ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for March 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 competition policy, web3 regulation, commercial privacy, and telecom 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 & Competition
New Antitrust Merger Bill Is Fatally Flawed by Ryan Young
Why Antitrust Should Be off the Table for Content Moderation on Social Media Platforms by Ashley Johnson and Aurelien Portuese
Theory Aside, Antitrust Advocates Should Keep Their ‘Big Tech’ Ambitions Narrow by David Moschella
European regulators are the real ‘gatekeepers’ in the new Digital Markets Act by Shane Tews
Commercial Privacy
Is your online data out of control? Highlights from a Twitter Spaces conversation with Jim Harper and Neil Chilson by Jim Harper
Florida’s proposed data privacy law would hurt consumers and businesses by Spence Purnell
State Legislation Shows the Need for a Comprehensive Privacy Law by Jeffrey Westling
Culture
Forget about Left Wing and Right Wing. How About an Up Wing America? by James Pethokoukis
Podcast: How Do Americans View Tech Regulations? by Shoshana Weissman
Chart of the day: Declining AI training costs by James Pethokoukis
Immigration
Congress’ competitiveness legislation should address immigration by John P. Bailey
Online Expression
Facial Recognition Debate Lessons from Ukraine by Matthew Feeney and Rachel Chiu
Conservatives Will Rue the Day They ‘Common Carrier’ Social Media by Jessica Melugin and Dan Greenberg
Web3
The Erosion of Intermediary Liability Protections Can End the Metaverse Before It Even Starts by Juan Londoño
Animosity Towards “Big Tech” Should Not Drive Regulators to Hamper the Nascent VR Market by Juan Londoño
Telecom
POLICY SPOTLIGHT | State and Local Broadband Solutions: A Menu of Options by Brent Skorup
A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Wireless Broadband Speeds in Cities Across the World by George Ford
