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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#262: Another Attack on Encryption
Jim Baker
From Tech Policy Podcast:
Encryption is a vital tool, not just for privacy, but for cybersecurity as well. However, law enforcement and legislators have been pushing to undermine access to…
, Slate
Did the Early Internet Activists Blow It?
Mike Godwin
A couple of weeks ago, I went to lunch with a prominent journalist who wanted to ask me about Wikipedia. I had been general counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation for a few years during a time when the…
Vermont town considers building government network to protect net neutrality
Tom Struble
From True North Reports:
Tom Struble, technology policy manager at R Street Institute in Washington, D.C., told TPA he’s not heard of a municipality that would cite protecting net neutrality as…
, CircleID
Looking Forward to ‘The Conversation We Should Be Having’
Mike Godwin
No, this topic hasn’t yet been exhausted: There’s still plenty more conversation we can and should have about the proposed sale of the .ORG registry operator to a private firm. Ideally, that…
Laying the Ground Work for 5G
Tom Struble
From American Action Forum:
A recent coalition letter pointed out ‘China has already pledged to make its C-band spectrum available for their wireless systems, giving them an alarming advantage…
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INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY
Applications and devices that utilize broadband Internet access services are now integral parts…
WASHINGTON (Feb. 12, 2020) – The latest edition of the R Street Institute’s Broadband Scorecard, released on Wednesday, includes all state legislation passed through 2019. While the U.S. Congress…
FTC v. Qualcomm – The Big Tech Antitrust Case Nobody’s Talking About
Charles Duan
From the App Association:
Charles Duan, Director, Technology & Innovation Policy, R Street Institute – Charles gave an overview of R Street Institute’s brief, which pushed back on…
, FCC
Fact Sheet: Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7 to 4.2 GHz Band
Joe Kane
From the FCC:
117 See Small Satellite Operators Comments at 8-12 (arguing small satellite operators also must be eligible to participate in the transition facilitator mechanism); AT&T Reply at…
Dear Chairman Pai:
Making more spectrum available has been an important part of your agenda at the FCC, as well it should, and now is the time for action on C-band spectrum. While the U.S. has…