ICYMI: The Best in Tech Policy for May 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, government surveillance, 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
· Big Tech’s Had a Rough Few Weeks. So Have Its Populist Critics by Scott Lincicome
· Ten Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: Open App Markets Act by Alex Reinauer
· Ten Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: Prohibiting Anti-Competitive Mergers Act of 2022 by Alex Reinauer
· Increased Budget for Antitrust: Increased Risks for Policy Errors by Trelysa Long
· Antitrust Bills Under Fire From Former Chief Economists by Aurelien Portuese
· Biden Antitrust: The Paradox of the New Antitrust Populism by Aurelien Portuese
· Reason, Not Resentment, Should Inform Antitrust Legislation by Aurelien Portuese
· How an Antitrust Bill May Harm Consumers: The AICOA Bill Illustrated by Aurelien Portuese
· Comments of the R Street Institute on Developing a Report on Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem By Josh Withrow
· Has Congress really thought through its latest antitrust proposals? By TechFreedom
· Letting Texas’s Unconstitutional Online Speech Code Take Effect Is “Startlingly Radical” by TechFreedom
· The American Innovation and Choice Online Act is an “Economics-Free Zone” by Dr. George Ford
· The Third Time is Not the Charm: Significant Problems Remain With Senator Klobuchar’s Antitrust Reform Bill by Lawrence Spiwak
Artificial Intelligence
· Regulate Facial Recognition, Don’t Ban It by Matthew Feeney
· When AI Meets the Transgender Community by Matthew Feeney
· Too Much Email? Let Your Bot Answer It by Tyler Cowen
· What’s Holding Up the Autonomous Vehicle Takeover? by Bronwyn Howell
Commercial Privacy
· The Latest on Federal Privacy Legislation by Jeffrey Westling
· Ten Terrible Tech Bills from the 117th Congress: Banning Surveillance Advertising Act of 2022 by Alex Reinauer
Culture
· The Future of Progress Studies by Adam Thierer
· Social Media Is Making and Remaking Itself All the Time by Chris Riley
Government Surveillance and Privacy
· A Threat to Liberty: FBI Domestic Surveillance Practices by Patrick G. Eddington
· Clumsy regulation could create new privacy, 1st Amendment concerns by Josh Withrow
Online Expression
· Lawmakers’ Misguided Approach to Social Media Content Moderation by Jeffrey Westling
· Musk’s Free Speech Takeover of Twitter Won’t Necessarily Mean Freer Speech by Trevor Burrus and Nicole Saad Bembridge
· Elon Musk Is Not the Enemy by Cathy Young
· NetChoice v. Paxton by Clark Neily, Trevor Burrus, Thomas A. Berry, and Nicole Saad Bembridge
· After Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter, Will Conservatives Learn to Love Section 230? By Jessica Melugin
· GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T OBSTRUCT MUSK’S TWITTER PURCHASE by Eric Peterson
· Will we have free speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter? Here’s how it could be different by Shoshana Weissmann
· Protecting safety online could become a lot harder by Chris Riley
· STARTUP FOUNDERS TRAVEL TO CAPITOL HILL WITH ENGINE TO TALK CONTENT MODERATION by Engine Team
· The Future of Online Speech Regulation and Section 230: Highlights from an Expert Panel Discussion by Shane Tews
· Mandated Platform Transparency: Speech Regulation Is in the Air Everywhere by Jim Harper
Tech Regulation
· BIG GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER TO ‘BIG TECH’ by Kendall Cotton
Telecom
· “Amazon Tax” Could Harm 5G Broadband Buildout by Daniel Lyons
· Extending the FCC’s Spectrum Auction Authority by Jeffrey Westling
· Implementing the Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act: Prevention and Elimination of Digital Discrimination by Jeffrey Westling
· Spectrum Auctions by Douglas Holtz-Eakin
· Comments to the National Telecommunications Information Administration Regarding Competition in the Mobile App Ecosystem by Aurelien Portuese
· Ten (Suggested) Commandments for Closing the Digital Divide by Joe Kane and Jessica Dine
Web3 and Crypto
· Fed Report Shows Who’s Actually Using Crypto and How by Andrea O’Sullivan
· Why Are the Feds So Mad About Bitcoin Retirement Investing? By Andrea O’ Sullivan
· Is the Metaverse Here to Stay? My Long-Read Q&A with Mark Jamison By James Pethokoukis and Mark Jamison
· 5 Questions for Mark Jamison on the Metaverse By James Pethokoukis and Mark Jamison
· Is There Web3 Life Beyond the Crypto Crash? By Bret Swanson
