ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for January 2022
Each 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, drones, web3, and online speech and content moderation 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
American Precautionary Antitrust: Unrestrained FTC Rulemaking Authority by Aurelien Portuese
Bill Targeting Big Tech Advanced Out of a Senate Committee on Bipartisan Vote by Jessica Melugin
The Platform Competition and Opportunity Act Is a Solution in Search of a Problem by Julie Carlson
A breaking point for tech antitrust: Highlights from my conversation with Matt Perault and Blair Levin by Shane Tews
Heading into markup, Senate antitrust bills risk hurting the economy and consumers by Mark Jamison
A Dangerous Antitrust Game for Microsoft and Consumers by Jessica Melugin
The Effect of Congressional Antitrust Legislation on Consumers by Jeffrey Westling and Juan Londoño
Antitrust Reform and the Law of Unintended Consequences by George Ford
The Unintended Consequences of Restricting Small Firm Acquisitions in the Tech Sector by Lawrence J. Spiwak
Artificial Intelligence
Assessing the Impact of the Widespread Adoption of Algorithm-backed Content Moderation in Social Media by Juan Londoño
China
Comparing U.S. and Chinese Contributions to High-Impact AI Research by Ashwin Acharya, Brian Dunn
A ‘techlash’ with Chinese characteristics by Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic
Commercial Privacy
The Looming Cost of a Patchwork of State Privacy Laws by Daniel Castro, Luke Dascoli, and Gillian Diebold
Culture
“Big Tech” Is Not Immune to Creative Destruction by David Moschella and Robert Atkinson
How to Get the Future We Were Promised by Adam Thierer
Online Expression and Speech
It’s Not Just Facebook — “Old Media” Spreads Misinformation, Too by David Moschella
Banning Targeted Ads Would Sink the Internet Economy by Ashley Johnson
Section 230 reform: Flawed arguments and unintended consequences by Daniel Lyons
The complexities of online content moderation: Highlights from my conversation with Julie Owono by Shane Tews
New York State of Mind Wrong on Social Media Regulation by Jessica Melugin
Blockchain and Web3
The metaverse is here, growing, and changing by Mark Jamison
Congress shouldn’t jump the gun on NFT regulations by Grayce Burns
The Federal Trade Commission Should Not Seek to Regulate the Metaverse by Mark Jamison
Telecom
Net Neutrality in 2022 by Douglas Holtz Eakin
Towards A Dynamic Competition Approach To Big Tech Merger Enforcement: The Facebook-Giphy Example by David Teece
The FCC Should Consider Authorizing Broadband Vouchers to Rural Households by Brent Skorup
A Giant Leap for Broadband by Joshua Levine
Transportation
West Virginia’s Efforts to Welcome the Drone Industry Are Commendable by Brent Skorup
