The Worst Tech Policies of 2024: How the New Administration and Congress Can Turn the Page

Featuring

[Moderator] Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

James Lewis, Senior Vice President; Pritzker Chair; and Director, Strategic Technologies Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Sarah Oh Lam, Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (TPI)

Hodan Omar, Senior Policy Manager Center for Data Innovation

Adam Thierer, Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation, R Street Institute

Overview

A new administration and Congress signal the possibility of a new direction for tech policy. If that proves to be the case, then history may record 2024 as the high-water mark for the “techlash” phenomenon of recent years. But as we push forward, it is worth pausing to reflect on some of the past year’s worst tech policies that served as exemplars of their era.They included legislative and regulatory proposals, enforcement actions, and broader policy agendas on issues ranging from AI to antitrust—all born of animus and fear, not just of large technology companies, but of technological innovation itself. 

Please join ITIF for a virtual panel discussion with technology policy experts who will highlight and critique the most counterproductive tech policies of the past year, and consider how the incoming administration and Congress can turn the page.

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