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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, 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 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
Policy Team Artificial Intelligence, Automation & Worker Displacement, Broadband Regulation, Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Online Content Policy, Permissionless Innovation, Public Safety, Technology and Innovation

Adam Thierer

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation
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
Testimony Competition & Antitrust, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation, Telecom

Adam Thierer Testimony, Hearing on “The Telecommunications Act of 1996: 30 Years Later”

Adam Thierer March 25, 2026
Op-Eds Artificial Intelligence, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

Did the ayatollah body-slam Trump? Negotiating social media during war

Marc Hyden March 23, 2026 The Newnan Times-Herald
Testimony Northeast, Online Content Policy, State Policy, Technology and Innovation

R Street Testimony in Opposition to MD HB 1179, App Store Accountability Act

Robert Melvin March 10, 2026
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

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