ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for August 2022
Every month the Stand Together Community provides its monthly roundup of noteworthy articles and publications in tech.
This month, we are highlighting work related to antitrust, commercial privacy, online expression, metaverse policy, and telecom regulation among other issues. The ideas in the selected pieces do not necessarily represent the views of the Stand Together Community and were chosen because of their unique perspectives and opinions.
Antitrust and Competition
- Meta Case Highlights the Diverging Approach to Antitrust Enforcement by Jeffrey Westling
- The FTC v. Meta by Douglas Holtz-Eaken
- As Tech Platforms Enter Financial Services, Can Antitrust Laws Keep their Powers in Check? By Jan Brack
- Consumers Will Be the Winners From Amazon’s iRobot Purchase by Caden Rosenbaum
- What the movement to break up big tech gets wrong about our digital economy by Max Gulker
- The Faulty Assumptions Behind Forcing Open the App Markets by Josh Withrow
Government Surveillance
Artificial Intelligence
- A Glimpse into the Adjacent Possible: Incorporating AI into Medical Science by David Shaywitz
- Limiting Face Recognition Surveillance: Progress and Paths Forward by Jake Laperruque
- Buy an Electric Car, Save the Planet? Not Quite by Tyler Cowen
- AI Governance “on the Ground” vs “on the Books” by Adam Thierer
- Warren Buffett Is Betting on Driverless Trucks by Tyler Cowen
Commercial Privacy
- Drone Licensing Will Be the Death of Privacy . . . Eventually by Jim Harper
- It’s Time for a Federal Privacy Law That Works in Today’s Digital Ecosystem by Shane Tews
- Would US Federal Privacy Regulations Strengthen Corporate Power? by Jim Harper
- Data Sharing Mechanisms Should Be Private by Default by Sukhi Gulati-Gilbert
- Competing and Collaborating for Better Web Privacy by Nick Doty
- Making Government Data Publicly Available: Guidance for Agencies on Releasing Data Responsibly by Hugh Grant-Chapman, Hannah Quay-de la Vallee
- FTC Announcement on “Commercial Surveillance” Highlights the Need for Federal Data Privacy Legislation By Ashley Johnson and Aurelien Portuese
- Maintaining a Light-Touch Approach to Data Protection in the United States By Ashley Johnson and Daniel Castro
- A Road Map for Tech Policy Experimentation by Matt Perault, Andrew Keane Woods
Culture
- How Miami ‘Caught a Wave’ and Became the Hot New Tech Hub by Mario Loyola
- Can’t Find a Therapist? Step One for Utah Is Expanding Telehealth Access by Anna Carrasco
- History Shows That the News Industry Does Not Need a Handout from Big Tech by Daniel Castro
- CGO Tech Poll by Chris Koopman
Online Expression
- Evidence of Public-Private Collusion Complicates Online Censorship Debate by Bret Swanson and John Samples
- Interpreting the Scope of Section 230 by Daniel Lyons
- Social Media, Common Carriage, and the First Amendment by Daniel Lyons and Richard Epstein
- Report — Hidden Harms: The Misleading Promise of Monitoring Students Online by Elizabeth Laird, Hugh Grant-Chapman, Cody Venzke, Hannah Quay-de la Vallee
- Julie Owono on the Importance of Establishing a Democratic Agenda for Content Governance by Julie Owono, Thomas M. Lenard and Scott Wallsten
- Online Content Policy: What Legislative Proposals Aiming to Rein in “Big Tech” Need to Grapple With by Shoshanna Weissmann
Tech Regulation
- Congress Could Weaken U.S. Competitiveness with These Two Bills by Mark Jamison
- How Regulatory Sandbox Programs Can Promote Technological Innovation and Consumer Welfare by Ryan Nabil
- Regulations Impede Innovation in Financial Services; Regulatory Sandboxes Are the Solution: CEI Report by Ryan Nabil
- New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act Doesn’t Defend Property Rights, It Attacks Them by Alex Reinauer
- New York Right to Repair Bill Is a Bad Idea by Alex Reinauer
- Cathryn Ross on the Regulatory Horizons Council and Re-Imagining Regulation by Cathryn Ross and Robert Hahn
Telecom
- Can Billions of Dollars in Federal Grants Solve Broadband Access and Availability Throughout the US? Highlights from FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and an Expert Panel Discussion by Mark Jamison and Shane Tews
- West Virginia v. EPA and the Future of Net Neutrality by Jeffrey Westling
- Redefining Broadband Speeds to Reflect User Needs by Jeffrey Westling
- SCOTUS and the Future of Net Neutrality by Douglas Holtz-Eaken
- Rural Broadband Infrastructure Should Fund People Wherever They Are by Joe Kane
- Coalition Urges Congress to Reauthorize FCC’s Spectrum Authority by Jonathan Cannon
- How to Break Orbit: Out of This World Ideas to Bridge the Digital Divide by Jonathan Cannon
Web3 and Crypto
- Unpacking Humans, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, and the Metaverse by Bronwyn Howell
- When Are Cryptocurrencies Securities and What to Do About It by Jack Solowey
- A new Senate bill focuses on cryptocurrency exchanges. Here’s what developers and users should keep an eye on. By Peter Van Velkenburgh
- Comments to the Department of Treasury Regarding Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets by Peter Van Velkenburgh
- U.S. Treasury sanction of privacy tools places sweeping restrictions on all Americans by Peter Van Velkenburgh and Jerry Brito
- Analysis: What is and what is not a sanctionable entity in the Tornado Cash case by Peter Van Velkenburgh and Jerry Brito
- The Crypto Revolution Has Just Started by Paul Jossey
- Web3 101: The Building Blocks of a New Internet by John Kay
