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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US move to ban TikTok a troubling signal for our great experiment in self-determination
As a part of a foreign aid funding package, the Senate passed a bill mandating TikTok’s divestiture from Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance. Biden…
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Major questions on net neutrality: A new report
A new Competitive Enterprise Institute report, Major Questions on Net Neutrality: A primer on the FCC’s brewing broadband legal fight, analyzes the FCC’s effort…
News Release
FCC move to impose utility-style regulation on broadband providers vulnerable to legal challenge – CEI paper
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote Thursday to impose utility-style regulation on broadband internet access providers under Title II of the…
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Don’t Run The Options: Expensing Proposals Raise Difficult Practical Questions
Several companies recently announced intentions to count the value of stock options granted to employees as a compensation expense in calculating corporate earnings. Among…
Op-Eds
Snoop, There It Is
As if it needed another headache after the dot-com and telecom crashes, the technology industry is facing a renewed push by Washington politicians…
Op-Eds
A No-Risk Non-Policy From The Administration On Broadband
The “21st Century High Tech Forum” was held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington last Thursday. Meeting at a time of such…
Op-Eds
Andersen Verdict Disappoints: Moves To Criminalize Accounting Mistakes Are Counterproductive
Given the media frenzy over Enron, no one should be surprised that Arthur Andersen, its accountant, was found guilty. The formal charge was…
Op-Eds
Safer Strees Possible Without Red-Light Cameras
More of Arizona’s cities and towns are considering the use of red-light cameras. As they inch their way into the intersection of privacy…
Op-Eds
Laws Can’t Protect Kids from Porn
When it comes to protecting kids from porn on Internet Web sites, should “community standards” apply that would restrict materials regarded by the…
Staff & Scholars
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
- Consumer Freedom
- Deregulation
Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government