R Street’s Technology and Innovation policy program conducts research and advocacy around the public policy frameworks that govern both established and emerging technologies. Our goal is to push back against laws and regulations that impede economic progress or individual liberty, and to advance policy solutions that allow technology to move at the speed of innovation.
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Under the leadership of new Chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been making waves, from the public spats among commissioners at Khan’s first open meeting, and later…
Legislative efforts and policy frameworks within the Section 230 debate
Chris Riley
In recent years, policymakers have attempted to tackle the harms associated with online platforms via an ineffective bricolage of finger-pointing, performative hearings grilling various CEOs,…
Allowing Earlier Equipment Marketing and Importation Opportunities
Wayne Brough & Jeffrey Westling
From Federal Register:
Similarly, Samsung suggests that delivery to an accredited test lab or TCB for testing would be an appropriate basis for a reasonable expectation of authorization. R Street…
Public Spaces in the Digital Age
Eli Lehrer
The nature of public space in America has been thoroughly transformed since the beginning of the 21st century. Public squares, parks, movie theaters, restaurants, and shopping centers now compete…
A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Content Moderation Policy
Chris Riley
From Tech Policy Press:
Enter the R Street Institute, a D.C. think tank that advocates for free markets, which recently set out to explore what a properly designed “multi-stakeholder” process…
Summary
The content moderation policies of online platforms and Section 230 dominate many modern tech policy news cycles. Little wonder, since these laws and rules impose a specific balance of free…
WASHINGTON (Sept. 15, 2021)—In response to the recent Facebook XCheck news, Chris Riley, R Street Senior Fellow for Technology and Innovation, issued the following statement:
“With XCheck,…
In the Matter of 2018 Quadrennial Regulatory Review Review of the Commission’s Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted
Pursuant to Section 2020 of the Telecommunications Act of…
, Fox News
Trump big tech suit lawyer predicts case headed to Supreme Court, says gov’t pressure made firms state actors
Shoshana Weissmann
“Government cannot wave a wand and say ‘you’re public now,'” Shoshana Weissmann of the libertarian R Street Institute told Fox News at the time as well. “[G]overnment pressuring companies or…
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How to Keep Exercising Your Innovation Muscle — During a Pandemic
Caleb Watney
From JotForm:
And, as Caleb Watney, a resident fellow at the R Street Institute, recently suggested in The Atlantic, the exodus from once-bustling creative hubs like Silicon…