ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for July 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 continues to dominate this month, but AI makes a comeback.
Antitrust and Competition
- The Facebook Antitrust Case Is Aging Poorly by Ryan Young
- Antitrust Craze Would Unplug Technological Progress by Veronique de Rugy
- The Third Time is Not the Charm: Significant Problems Remain With Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Reform Bill by Lawrence Spiwak
- The American Innovation and Choice Online Act is an “Economics-Free Zone” by Dr. George Ford
- Senate antitrust bill places politics over economics, Passing S.2992 Equivalent of “Lighting a Match Next to a Gas Leak,” and Antitrust crusades won’t stop inflation, all by Wayne Brough
- Bi-partisan congressional anti-tech crusade continues by Marc Hyden
- A news cartel won’t save local journalism, but might just break the internet by Josh Withrow
- An Open Letter to Public Officials: Proposed Antitrust Bills Would Harm Consumers and Undermine Innovation by Wayne Brough and Josh Withrow
- Report says big tech monopoly claims are overblown by Spence Purnell
- Antitrust and Consumer Protection Policies at the FTC by Howard Beales, Timothy Muris, Thomas Lenard, Scott Wallsten and Sarah Oh Lam
- Antitrust Populists Don’t Seem to Care About the Poor and The FTC’s Unfair Jab at Meta Is a Sharp Blow to the Nascent VR App Market by Julie Carlson
- The Road to Antitrust’s Least Glorious Hour by Aurelien Portuese
- The Innovation Implications of Mandated Data Siloing and Sharing by Bronwyn Howell
- Who Benefits from the American Innovation and Choice Online Act? by Mark Jamison
- Antitrust has Forgotten Its Coase by John Yun
- Why FTC Competition Rulemaking Likely Will Fail by Alden Abbott
- Here’s Why We Can’t Control Inflation with Antitrust Enforcement by Tracy Miller and Andrew Mercado
Commercial Privacy
- Rationalizing Privacy Protections by Douglas Holtz-Eakin
- House Republican-Led Investigation into TikTok Data Practices Highlights Concerns with Blurred Lines Between Private Entities and Government by Jessica Melugin
- Student and Parent Voices: Opinions about Student Activity Monitoring by Hanah Quay-de la Vallee
- Unintended Consequences: The High Costs of Data Privacy Laws by Alden Abbott and Satya Marar
Artificial Intelligence
- How Science Fiction Dystopianism Shapes the Debate over AI & Robotics and Why is the US following the EU’s lead on artificial intelligence regulation? by Adam Thierer
Innovation Culture
- The Dynamizing Power of the Gig Economy by Sebastian Anastasi
- What’s the biggest effect a recession could have on tech policy? by Wayne Brough
- Again, We Should Not Ban All Teens from Social Media by Adam Thierer
Online Expression
- Buyer’s Remorse Isn’t an Out for Elon Musk by Will Duffield
- Preserving the Open Internet through Interoperability by Sukhi Gulati-Gilbert and Mallory Knodel
- Social media companies and Section 230 are not to blame for Jan. 6 riot by Grayce Burns
Tech Regulation
- Major Questions Doctrine and the Impact on Biden’s Technology Priorities by Jeffrey Westling
- The Supreme Court’s Major Questions Doctrine (and Its Implications for Big Tech) by Daniel Lyons
- The EU’s Digital Services Act is one step closer to becoming law. How will it impact U.S. startups? by Lauren Koop
- Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress by Alex Reinauer
- Congress Must Pass Innovation Legislation, Despite Hurdles by John Bailey
Transportation
- Drones, Airspace, and the Sharing Economy by Troy A. Rule
- Commentary: Government indecision is strangling the drone industry. Our local roads could help by Brent Skorup and Patricia Patnode
Telecom
- Re-Thinking Spectrum Sharing to Enable a 5G Future: Highlights from My Conversation with Peter Rysavy by Shane Tews
- The FCC Broadband Map Will Be Wrong — But It Was Always Going To Be by Scott Wallsten
- Spectrum Sharing: Holy Grail or False Hope? by Joe Kane
- New Broadband Funds Need Competence, Oversight by Jessica Dine
- Congress Should Act Promptly to Reauthorize Radio Spectrum Auctions by Mark Jamison
- Title II Bill May Not Guarantee Net Neutrality, but It Raises Other Concerns by Daniel Lyons
Crypto / Web3
- Congress takes a step toward a de minimis capital gains exemption for everyday cryptocurrency transactions by Jerry Brito
- Crypto Breaks the Rules. That’s the Point. by Tyler Cowen
Metaverse
- The Metaverse Could Change The World, If We Could Stop Getting In Its Way by Chris Riley
- Weighing Ad Spend Weakness Ahead Of Meta Platform’s (META) 2Q Report with Neil Chilson
- Restricting Ad-Supported Monetization in the Metaverse Can Erect a Giant Barrier in Our Digital World by Juan Londoño
- Don’t Be Afraid of the Metaverse by Aurelien Portuese