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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New CEI paper: FCC should stop regulating news content
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has long used its role in licensing spectrum to broadcast television and radio stations to regulate those outlets under the…
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Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain
Fresh out of university and looking for a career in public policy, I interviewed for a job in the Conservative Research Department of the British…
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Free Speech Week: The speech that ignited a revolution — and still speaks to us today
A Richmond story, a Virginia legacy, and the American ethos Richmond is my home city. My family has lived in Virginia for generations, and our…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY The European Parliament endorses a new system of regulation for chemicals. …
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The Senate Finance Committee approves a $5 billion windfall profits tax on the nation’s…
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Do-It-Yourself Legislation
The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed…
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The UN’s War Against Innovation
The leadership of the United Nations is truly the gang that can't shoot straight. Even if the recent incidents of corruption and profiteering—exemplified…
Letters
Letter Urging Congress to Introduce Video Competition
The Honorable Bill Frist Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 November 14, 2005 Dear Majority Leader Frist: Earlier this year, Sen. John Ensign…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Tunisia, host of a United Nations summit on the future of the Internet,…
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U.S. to U.N. in Tunisia: Hands Off the Internet
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C.,…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET Time Warner and AOL announce a new venture to…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Fox News Channel announces an hour-long special dedicated to alarmist views on…
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Breaking Patents
The integrity of patents affects the future health of people the world over. Unfortunately, one of the world’s rising economic players is leading the charge…
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Issues in the News 1. ENERGY The House of Representatives considers legislation that would allow oil and gas exploration in…
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An Open Letter to Congress: Franchise Reform
Dear Member of Congress: Much has changed in the decade since Congress passed the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As Congress is considering changes and updates…
Op-Eds
Between the stacks – Google book engine needs ingenuity
What bookworm doesn’t love the idea of Google’s new project, Google Library? The ability to search the entire contents of the world’s greatest libraries online…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The European Union debates whether to proceed with a vote on a new program…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY The President’s $7.1 billion plan to fight a possible avian flu pandemic…
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House Committee Releases Plan for Telecom Reform
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” /> Contact: Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C.,…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM The House Committee on Energy and Commerce prepares for a substantial revision to the…
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FCC Initiates Process to Increase Video Competition
Contact: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” /> Richard Morrison, 202.331.2273 …
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATIONS SBC and Verizon receive FCC approval for their multi-billion dollar merger. CEI Expert Available to…
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Congress Tweaks Patriot Act Provisions, Will Affect the Tech Industry
Congress is in the process of tweaking sixteen separate sections of the USA Patriot Act that were scheduled to sunset at the end of this…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL President Bush nominates Judge Samuel Alito to succeed Justice Sandra Day…
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Telecom Scores Merger Success — With Strings Attached
Washington, D.C., October 31, 2005—The Competitive Enterprise Institute welcomes the Federal Communications Commission’s decision approving the two major telecommunications mergers. Unfortunately, the conditions…
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Issues in the News 1. E-COMMERCE Online consumers are getting smarter about which websites they trust with their personal…
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Issues in the News 1. SUPREME COURT Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. CEI Expert Available to…
Op-Eds
UNESCO to U.S.: Drop Dead!
Last Thursday, the United States was sucker-punched by an international organization. A majority of countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOMMUNICATION The House Commerce Committee starts a discussion on legislation that deals with the transition from analog…
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM Sen. Mike DeWine (R-OH) announces some of the elements of a new push…
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CEI Congressional Seminar: Tailoring Telecommunications Reform
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Issues in the News 1. TELECOM eBay CEO Meg Whitman predicts that soon consumers will have access to phone…
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Bill Banning Bogus Gun Lawsuits Should Pass Constitutional Test
Contact:Christine Hall, 202.331.2273 Washington, D.C., October 20, 2005—The House passed a bill today banning lawsuits aimed at holding gun makers liable for…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Video game makers sue California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over age restrictions on games deemed…
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New Study Provides Outline for Telecom Reform
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., October 18, 2005—The rules that govern the telecommunications industry in the United States have…
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Communications without Commissions
Full Document Available in PDF U.S. communications is at an important inflection point.
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1. TELECOM Congress prepares to address major reforms to telecommunications policy. CEI Expert Available for Comment: Technology Counsel…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Researchers study the summer of 2005 for evidence that global warming is melting…
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Issues in the News 1. GLOBAL WARMING Global warming is being blamed for new data that says 2005 will be the hottest…
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Issues in the News 1. WETLANDS The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases on federal wetlands regulation involving questions…
Letters
Letter to Congress Regarding Digital TV Transition and Cable Multicasting
The undersigned organizations would like to express their strong opposition to proposals toextend “must carry” rules for cable operators to include the multiple streams of…
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH & SAFETY Burger King’s operations in Britain decide to opt out of a scheme…
Op-Eds
The World Wide Web (of Bureaucrats)?
Kofi Annan, Coming to a Computer Near You! The Internet’s long run as a global cyberzone of freedom—where governments take a “hands off” approach—is in…
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Issues in the News 1. INTERNET San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announces a plan to build a city-wide wireless network,…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY The U.S. House of Representatives approved the first major reform in 30 years to the…
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Issues in the News 1. LEGAL & CONSTITUTIONAL The Associated Press profiles Colorado State Treasurer Mark Hillman and…
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Issues in the News 1. ENVIRONMENT Legislation aimed at reforming the Endangered Species Act could be voted on in the…
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Lord of War Fires a Dud
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Statement on House Telecom Reform Proposal
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags” />Washington, D.C., September 23, 2005—The latest draft telecommunications bill from the House Energy & Commerce Committee…
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANES Oil and gas facilities in the Gulf Coast are threatened by the approach of…
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Issues in the News 1. TRANSPORTATION The twin bankruptcy filings this week of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines raise…
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA New Orleans slowly begins to show signs of recovery.
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Issues in the News 1. HURRICANE KATRINA Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert suggests that New Orleans should not be rebuilt.
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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