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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Free the Economy podcast: Big Tech, Europe, and free speech with Spence Purnell
In this week’s episode we cover the Supreme Court’s recent decision on tariff powers, myths of the Great Recession, and fiduciary duty…
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Rule by Vibes, Ruined by Reality: Why the FTC’s HSR Loss Demands a Legislative Fix
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is doubling down on a losing hand. Despite a stinging courtroom defeat last week that vacated its 2024 premerger…
National Review
Chasing Platforms Instead of Ambulances: Social Media Liability Trial Kicks Off in California
Proceedings have commenced in a trial poised to redefine the boundaries of free expression on the internet. The first-of-its-kind test case will determine if social media…
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Google Gets Good Marks as Internet Librarian
Google raised some doubts (some even from CEI) about copyright protection when they launched Google Library, but now the project is having just the…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google launches a new global initiative dedicated to promoting literacy. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH Thousands of lawsuits against Merck & Co. swamp courthouses to meet the deadline…
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Let It Ride While You Can
Sad news for online poker fans: Congress has effectively outlawed Internet gambling, as part of legislation widely expected to be signed into law by…
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Masters of their own Domains
ICANN is moving toward greater autonomoy and away from direct ties to the U.S. Department of Commerce. As long as it doesn’t end up…
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Sound Suggestion on Social Security Security
In what, for now at least, seems like good news, the president’s Identity Theft Task Force has recommended that the federal government…
Op-Eds
Aaron Sorkin VS. the Moralists
No one would ever accuse The West Wing of being anything but a defiantly liberal show. And in many ways, that was part…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Social networking site MySpace prepares to expand operations into China. CEI Expert…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The White House appoints a new “Cybersecurity Czar” to oversee federal computer security…
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Credit card ricochet
“Partners in plunder.” That's how an intriguing new book describes the hidden relationship between big government and big business. <?xml:namespace prefix = o…
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The Ratings Game
It's a familiar experience for many moviegoers: You walk out of a theater scratching your head, wondering why a movie was given a…
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Senators on 9/11 movie – “Public interest” is what makes us look good
No matter what anyone thought of the ABC’s “The Path to 9/11,” the actions of certain senators who objected to the miniseries should…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT A new study suggests a connection between global warming and stronger hurricanes.
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Issues in the News 1. Retail Politics The New York Times reports on Wal-Mart’s funding of research groups. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signs a bill to put mandatory caps on greenhouse gas…
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Turning MySpace into TheirSpace
Like a coffee shop or a mall, the Internet has evolved into a digital “third place,” a location we visit not only for…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET A new study by Nielsen NetRatings finds MySpace.com to be the web’s fastest growing brand.
Products
CEI Planet: July – August 2006
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE PLANET (PDF) “Two-Point-Eight-Trillion-Anything Is Scary” by P.J. O’Rourke…
Products
How the Market Can Steal Identity Thieves’ Thunder
This past June, a coalition of business leaders calling itself the Consumer Privacy Legislation Forum—representing such heavyweights as Eli Lily, Google, Microsoft, and Procter &…
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Issues in the News 1. TOBACCO A federal judge finds cigarette companies at fault for deceptive marketing. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Oil prices fall to early summer levels. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY High gas prices continue to fuel voter dissatisfaction. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Cities and states adopt global warming policies without federal mandates. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY Oil prices fall after a terrorist threat is stopped. CEI Expert Available to…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY BP management was warned of infrastructure decay several years before the company’s shut down…
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1. ENERGY Oil prices continue to fall after storm fears calm. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow…
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TRADE Australia helps lead attempts to revive the WTO’s Doha Round trade talks. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Scholar Fran Smith…
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<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING…
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1. ENERGY The Senate votes to move forward with oil and natural gas drilling legislation. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Microsoft faces a shareholder vote on its support for network neutrality legislation.
News Release
Statement on Regulation of Social Networking Websites
Washington, D.C., July 26, 2006—The House is scheduled to vote today on the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), a bill that would restrict federal…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The House of Representatives votes to re-authorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank. CEI…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The FDA approves a new sunscreen, long available in Europe and Canada, that…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL A federal court in Texas charges three British bankers yesterday with fraud related…
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Issues in the News 1. TRADE Heads of state issue a call to revive World Trade Organization negotiations, previously…
Op-Eds
America the Parent?
Why is government trying to be our parent again? Congress’s latest effort is the campaign to regulate video game content. Yet this is…
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Issues in the News TRANSPORTATION New orders for Boeing could take a toll on its European rival, Airbus. …
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL British Prime Minister Tony Blair prepares to extradite three bankers to the U.S. to…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL Lorillard Tobacco Co. signs an agreement with over 30 states to curtail Internet…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT The Discovery Channel prepares to air a new documentary on climate change science titled “…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL A court in Florida overturns a massive $145 billion verdict against several tobacco…
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1. HEALTH The West Nile virus makes a comeback in the Midwest. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Risk & Environmental…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Blue Origin, the private space travel company started by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos,…
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Issues in the News GLOBAL WARMING Environmental activists push global warming policies on the local level. CEI Expert Available…
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Issues in the News TRANSPORTATION A documentary about the development of the electric car hits movie theaters. CEI Expert…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Amid furious lobbying, the Senate rejects net neutrality rules, which would have regulated…
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Issues in the News 1. FINANCE The Senate Finance Committee considers the nomination of Goldman Sachs chairman Henry Paulson…
News Release
Statement on the “Audio Flag” Provisions of the “Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment”
Washington, D.C., June 22, 2006—Among the provisions in the "Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act" being marked up in the Senate Commerce Committee…
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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
- Consumer Freedom
- Deregulation
Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government