Whether it is lifting net neutrality regulations, allowing AI to reach its full potential to benefit mankind, educating policy makers about content moderation, clearing legacy regulations at the Federal Communications Commission, advocating for greater spectrum efficiency, or defending business practices that benefit consumers but are disliked by antitrust enforcers, CEI punches above its weight. Coalition activity, relationships with tech and telecom journalists, media appearances, policy events, Capitol Hill outreach, op-eds, and in-depth studies combine to make CEI influential in the tech and telecom policy area.
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Facebook’s Fact-Checking Change Will Create More Open Environment, Not ‘Wild West’ of Free Speech: Expert
NTD interviewed CEI’s expert on Meta’s Fact-Checking policies. Mark Zuckerberg has promised to create a more open environment on Facebook. To learn more, NTD…
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Hayek on Facebook’s community notes
Meta is going to stop using professional fact-checkers for Facebook posts. My colleague Jessica Melugin is relieved that Meta is finally publicly acknowledging…
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Meta’s new content moderation is a step in the right direction: CEI analysis
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced major changes to its content moderation system today. The company says it aims to allow as…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Tempers run high in California at a public meeting over whether to…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Real estate company Remax announces the creation of an online database of homes for sale…
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Straight Scoop on E-waste
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL The Wall Street Journal editorializes in favor of CEI’s lawsuit challenging the government-protected…
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Competition and the Telecom Marketplace
Holman Jenkins addresses one of the many sticking points for broadband deployment — cities and localities. Indeed, in today's communications landscape dominated by…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY CNN contrasts the current high gas prices in the U.S. with other nations…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Democrats and Republicans alike eye the nomination of Judge John Roberts…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The EPA proposes new regulations governing storage of radioactive waste at the proposed…
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Issues in the News 1. ENEGRY Crude oil prices hit a new record high. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. NATURAL RESOURCES A summer wildfire in Washington state expands to 32,000 acres. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new study raises concerns about the health effects on children of pesticides…
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1. BUDGET The highway bill currently before Congress is igniting the wrath of fiscal conservatives for being loaded with spending for questionable…
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Media Conference Call on CEI Legal Challenge to Tobacco Settlement
Washington, D.C., August 3, 2005—On Thursday, August 4, the Competitive Enterprise Institute will hold a conference call to discuss its constitutional challenge to…
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1. CONSTITUTIONAL & LEGAL CEI launches a lawsuit challenging the government-sponsored tobacco cartel created by the 1998 multi-state tobacco settlement. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL President Bush gives John Bolton a recess appointment to serve as U.S. ambassador to the…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Washington Post cites CEI on the pork-barrel spending in the recent energy…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Congress prepares to consider a sweeping reform of telecommunications law. CEI Expert Available to…
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Reform FCC—Limit It!
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />U.S. communications policy is at an important inflection point. Cable, telephone and wireless companies aim to…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE The U.S. House of Representatives approves the Central American Free Trade Agreement. CEI Expert…
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A New Hope for Free Markets in Telecom
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., July 27, 2005—Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) this morning announced wide-ranging legislation that would modernize U.S. telecommunications law…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Senator John Ensign (R-NV) introduces major new legislation aimed at overhauling telecommunications law. CEI…
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Slicing Telecom the Right Way: Making a Real Market is the Best Cure for Monopoly
Mergers involving SBC and Verizon and a recent Supreme Court decision exempting cable-modem companies from open-access regulation have reignited fears of market domination…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby makes the case for passage of the Central American Free…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY A new report by the Centers for Disease Control finds dramatically lower levels…
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The Nationalization of Basic Science
Full Document Available in PDF The National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Critics of industry-funded science point to alleged conflict-of-interest violations by NIH researchers. Many of…
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1. ENERGY Investors Business Daily quotes Marlo Lewis, Jr. on the folly of wind power mandates. CEI Expert Available…
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1. REGULATION Washington Post columnist Cindy Skrzycki cites CEI’s most recent regulatory study, Ten Thousand Commandments. CEI Expert Available to Comment:…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The House and Senate Judiciary Committees debate whether or not to reauthorize…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT The G8 nations propose a new aid package for Africa. CEI Expert Available…
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1. TECHNOLOGY In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision that P2P firm Grokster could be held liable for aiding digital piracy,…
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1. GLOBAL WARMING President Bush defends the U.S. position on global warming before the leaders of the G8 nations.
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL Property rights activists organize and a Montana Congressman introduces legislation to counter the Supreme…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The recording industry launches another round of lawsuits against users of peer-to-peer file…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate passes major new energy legislation. From CEI: Director of Global Warming &…
Products
Markets, not Mandates, Can Best Protect Copyrights
Full Document Available in PDF With the Supreme Court…
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A Toast to the Supremes
Full Document Available in PDF Cheers to the Supreme Court for its…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL A ruling from the Supreme Court is expected today on the Grokster copyright…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION Communities in states such as Michigan, Florida, Texas and…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Senators face a showdown on whether to include Sen. Bingaman’s global warming and renewable fuel…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT The White House is backing a bill that would allow for offshore fish farms in…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The House of Representatives votes to limit some of the powers granted to the…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES A coalition of conservatives and liberals unite to oppose the renewal of…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate is debating whether to add limits on greenhouse gas emissions to…
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The Revolution Spins toward More Regulation
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Issues in the News 1. ANTITRUST Microsoft submits its final proposal for complying with the latest order by the…
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Cybersecurity Finger-Pointing
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Issues in the News 1. CYBERSECURITY Advice is pouring in for the Department of Homeland Security’s as yet unnamed new…
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Issues in the News 1. SPAM E-MAIL Spam “zombies”—computers that are hijacked to send out a spammer’s unwanted email messages—get…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY A small group of U.S. House members is proposing new federal rules for disposal…
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Issues in the News 1. CIVIL LIBERTIES The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence begins debate over whether to renew…
Op-Eds
The Problem with the Voice over IP 911 Mandate
“Today the FCC adopted a rule requiring VoIP providers to provide emergency 911 calling services and they will have only 120…
Op-Eds
Helping Hollywood Help Itself
The agenda for last week’s Digital Media Hollywood Summit reads like a self-help guide for the content industry. Sessions on the economics of media convergence…
Op-Eds
One Bundle, Many Antitrust Laws: The Dilemma for Digital Products
Alongstanding question in the software debate is whether operating systems and components such as browsers and media players are really separate products bundled as one or…
Products
Mandated Recycling of Electronics: Creating a Mountain out of a Landfill
This article is based on the report, Mandating Recycling of Electronics: A Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition , published by CEI, February 2005. Haste maketh waste in the…
Op-Eds
Protecting Digital Property Without New Legislation
Contrast digital property with real property or other more tangible goods. In the case of the latter, there is no continuing relationship between seller and…
Products
A Case of Wine for the Supreme Court
Full Document Available in PDF On December 7, the United…
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Expanding the Market’s Role in Advancing Intellectual Property
Full Document Available in PDF The debate over…
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A Solution to the Grokster Copyright Debate?
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns…
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Reviving Real Regulatory Reform
Full Document Available in PDF Washington, D.C., March 24, 2005—Congress and the President, now more than…
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The Price is Right—Or Better Be!
Full Document Available in PDF On the popular television game show “The…
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Verizon & MCI : A Good Deal for Consumers
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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$1.5 billion Bush Tax on Air Travel Fails Cost-Benefit Test
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> …
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CEI Scholars Respond to Bush Budget
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> OVERVIEW Analysis from CEI Vice President for Policy Clyde…
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Study: “E-Waste” is Manageable
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., February 3, 2005—With rapid technological improvements in computers and electronics turning millions of products…
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The Problem with Municipal Wireless Networks
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1…
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Free Market Reaction to the State of the Union
Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., February 2, 2005—President Bush’s State of the Union address tonight will expound his vision of an “Ownership Society,” in…
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The Viability of Municipal Wi-Fi Networks
Full Document Available in PDF Ownership of broadband networks by municipalities,…
Op-Eds
Different Technology, Similar Service
In the absence of competition, regulations serve to protect consumers against monopoly market power. This is, in theory, the reason why the telecommunications…
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SBC Buyout of AT&T Helps Consumers
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Washington,…
Products
Cybersecurity: Markets or Mandates?
Full Document Available in PDF Private cybersecurity initiatives will gradually move us…
CEI Planet
CEI Planet: November 2004
Full Document Available in PDF In this issue: “Freeing the Biotech Revolution” by Henry…
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EU Rules Against Innovation in Microsoft Case
Contacts: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Clyde <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =…
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FCC Is Ignoring Impact of Wireless, Other Rivals for Telephone Service
In the absence of competition, regulations serve to protect consumers against monopoly market power. This is, in theory, the reason why the telecommunications local exchange…
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FCC Drops the Ball on Phone Competition – Again
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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FCC to Reconsider Telephone Competition
Contact for Interviews: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> <?xml:namespace prefix…
Op-Eds
Citizen Snoops Forever: The intelligence reform bill will turn car dealers into spooks, permanently
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The Fight for Telecom Reform
The good news is all the combatants realize it’s a war that needs to be fought. There’s good news and bad news in the wonky…
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Threats to Competitiveness in a Political Environment
Full Document Available in PDF This essay may seem depressing, but…
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Square Off: Is Cyberterrorism Being Thwarted?
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> YES: Businesses have re-examined continuity plans, and governments have addressed physical and Web…
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The Fight For Telecom Reform
Full document available in pdf format<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> There’s good news and bad news in the wonky…
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CEI, Other Groups Call on Congress to Eliminate National ID Provisions from 9/11 Bill
The Competitive Enterprise Institute joined other organizations to run a full-page open letter advertisement in The Washington Times that speaks out against the creation of a…
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Telecom Reform, Consensus Needed
In the Washington, D.C. policy world, regulatory change requires consensus building. With rapid market changes since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress and the Federal Communications Commission are…
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Too Smart For Our Own Good
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A Green Light for More Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission—the traffic cop of the communications industry—just raised the speed limits on broadband. Its ruling on Thursday protects many of…
CEI Planet
CEI Planet: September 2004
Full Document Available in PDF Tech Regulation Done Right, by Braden Cox…
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Tech Regulation Done Right
Full Document Available in PDF As soon as new technologies are introduced, the call…
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Threat to Tech Innovation in Senate
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix…
Products
Nanotech’s Choice: Pork or Innovation?
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INDUCING Bad Law
Computer users know some downloads are more trouble than they are worth. The proposed INDUCE Act (S. 2560), currently in the Senate Judiciary…
Products
CEI Planet: July 2004
Full Document Available in PDF “Who’s Afraid of RFID?” by Jim Harper…
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Who’s Afraid of RFID?
Full Document Available in PDF Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are small radio communicators…
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Send Me No Files: Senate INDUCEs a Threat to the Future of Information Technology
Please copy and share this article, download some music files, and photocopy your favorite chapters from Bill Clinton’s new book. It’s fun: Just do it!…
Op-Eds
Reformers are too Willing to Turn a Blind Eye to Liberal Fixes for our Economic Problems
Sirs, Your edition of July 6 features two distinct columns that demonstrate a persistent neglect of economic liberalisation as a way of resolving societal…
Op-Eds
Can You Overhear Me Now?
The Justice Department has asked the Senate for help in extending hidebound, phone-company style wiretap capability into new Internet-based phone calls (called “VoIP” for…
News Release
Commercial Tracking Chips Spark Privacy Debate
Contact for Interviews: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1…
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RFID Tags and Privacy
Full document available in PDF Radio frequency identification (RFID)…
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In A Tangle
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Bush Administration Makes Right Decision on Phone Competition
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, DC, June 9, 2004 – Today the U.S. Solicitor General's office announced it will not…
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Should the Government Fund Nanotechnology Research?
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Jessica Melugin
Director of the Center for Technology & Innovation
- Antitrust
- Innovation
- Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms
Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
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Founder; Chairman Emeritus
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