Say what you will about the myriad confusions and inconsistencies characterizing the overall Biden administration policy agenda, both foreign and domestic, it nonetheless is fair to describe its climate agenda as single-minded, particularly in the context…
By Benjamin Zycher | February 12, 2024
In 1991, in a small farming town 15 miles west of Fresno, California, the last hand-operated telephone switchboard in the US went automatic. The moment completed what can now be understood…
By Will Rinehart | February 12, 2024
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) targets “Big Tech” platforms under the idea that new regulations will increase competition and user choice. But by mandating openness, these new rules could inadvertently…
By Shane Tews | February 8, 2024
While social media companies’ top executives were being “battered” by “withering bipartisan criticism” during a January Senate hearing regarding harms their platforms allegedly cause minors, Florida lawmakers were considering a bill broadly barring anyone…
By Clay Calvert | February 7, 2024
In New Zealand, February 6 is Waitangi Day, the local equivalent of the United States’ Fourth of July. On this day in 1840, Captain William Hobson the Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales and…
By Bronwyn Howell | February 6, 2024
On January 22, AEI hosted an expert panel on the US’s stance on spectrum and telecommunications policy following the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC). The event started with a conversation between…
By Shane Tews | February 5, 2024
The US Supreme Court hears oral arguments on February 26 in two First Amendment cases––NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice––that will determine how much editorial freedom social media platforms possess to define their own “speech-based communities” in…
By Clay Calvert | February 2, 2024
The Supreme Court is poised to reconsider a fundamental principle of administrative law. The “Chevron Doctrine” requires the court to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes, rather than resolving the…
By Daniel Lyons | February 1, 2024
Semiconductor titans are angling to feast on new public subsidies even before they have digested the first tranche. Two weeks ago in Davos, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, in effect, made…
By Claude Barfield | January 31, 2024
Mr. Verret argues that Never Trumpers should vote for Mr. Trump because Mr. Trump “is the only alternative to” Mr. Biden’s leftist policies. Most of Mr. Biden’s policies have been…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 29, 2024
It’s increasingly evident that bright futures for both journalism and generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) hinge on copyright law, licensing agreements, and high levels of cooperation between content creators and…
By Clay Calvert | January 29, 2024
Blockchain technology has the potential to transform financial services, supply chains, and efficiency. Yet as innovators like Digital Assets seek to modernize infrastructure across industries, questions emerge around balancing efficiency,…
By Shane Tews | January 26, 2024
As the Supreme Court prepares for argument next month in Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton over the constitutionality of laws dictating how social media platforms moderate content and explain removal decisions to affected users, another key First…
By Clay Calvert | January 25, 2024
Should you doubt the magnitude of the Biden administration’s ideological crusade against fossil fuels, merely consider the recent reports that the Department of Energy is considering the addition of a “climate test”…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 25, 2024
In the current landscape of Republican presidential candidate priorities, there is a noticeable lack of emphasis on technology policy—a crucial area that demands attention. A substantial portion of registered voters, spanning all races and including those…
By Mark Jamison | January 24, 2024