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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 Data Policy, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

The KIDS Act Is Not All Right

Josh Withrow June 29, 2026
Analysis Broadband Regulation, Online Content Policy, Open Government, Technology and Innovation

Common Ground on Censorship: Two Bills to Check Government Coercion of Speech

Spence Purnell June 24, 2026
News Artificial Intelligence, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

New R Street Study: AI Note Writers Outperform Humans on X’s Community Notes Platform

Grace Pewitt June 16, 2026
Policy Studies Artificial Intelligence, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

AI Writers on Community Notes: An Evaluation of Seven Months of Data

Spence Purnell June 16, 2026
Analysis Cybersecurity Policy, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation, Western

Arizona age-verification bill raises serious speech and security concerns

Steven Greenhut June 15, 2026
Analysis Artificial Intelligence, Data Security and Data Privacy, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

AI Preemption in Exchange for Unconstitutional Online Safety Bills is a Bad Deal

Josh Withrow, Adam Thierer June 11, 2026
Real Solutions Broadband Regulation, Competition & Antitrust, Media Reform, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

Four Simple Reforms to Address Government Jawboning and Protect Speech 

Spence Purnell, Adam Thierer May 27, 2026
Analysis Federal Government Affairs, Media Reform, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

A First Amendment Win: The FTC Walks Away From Its Yearlong Assault on NewsGuard

Spence Purnell April 24, 2026
Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

AI, free speech, and America’s real advantage over China

Adam Thierer April 14, 2026 The Eternally Radical Idea (ERI)
Op-Eds Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

Lawsuits Targeting Social Media Are an Attack on Free Speech

Steven Greenhut April 10, 2026 Reason

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