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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DMA has its head in the Clouds
This week, the European Commission (EC) announced that Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud services are being preliminarily designated as “gatekeepers” under the Digital…
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The oasis in America’s affordability desert: Broadband gets faster while prices fall
Americans are understandably worried about affordability. Housing, health care, utilities, and groceries have all become more expensive in recent years, stretching household budgets…
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Time to end the SEC’s surveillance of everybody’s finances
Today is the deadline for filing regulatory comments on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) program. The CAT is a…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY International negotiators continue to spar over the future of Internet governance. CEI…
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Bean Counters Caucus in DC
The American Financial Services Association is holding its 90th annual meeting here in Washington this week, and attendees are tackling a number of challenges…
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SEJ 2006: Marc Morano Takes on Alarmist Reporting
We’ve known that Marc Morano was a brave man for some time, but he proved it again last night at the Society of Environmental Journalists’…
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SEJ 2006: Open Source Journalism
There was yet more cool action from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ conference this afternoon as Amy Gahran and Adam Glenn explained…
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Can money offset venality?
Prizes sponsored by private individuals and organizations seem to be the new way to provide incentives for technological and other advances. Now a wealthy…
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Issues in the News ENERGY Exxon Mobil reports second largest quarterly profit ever for a publicly traded U.S. company. …
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COPA: “So Much Easier than Parenting”
The Child Online Protection Act (COPA), signed by President Clinton eight years ago, has yet to be enforced. Kids have grown up waiting to be…
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The Newest Cell Phone Accessory: Lead Underpants
A new study out of the UK suggests that mobile phone radiation may be responsible for increased infertility in men. This observed decline in…
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Rules of Ridicule
“Ridicule is man's most potent weapon,” says the fifth rule of Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals, Saul Alinsky's classic…
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Giving Chase in Cyberspace
Full Document Available in PDF In the debate over identity theft and online security, commentators…
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Politics Nerds Rejoice
Students at my alma mater, Claremont McKenna College, have created a very wonky alternative to the season’s popular fantasy football leagues: fantasy Congress.
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Maybe That’s Why the Lacrosse Scandal Disappeared from the News
Scientists at Duke University and Imperial College London have reportedly developed a cloaking device for solid objects. All of the relevant Romulan and Harry…
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News of YouTube’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
An argument from Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle on why big business can never be cool, even when it acquires something that…
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They’re Coming to Audit Your Avatar
Fox News this morning raises the alarming prospect of the IRS taxing financial transactions taking places in online virtual communities like Second…
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1. BUSINESS Wal-Mart expands discounts on generic drugs. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on why…
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Decoy Files on P2P Sites Become Ad Vehicles
From The Wall Street Journal, via \. The unusual alliance demonstrates a new tack being taken by the music industry to deal with…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Universal sues popular video-sharing websites, after signing a revenue sharing deal with YouTube.
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Europe Takes a Stab at the Multimedia Revolution
Sometimes, a regulatory idea comes along that is so stupid and offensive, one assumes it couldn’t actually be real. “Who could possibly think this is…
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Issues in the News 1. SAFETY President Bush hosts a swearing-in ceremony for incoming Secretary of Transportation Mary E.
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Issues in the News 1. HEALTH The FDA approves a new drug to treat severe cases of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Why All of Human History Has Been Leading Toward Google
Former Random House editorial director Jason Epstein has an interesting take on Google’s place in history, and how the Google Library project could…
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1. INTERNET President Bush prepares to sign a bill effectively banning Internet gambling. CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice…
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Issues in the News 1. BUSINESS The Justice Department approves the merger of AT&T and BellSouth Corp., leaving the decision…
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Assessing the Content of Google’s Character
To continue the Google-YouTube discussion begun by Peter, take a look at what some /. folks are saying about Google’s potential exposure to…
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Issues in the News 1. TECHNOLOGY Google buys Internet video pioneer YouTube for $1.65 billion.
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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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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…
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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.
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CEI Planet: July – August 2006
DOWNLOAD THE COMPLETE PLANET (PDF) “Two-Point-Eight-Trillion-Anything Is Scary” by P.J. O’Rourke…
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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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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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