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Podcast: How Do Americans View Tech Regulations?

by Shoshana Weissmann

March 10, 2022

issues: Competition & Antitrust, Technology and Innovation

originally published in Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

From Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson:

A new survey shows Americans are not as divided on internet regulations as politicians would like us to believe. And they’re also not rushing to have Washington police the web. The R Street Institute’s Shoshana Weismann talks with Boyd about what we should be thinking about when legislation targeting Big Tech pops up.

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