ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for February 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, artificial intelligence, AR and VR policy, online expression, and transportation 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
Klobuchar and Clark are wrong about the Department of Defense competition study by Mark Jamison
Constraining internet platform providers — the Australian way by Bronwyn Howell
Collected Antitrust Works from TPI by TPI Staff
Why Does Congress Want to Break Amazon Prime? by Lawrence J. Spiwak
State Antitrust Lawsuit Trivializes Security Threats in Mobile App Market by Alex Reinauer
How Congress Got It Wrong on Tech Industry Competition by Aurelien Portuese
The Big Tech Self‐Preferencing Panic by Ryan Bourne and Brad Subramaniam
Artificial Intelligence
The use and future of artificial intelligence monitoring in prisons by Grayce Burns
Augmented and Virtual Reality
Will Metaverses Require New Regulations? by Juan Londono
Content Moderation in Multi-User Immersive Experiences: AR/VR and the Future of Online Speech by Daniel Castro
Commercial Privacy
Maryland’s Biometrics Bill Fails to Strike the Right Balance for Privacy and Innovation by Ashley Johnson
Guiding principles and a legislative checklist for consumer privacy regulation by Spence Purnell and Ian Adams
Culture
Astronomy, sci-fi, and the roots of the space economy: My long-read Q&A with Alex MacDonald by James Pethokoukis
Government Surveillance and Privacy
Don’t EARN IT by Jessica Melugin
The EARN IT Act is back and more dangerous than ever by Riana Pfefferkorn
Online Expression
All social media will need to regulate content by Jessica Melugin
Don’t confuse the platform with the train by Dan Greenberg and Jessica Melugin
About Those Facebook Ads Calling for More Internet Regulation by Will Duffield
Regulation
All Roads Lead to Big Government: Heritage Takes on Big Tech by Matthew Feeney and Ryan Bourne
State Lawmakers Need a Better Strategy to Make Regulatory Sandbox Programs a Success by Ryan Nabil
Shop SAFE Spoils America COMPETES by Will Duffield
Telecom
What’s Cheaper than Free? by Scott Wallsten
Net Neutrality Not a State Issue; 9th Circuit Should Fix Decision Holding Otherwise by TechFreedom
Transportation
Drone Policy and Industrial Policy in the United States and China: Comparisons and Recommendations for American Lawmakers by Brent Skorup and Will Gu
Recalibrating expectations for the true potential of automated vehicles by Marc Scribner
Web 3
Are crypto payments becoming mainstream for small and midsize businesses? by Bronwyn Howell
