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DC v. SF: A Clash of Visions for Tech Policy

October 18, 2013

How do DC and SF think about the future? Are their visions of how to promote, and adapt to, technological change compatible? Or are America’s...


FISA Court, let us make the case for transparency

October 11, 2013

As part of its mass surveillance programs, the federal government has asked private companies like Google and Microsoft for users’ data ███ times in the...


The real fight in Washington: Can we plan a better future?

October 11, 2013

George Will nailed it in this 2012 column: America now is divided between those who find this social churning unnerving and those who find it...


The humility Hayek urged would serve tech policymakers well

October 9, 2013

Humility about our ability to plan or steer the future from the top down should be the chief virtue of tech regulators. We’re fond of...


Is the FCC stalling on the IP Transition to coerce concessions from telcos?

October 9, 2013

The companies that own the old copper telephone networks are chomping at the bit to transition to Internet Protocol so they can carry not only...


Shutdown delays oral arguments in key data security case: FTC v. Wyndham

October 8, 2013

We recently noted that a Federal district court had finally set oral arguments on Wyndham Hotels’ motion to dismiss the FTC’s data security enforcement action....