A Public Policy Blog from AEI

Blog Post
October 20, 2021
AEIdeas

Facebook’s First Amendment rights complicate Section 230 debate

by Daniel Lyons

Even without Section 230, another significant obstacle exists to both parties’ efforts to micromanage platforms’ editorial decisions: the First Amendment.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 19, 2021
AEIdeas

A fraught linkage: US-China trade policy and the US-EU Trade and Technology Council

by Claude Barfield

The Biden administration recently unveiled its China trade and investment policy, and participated in the first US-EU Trade and Technology Council meeting. But substantive results were inconclusive in both cases, leaving major questions unanswered for America’s global allies.

Digital TradeEconomicsTechnology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 15, 2021
AEIdeas

What’s going on at the Federal Trade Commission? Highlights from a conversation with Bilal Sayyed

by Shane Tews | Mark Jamison

Under Chairwoman Lina Khan’s leadership, the Federal Trade Commission is undergoing process reforms that will make the commission less democratic by allocating more power to the chair herself. AEI’s Shane Tews and Mark Jamison hosted an “Explain to Shane” discussion with Bilal Sayyed to hear his thoughts.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 14, 2021
AEIdeas

‘Restoration’ of 2011 patent reform bill faces headwinds

by Michael Rosen

A proposed bill to revitalize the 2011 America Invents Act has energized both strong support and opposition from interest groups. Passage in its current form is thus highly uncertain.

Intellectual PropertyTechnology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 13, 2021
AEIdeas

So Big Tech massively investing in itself is worrisome now?

by James Pethokoukis

Big Tech’s critics in Washington view America’s most successful firms as anticompetitive crony capitalists, but the tech giants stay on top because they are some of the most innovative companies in the US — and their investments in research and development should be celebrated.

EconomicsPethokoukisTechnology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 13, 2021
AEIdeas

Markets are addressing Facebook’s problems

by Mark Jamison

Despite Facebook’s recent problems, antitrust regulators struggle to show that Facebook has actual market power, and competition is rising to provide the discipline that regulation has failed. More regulation and antitrust prosecutions are thus unnecessary.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 12, 2021
AEIdeas

The coming fusion revolution: My long-read Q&A with Arthur Turrell

by James Pethokoukis | Arthur Turrell

Arthur Turrell explains the science behind fusion energy, predicting that this technology could be supplying abundant, clean power in the near future. Discussing the advantages of renewables and the difficulties fission power has faced, Turrell explores the politics and economics of nuclear power.

EconomicsEnvironmental and Energy EconomicsPethokoukisTechnology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 12, 2021
AEIdeas

The dangers of lawmakers’ contradiction and confusion on Big Tech

by Shane Tews

Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) apparent praise of an Apple App Store policy that her own legislative proposal would limit reflects a dangerous trend of lawmakers saying one thing and doing another when it comes to digital platforms.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 08, 2021
AEIdeas

The Biden administration’s new (old) China trade policy

by Claude Barfield

The Biden administration’s long-awaited China trade plan is effectively an extension of unsuccessful Trump-era policies that have done little to alter China’s protectionism, forced high-tech transfers, and intellectual property theft.

Digital TradeTechnology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 07, 2021
AEIdeas

Facebook falters — but is regulation the answer?

by Bronwyn Howell

Facebook’s recent outage prompted calls for government and regulatory intervention. But it remains unlikely that regulation would have prevented the outage — or helped consumers navigate it.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 06, 2021
AEIdeas

Progress on US leadership in next-generation networks: Highlights from a conversation with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr

by Shane Tews

During a recent AEI event, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and AEI’s Shane Tews discussed the FCC’s approach to broadband expansion, continued spectrum auctions, reforming the Universal Service Fund, and Section 230. Here are highlights from the conversation.

Technology and InnovationTelecommunications
Blog Post
October 05, 2021
AEIdeas

FTC should resist temptation to ‘move fast and break things’

by Daniel Lyons

“Move fast and break things” may be a useful piece of business advice, but it’s a suboptimal theory of regulatory policy for agency heads like FTC Chair Lina Khan.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
October 04, 2021
AEIdeas

An argument for Section 230 reform: Highlights from my conversation with Neil Fried

by Shane Tews

Does Section 230 invite too much or too little content moderation? And how, if at all, should Section 230 be reformed? Neil Fried joined “Explain to Shane” to share his thoughts.

Technology and InnovationTelecommunications
Blog Post
October 01, 2021
AEIdeas

Privacy policy impasse as ‘crisis’

by Jim Harper

A recent congressional letter about consumer privacy to Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan is easy to deride as a partisan regulatory effort. But it offers a jumping off point for understanding privacy and — more importantly — for understanding our constitutional system of government.

Technology and Innovation
Blog Post
September 28, 2021
AEIdeas

5 questions for Charles Fishman on the Apollo program

by James Pethokoukis | Charles Fishman

Charles Fishman narrates the history of NASA, from its incredible success with the Apollo program to subsequent decades of disappointment. Looking ahead, Fishman discusses how NASA and private companies can each have a distinct role in space.

EconomicsInnovationPethokoukisTechnology and Innovation
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