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Online Content Policy

The Technology and Innovation team’s work spans a wide range of topics from anti-trust to content moderation, telecommunications to intellectual property, as well as the rise of artificial intelligence and the value of permissionless innovation. At a time when misinformation and disinformation have become a growing concern, the Tech program has worked to define these terms, understand the challenges they create, and identify sensible policy reforms to help navigate this brave new world of information. Sign up for updates here.

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Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Northeast, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

New York’s FAIR News Act Would Set the Already Struggling Journalism Industry Back

Spence Purnell March 5, 2026
Testimony Midwest, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in Opposition to WI AB 962, app stores and app developers and applying a penalty (Senate)

Josh Withrow March 4, 2026
Testimony Midwest, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in Opposition to KS SB 372, App Store Accountability Act (House)

Josh Withrow March 3, 2026
Analysis Competition & Antitrust, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation, Telecom

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 30, Part 4: The Continuing Need for Reform

Adam Thierer Feb 18, 2026
Analysis Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

The Federal Trade Commission Should Not Be the Ideological Speech Police

Spence Purnell Feb 12, 2026
Testimony Northeast, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in Opposition to VA HB 757, App Store Accountability Act

Josh Withrow Feb 12, 2026
Analysis Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

Social Media Platforms Have Incentives to Get the Truth Right

Spence Purnell Feb 10, 2026
Analysis Competition & Antitrust, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation, Telecom

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 at 30, Part 3: A Few Important Accomplishments

Adam Thierer Feb 9, 2026
Analysis Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Permissionless Innovation, Technology and Innovation

How the “Brussels effect” harms the U.S. tech sector

Spence Purnell Feb 6, 2026
Testimony Midwest, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in OPPOSITION to WI Assembly Bill 962, “relating to: app stores and app developers and applying a penalty”

Josh Withrow Feb 5, 2026

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