When trade and tech collide: What policymakers need to know
Today, AEI has published Claude Barfield’s working paper “When Trade and Tech Collide: Digital Policy Challenges and Solutions for 2016 and Beyond.” This paper is part of AEI’s Global Internet Strategy...
View ArticleFCC oversight: 16 questions for tomorrow’s hearing
Is Congress holding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adequate standards of transparency and accountability? Has the agency been successful in encouraging innovation, competition, and...
View ArticleState of the Union: Takeaways for tech
In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama touched on a number of tech related issues, including net neutrality, broadband, and cybersecurity. Here is our guide on how to think about...
View ArticleWill February 26, 2015 mark the death of Internet freedom?
On February 26, the FCC will vote on its still-to-be-written net neutrality rules. Chairman Tom Wheeler has already tipped his hand as to what the rules will look like, suggesting that Title II...
View ArticleTech policy 2015: The year ahead
Tomorrow afternoon, AEI’s Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy will convene a half-day conference looking ahead at tech policy in 2015. The event will feature a keynote by Senator...
View ArticleAEI Scholars comment on the controversial Open Internet Order
Yesterday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the controversial Open Internet Order, which laid out the Commission’s plan to reclassify the Internet under Title II regulation. The FCC...
View ArticleLet’s remind ourselves why the sharing economy is amazing
The sharing economy’s explosive growth should be considered an enormous win for techno-optimists everywhere – and a testament to the opportunities we can create for people when we re-evaluate outdated...
View ArticleThe “Microsoft Ireland” case: Can the DOJ force Microsoft to hand over data...
Can US law enforcement officials compel American companies to hand over consumer data stored abroad? This question is at the heart of a major case currently before the US Court of Appeals for the...
View ArticleLessons from the field: Making technology work for students and teachers
As we have written many times, the relationship between technology and learning outcomes is far from straightforward. There are those, however, who seem to have figured it out. Today’s post features...
View ArticleThe tech year in review: Net neutrality nonstop, merger mania, the Aereo...
2014 was nothing if not interesting for the tech policy wonks among us. As the New Year approaches, we thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at all the wonderfully exciting tech policy...
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