essential to step outside of one’s own research niche and…
By Clay Calvert | November 26, 2024
On September 27, AEI hosted an event on federal broadband policies, featuring a conversation between AEI’s Mark Jamison and the Federal Communications Commission’s Brendan Carr and a panel featuring INCOMPAS’s…
By Mark Jamison | November 22, 2024
The US Supreme Court declined last month in National Press Photographers Association v. Higgins to hear a First Amendment challenge to a Texas law that restricts journalists’ newsgathering abilities by criminalizing using drones to…
By Clay Calvert | November 19, 2024
A well-established tenet of practitioners and academics is that well-functioning competitive markets require a stable and predictable legal framework. If this is not present because policies are unclear, politicians interfere…
By Bronwyn Howell | November 19, 2024