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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Wi-Fi: A freedom and innovation success story
There’s a been a lot of bad news on the regulatory front lately with the FCC darkening broadband’s success with burdensome regulation. But let’s celebrate…
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Everyone agrees we need more spectrum, so why is Congress making it complicated?
Politics prioritized over policy is de rigueur these days, but it shouldn’t be for spectrum auction reauthorization. The importance to the US economy and to…
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A brief look at the Senate’s proposed AI regulations
As new artificial intelligence (AI) models release and their capabilities grow, fears around artificial intelligence have begun to crop up as people wonder what AI…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY The government of France tries to force Apple to hand over information about their iTunes…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. INTERNET ABC announces a free two-month trial access to its most popular shows…
Op-Eds
The UN vs. Technology
With diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS ravaging the world's poor—and perhaps a flu pandemic in the offing—the United Nations'…
Letters
Letter on the Potentially Detrimental Effects of Net Neutrality Legislation
Full Document Available in PDF Dear Chairman Barton: As…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. SCIENCE The Food and Drug Administration plans to investigate the alleged link between cell phone use…
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The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update
Issues in the News 1. HEALTH A New Jersey jury awards $4.5 million in a lawsuit against Merck & Co. involving…
Staff & Scholars
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Jessica Melugin
Director of the Center for Technology & Innovation
- Antitrust
- Innovation
- Media, Speech and Internet Freedoms
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Clyde Wayne Crews
Fred L. Smith Fellow in Regulatory Studies
- Business and Government
- Consumer Freedom
- Deregulation
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Fred L. Smith, Jr.
Founder; Chairman Emeritus
- Automobiles and Roads
- Aviation
- Business and Government