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Techno-philosophyPrivacy & Data RegulationInnovation & Competition PolicyTelecommunications & BroadbandAI, Algorithms, & Platform Regulation | Gig Economy & Miscellaneous


Breaking Up Big Tech Is Hard to Do – July 22, 2018 – Wall Street JournalThe Law & Economics of “Owning Your Data” – April 10, 2018 – American Action ForumWhy A Data Portability Act Might Not Be An Effective Policy Path – February 6, 2018 – American Action Forum[Understanding the Impact of Algorithms Requires Social Significance, Not Simply Statistical Significance](http://trustworthy-algorithms.org/whitepapers/William Rinehart.pdf) – December 4, 2017 – Workshop on Trustworthy Algorithmic Decision-Making

The Online Public Sphere or: Facebook, Google, Reddit, and Twitter also support positive communities – July 11, 2018 – The Technology Liberation FrontIs Internet Access a Right? – June 14, 2018 – Liberal CurrentsIlliberal Reformers of Speech – February 26, 2018 – Liberal CurrentsTechnologies of Freedom – January 3, 2018 – Cato UnboundThe Enchantment of Code and the Rise of Technoanimism – January 18, 2017 – Medium

Techno-philosophy

Reviving the Office of Technology Assessment would require a set of specific conditions in Congress. We have simply not arrived at that time. – June 15, 2019 – Tech Liberation Front

The Political Economy of Expertise – June 14, 2019 – Cato Unbound

An Esoteric Reading of LM Sacasas – February 26, 2019 – The Technology Liberation Front

Jordan Peterson’s Missing Rhetoric: A Reaction To The Recent Tyler Cowen Interview – February 15, 2019 – Medium

The Kids Are Going To Be Alright – January 17, 2019 – The Technology Liberation Front

Smarter Together, to What Ends? A Review of AIQ – December 14, 2018 – Prototype

Three Short Responses To The Pacing Problem – November 27, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Book Review: Cathy O’Neil’s “Weapons of Math Destruction” – November 7, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

In Defense of Techno-optimism – October 10, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

The Definition of Technology Matters For Tech Policy And Growth – August 6, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

The Online Public Sphere or: Facebook, Google, Reddit, and Twitter also support positive communities – July 11, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Is Internet Access a Right? – June 14, 2018 – Liberal Currents

Illiberal Reformers of Speech – February 26, 2018 – Liberal Currents

Technologies of Freedom – January 3, 2018 – Cato Unbound

Democracy as an Essentially Contested Concept – December 21, 2017 – Cato Unbound

Fake News and Our Real Problems – December 5, 2017 – Cato Unbound

Where Economists and Data Scientists Diverge – October 10, 2017 – Medium

The Rhetoric of Technopanics And Why It Matters – September 15, 2017 – Medium

The Enchantment of Code and the Rise of Technoanimism – January 18, 2017 – Medium

What Ever Happened to Slacktivism? – January 12, 2017 – Soapbox DC

If I never again heard about the trolley problem applied to autonomous vehicles, I would be excessively happy – November 2, 2016 – Medium

We Are All Cyberlibertarians: An Exploration of Technological Determinism and Cyberlibertarianism – September 7, 2016 – Tech Policy Corner

As Election Season Heats Up, Remember This Chart – April 15, 2016 – Medium

Yet Another Unprovable Theory About Trump’s Political Rise – March 17, 2016 – Soapbox DC

 

Privacy & Data Regulation

Hearing on Data Ownership: Exploring Implications for Data Privacy Rights and Data Valuation – October 24, 2019 – Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

How Do You Value Data? A Reply To Jaron Lanier’s Op-Ed In The NYT – September 23, 2019 – Tech Liberation Front

Will the Antitrust Investigation into Google Benefit Consumers? – September 18, 2019 – American Action Forum

Fallout from the Facebook Fine – August 6, 2019 – American Action Forum

The Anti-Coherence of American Surveillance – April 15, 2019 – Medium

A Dive Into Digital Dividends – April 2, 2019 – American Action Forum

Approaches to Regulating Technology: From Privacy to A.I. (editor) – March 15, 2019 – American Action Forum

Four Reasons Why Senator Warren’s Public Utility Proposal Will Backfire – March 12, 2019 – American Action Forum

Understanding The ADD Act – January 17, 2019 – American Action Forum

Primer: How To Understand And Approach AI Regulation – January 10, 2019 – American Action Forum

An AI Innovation Agenda – January 10, 2019 – American Action Forum

NTIA Comments on Developing the Administration’s Approach to Consumer Privacy – November 8, 2018 – American Action Forum

Opt-In Mandates Shouldn’t Be Included In Privacy Laws – November 8, 2018 – American Action Forum

Should the US Adopt the GDPR? – October 1, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Debate: Should the U.S. Copy the EU’s New Privacy Law? – October 4, 2018 – Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

Explaining The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation – May 22, 2018 – American Action Forum

The Law & Economics of “Owning Your Data” – April 10, 2018 – American Action Forum

Why A Data Portability Act Might Not Be An Effective Policy Path – February 6, 2018 – American Action Forum

The Social Graph Portability Act Doesn’t Take Tech Seriously, and That’s Worrying – October 13, 2017 – Medium

The BROWSER Act Explained – June 14, 2017 – American Action Forum

Why the LabMD Case Matters for the Regulation of Privacy – November 16, 2016 – American Action Forum

No Congress Didn’t Give the FCC a Broad Mandate to Regulate Privacy – June 23, 2016 – American Action Forum

Proposed FCC Privacy Rules Would Harm Innovation – June 7, 2016 – American Action Forum

What Exactly Constitutes A Privacy Harm? – June 1, 2016 – American Action Forum

An Explanation Of The Newly Proposed FCC Privacy Rules – April 19, 2016 – American Action Forum

The Broad Implications of the Newly Invalid US-EU Data Pact – October 7, 2015 – American Action Forum

Student Data Privacy: 5 Rules to Follow – June 4, 2015 – American Action Forum

The Market Realities that Undermined the FTC’s Antitrust Case Against Google – July, 2013 – Harvard Journal of Law & Technology

To what standard of free speech should we hold Twitter? – June 5, 2013 – The Commentator (UK)

The internet, like the press, works best when left alone – May 20, 2013 – The Commentator (UK)

Balancing innovation with data protection – May 7, 2013 – The Commentator (UK)

 

Innovation & Competition Policy

The Entrepreneurial State, Some Brief Comments – October 16, 2019 – Tech Liberation Front

Breaking up Facebook Would Be a Technical and Organizational Nightmare — and Would Almost Certainly Harm Consumers – July 24, 2019 – Truth on the Market

Comments for the Department of Justice’s Competition in Television and Digital Advertising Workshop – June 17, 2019 – American Action Forum

Signaling and supply chains in the Chinese startup scene – January 28, 2019 – Medium

Is There a Kill Zone in Tech? – November 7, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

The Government Should Not Ban Mergers And Buyouts – October 4, 2018 – American Action Forum

Scaling Innovation: Why We Should Preserve the Consumer Welfare Standard in Antitrust Policy – October 4, 2018 – Information Technology & Innovation Foundation

The Lasting Legacy of the Amazon-Whole Foods Merger Will Likely Be the Spread of Grocery Tech– August 28, 2018 – Truth On The Market

The Competition Debate: Is Big Tech Good for America? – July 27, 2018 – IGF-USA

Breaking Up Big Tech Is Hard to Do – July 22, 2018 – Wall Street Journal

Breaking Up Tech Companies Means Breaking Up Teams And The Underlying Technology – July 23, 2018 – American Action Forum

A History Of Failure: Government-Imposed Corporate Breakups – June 27, 2018 – American Action Forum

The AT&T-Time Warner Decision – June 13, 2018 – American Action Forum

Did the Microsoft Antitrust Case Pave the Way for the Tech Revolution? – February 28, 2018 – American Action Forum

Proposed Antitrust Legislation Would Be A Radical Departure – January 5, 2018 – American Action Forum

Should We Care About The Size of Firms? Charting the Connections Between Productivity, Entrepreneurism, and Big Business – November 2, 2017 – American Action Forum

How to Think About Modern Media Mergers – June 20, 2014 – American Action Forum

A Framework to Reform FCC Competition Policy – June 13, 2014 – American Action Forum

E-Books and the Boundaries of Antitrust – September 3, 2012 – Concurrences, No. 3-2012

 

Telecommunications & Broadband

Breaking Down Sanders’ Broadband Plan – December 19, 2019 – American Action Forum

What is C-Band? – October 16, 2019 – American Action Forum

Analyzing Plans To Reallocate C-Band for 5G Deployment – October 7, 2019 – American Action Forum

The AAF Exchange Ep. 10: Rural Broadband – September 3, 2019 – American Action Forum

Corporations Aren’t the Problem with Broadband Access – September 3, 2019 – American Action Forum

Would A Federal Broadband Program Help Rural Areas? – August 15, 2019 – American Action Forum

What Is Being Done to Combat Robocalls? – June 5, 2019 – American Action Forum

Net neutrality debate is really about the ballooning regulatory state – April 12, 2019 – Washington Examiner

Beware Beto’s Siren Song of Rural Broadband – March 26, 2019 – RealClearPolicy

If you’re worried about net neutrality, put your reputation on the line and make a prediction about the future – December 17, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Should The New NPR Poll On Rural America Make You Reconsider Your View of Rural Broadband Development? – October 17, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

The T-Mobile-Sprint Merger And False Market Distinctions – September 16, 2018 – American Action Forum

Comments on the transfer of control of Sprint Corporation to T-Mobile – September 16, 2018 – FCC Commentary

Broadband e-Connectivity Pilot Program Comments – September 10, 2018 – Regulations.gov Submission

A Look At Rural Broadband Economics – August 14, 2018 – American Action Forum

The Congressional Review Act Might Not Fully Restore Net Neutrality, Leaving It A Zombie Regulation – April 19, 2018 – American Action Forum

What’s In The Infrastructure Plan For Broadband? – February 22, 2018 – American Action Forum

The Right Legislation For Net Neutrality – January 24, 2018 – American Action Forum

Full Steam Ahead on The FCC’s Office of Economics and Analytics – January 17, 2018 – American Action Forum

Five Questions To Ask About The Network Neutrality Rule Change – December 14, 2017 – American Action Forum

Eliminating Burdensome Media Ownership Rules Will Help Outlets Adapt To The Digital World – November 15, 2017 – American Action Forum

The $40 Billion Broadband Plan That Misses the Mark – November 2, 2017 – American Action Forum

The Title II Order Is Costly and Ineffective, It Should Be Repealed – August 30, 2017 – FCC Restoring Internet Freedom Filing

Rural Broadband Redux, What We Know – August 22, 2017 – American Action Forum

Why Is The Broadband Infrastructure Debate Dominated By Supply-Siders? – June 21, 2017 – Medium

Broadband Subsidies Totaled $8.2 Billion Last Year  – June 1, 2017 – American Action Forum

Four Missing Pieces To The John Oliver Bit On Net Neutrality – May 12, 2017 – American Action Forum

FCC Data Suggests Broadband Inequality Has Decreased – May 11, 2017 – American Action Forum

Is Cost Really Stopping Consumers From Getting Broadband? – May 10, 2017 – American Action Forum

Keeping the Internet Open and Free Doesn’t Mean Title II – April 26, 2017 – American Action Forum

Why More Government Owned Broadband Networks Aren’t Being Built – April 13, 2017 – American Action Forum

Five Myths Of The Broadband Privacy CRA – April 4, 2017 – American Action Forum

How Well Do Rural Broadband Subsidies Work? – March 1, 2017 – American Action Forum

Is The Lifeline Subsidy An Effective Program? – February 28, 2017 – American Action Forum

FCC Chairman Wheeler By The Numbers – February 8, 2017 – American Action Forum

The Real Question Behind Zero-Rating: Who Should Pay? – February 7, 2017 – Medium

The Early History of the FCC Doesn’t Provide a Basis for Regulating Facebook and Google Now – January 10, 2017 – Medium

What The FCC Left Out From Its Zero-Rating Analysis – January 4, 2017 – American Action Forum

The FCC’s Media Ownership Order is a Retreat from Congressional Mandate – August 29, 2016 – American Action Forum

FCC’s Overreach on Government Run Networks Gets Rebuke From Court – August 16, 2016 – American Action Forum

Court Finds Network Neutrality Rules Both Legal And Bad Policy – June 21, 2016 – American Action Forum

Everything You Need To Know About Spectrum: A Primer – June 9, 2016 – American Action Forum

Four More Things We Know About Fixed And Mobile Broadband Competition – May 24, 2016 – American Action Forum

Four Things We Know About Fixed And Mobile Broadband Competition – May 17, 2016 – American Action Forum

Merger Agreement Spotlights FCC’s Turn Away From Innovation – April 28, 2016 – American Action Forum

Throw Back Thursday: When The FCC Used To Be Independent – April 21, 2016 – American Action Forum

The White House Gets Involved in the FCC, An Independent Agency, Yet Again – April 21, 2016 – Medium

Why Netflix’s Recent Admission Matters For The Open Internet Debate – March 31, 2016 – American Action Forum

A Brief Overview Of The Upcoming Spectrum Auction And The Repacking Problems – March 24, 2016 – American Action Forum

Primer: The Basics Of Special Access – March 22, 2016 – American Action Forum

What’s Missing From Lifeline Reforms – March 18, 2016 – American Action Forum

20 Years Later, The FCC Still Needs To Align With Competition – March 9, 2016 – American Action Forum

Five Reforms To Modernize The Lifeline Subsidy Program – December 7, 2015 – American Action Forum

Five Charts to Reveal the Real Digital Divide – August 6, 2015 – American Action Forum

Why The Announcements from Google and Facebook Matter for US ISPs – August 5, 2015 – Medium

Policy Concerns of LTE in Unlicensed Spectrum – June 26, 2015 – American Action Forum

The FCC Shouldn’t Expand Spectrum Reserves – June 18, 2015 – American Action Forum

Charter/TWC Relevant Market Analysis – June 17, 2015 – American Action Forum

FCC Proposes Changes to Lifeline – June 9, 2015 – American Action Forum

The Real History of Title II and Investment – May 20, 2015 – American Action Forum

Small Businesses Bear the Brunt of Network Neutrality Rules – March 24, 2015 – American Action Forum

What is Driving the New Wifi First Cellular Services? – March 13, 2015 – Medium

Muni Projects Up To 50 Percent More Expensive for Consumers – March 5, 2015 – American Action Forum

Title II Reclassification is a Bad Software Patch – February 12, 2015 – American Action Forum

The FCC Changes the Definition of Broadband – February 2, 2015 – American Action Forum

Title II Reclassification Negatively Impacts Jobs and Investment – January 14, 2015 – American Action Forum

Primer: Network Neutrality and Title II – December 11, 2014 – American Action Forum

Title II Reclassification Explained – November 24, 2014 – American Action Forum

Net Neutrality and Reclassification Make American Broadband Consumers the Real Losers – November 17, 2014 – CNS News

A Look Inside The Complicated FCC Transaction Review Process – October 31, 2014 – American Action Forum

Reply Comments on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger – September 24, 2014 – American Action Forum

Taking Chairman Wheeler’s Broadband Competition Challenge Seriously – September 5, 2014 – American Action Forum

NFL Blackout Rule Has Run Its Course – September 4, 2014 – American Action Forum

The Daily Dish – August 26, 2014 – American Action Forum

Comments to the FCC on the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger – August 25, 2014 – American Action Forum

STELA Reauthorization Highlights Need for Video Reform – August 5, 2014 – American Action Forum

Comments to the FCC on Net Neutrality and Title II Reclassification – July 17, 2014 – American Action Forum

Principles to Rationalize Spectrum Policy – May 1, 2014 – American Action Forum

The Daily Dish – April 28, 2014 – American Action Forum

The Daily Dish – April 10, 2014 – American Action Forum

What is Network Neutrality – April 7, 2014 – American Action Forum

Guidelines & Questions to Frame the Network Neutrality Proceedings – March 21, 2014 – American Action Forum

What Does Netflix’s Strong Net Neutrality Actually Achieve? – March 21, 2014 – American Action Forum

Comcast-Time Warner Cable: An Overview of the Relevant Markets – February 19, 2014 – American Action Forum

New Net Neutrality Bill Drops, Concerns Still Linger – February 7, 2014 – American Action Forum

Network Neutrality Decision a Mixed Bag for Consumers – January 14, 2014 – American Action Forum

Reply Comments In the Matter of Modernizing the E-rate Program for Schools and Libraries – November 7, 2013 – TechFreedom & The International Center for Law & Economics

The Law and Economics of the FCC’s Transaction Review Process – August 23, 2013 – TPRC 41: The 41st Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy

Does cable really have a 97% profit margin? – February 15, 2013 – The Daily Caller

Regulators should keep their hands off 4G – April 7, 2013 – The Commentator (UK)

 

AI, Algorithms, & Platform Regulation

Understanding Job Loss Predictions From Artificial Intelligence – July 11, 2019 – American Action Forum

There are good reasons to be skeptical that automation will unravel the labor market – July 8, 2019 – Tech Liberation Front

The Precedents for Forcing Neutrality on Tech Platforms – June 21, 2019 – American Action Forum

Approaches to Regulating Technology: From Privacy to A.I. (editor) – March 15, 2019 – American Action Forum

Four Reasons Why Senator Warren’s Public Utility Proposal Will Backfire – March 12, 2019 – American Action Forum

Primer: How To Understand And Approach AI Regulation – January 10, 2019 – American Action Forum

An AI Innovation Agenda – January 10, 2019 – American Action Forum

Smarter Together, to What Ends? A Review of AIQ – December 14, 2018 – Prototype

Is Facebook Now Over-moderating Content? – September 10, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Practical Problems with Regulating Tech in the Public Interest – August 30, 2018 – Prototype

Big Data Hubris – August 20, 2018 – Comments for the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection

Platform Competition And The Implications Of Amex – August 20, 2018 – Comments for the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection

Algorithmic Regulation And Consumer Welfare – August 20, 2018 – Comments for the FTC’s Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection

The Folly Of Compulsory Licensing – August 10, 2018 – Weekly Checkup

How Should Privacy Be Defined? A Roadmap – August 6, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Why Did The Facebook Stock Drop Last Week? Some Economics Of Decision-making – July 31, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Did The Supreme Court Get The Market Definition Correct In The Amex Case? – July 6, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Mandating AI Fairness May Come At The Expense Of Other Types of Fairness – June 21, 2018 – The Technology Liberation Front

Answering the Three Big Questions Surrounding Cambridge Analytica – March 21, 2018 – Medium

Maybe the fake news problem was always there, but only now it’s coming into the light – March 14, 2018 – Medium

The Perils of the Subscription Model – March 12, 2018 – Medium

Did Fake News Tip The Election? A Research Redux – February 21, 2018 – Medium

The Reactions To Facebook’s Changes Highlight The Privileged Status of News – January 19, 2018 – Medium

Understanding the Impact of Algorithms Requires Social Significance, Not Simply Statistical Significance – December 4, 2017 – Workshop on Trustworthy Algorithmic Decision-Making

Who is to Blame for Algorithmic Outrage? – September 21, 2017 – Medium

The Election of 2016 and the Filter Bubble Thesis in 2017 – September 15, 2017 – Medium

This is why most criticism of risk assessment models is mistaken – July 25, 2017 – Medium

Did Echo Chambers and Fake News Really Tip the Election? – December 02, 2016 – Real Clear Future

Was There Really A Fake News Epidemic? Three Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Rely On The Buzzfeed Analysis Of Fake News – January 31, 2017 – Medium

What’s Missing From the White House’s Reports on AI? A Balanced Take on Entrepreneurism – November 10, 2016 – American Action Forum

Primer: Why Algorithms Are Important to Public Policy – October 5, 2016 – American Action Forum

Are Google Ads Really Gender Biased? – August 29, 2016 – Medium

Which Policies Will Foster the Growth of Artificial Intelligence? – July 22, 2016 – American Action Forum

Is Facebook Suppressing Conservative News? Some Context and Questions to all the Innuendo – May 12, 2016 – Soapbox DC

Five Things We Know About The “Filter Bubble Thesis” – April 27, 2016 – Medium

What If Stalin Had Computers? Well, He Would Still Need Human Action – August 25, 2015 – Medium

The Algorithmic Filtering Debate Desperately Needs More Nuance – August 24, 2015 – Medium

 

Gig Economy & Miscellaneous

The Options For The Future Of The International Space Station – September 25, 2018 – American Action Forum

Making Sense of the 2017 Contingent Worker Survey – June 7, 2018 – American Action Forum

How Much Do Uber Drivers Make? From $2 Per Hour to $472 Per Hour – October 27, 2017 – American Action Forum

Testimony to the Council of the District of Columbia on Bill 22-92 – April 26, 2017 – American Action Forum

R&D Funding In The First Year Of Trump’s Administration – March 29, 2017 – American Action Forum

Washington should harness the power of the gig economy – January 10, 2017 – The Hill

The Gig Economy: Research and Policy Implications of Regional, Economic, and Demographic Trends – January 10, 2017 – The Aspen Institute

Six Questions Policymakers Should Ask About the Gig Economy – November 17, 2016 – American Action Forum

New York’s Short Term Rental Ban Only Limits Opportunities – October 26, 2016 – American Action Forum

An Innovation Agenda For 2017 – October 13, 2016 – American Action Forum

What Will Brexit Mean for US Tech And Digital Trade? – July 26, 2016 – American Action Forum

New York Law Would Wipe Half a Billion Dollars of Value for Airbnb Hosts – July 21, 2016 – American Action Forum

A $281 Billion Recycled Technology & Innovation Plan – June 30, 2016 – American Action Forum

How Workers are Benefiting in the Online Gig Economy – June 1, 2016 – American Action Forum

The Modern Online Gig Economy, Consumer Benefit, and the Importance of Regulatory Humility – November 19, 2015 – American Action Forum

Lifting The Ban On Internet Taxes Can Cost Consumers $16.4 Billion – September 30, 2015 – American Action Forum

Funding Increases in Basic Research Illuminate Changing Nature of Innovation – September 24, 2015 – American Action Forum

In the Online Gig Economy, Policymakers Should Empower Workers – August 11, 2015 – American Action Forum

Independent Contractors and the Emerging Gig Economy – July 29, 2015 – American Action Forum

John Deere’s Copyright Issues – May 26, 2015 – American Action Forum

Uber and the Economics of Discrimination – May 20, 2015 – On-Demand

Recent Developments in Patent Policy – April 21, 2015 – American Action Forum

The President’s Plans for Technology and Innovation in FY 2016 – February 2, 2015 – American Action Forum

The Economics of Ello’s Manifesto – October 15, 2014 – Medium

The Cost of an Internet Access Tax – October 8, 2014 – American Action Forum

Intellectual Property Underpinnings of Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Primer – July 29, 2014 – American Action Forum

President Obama’s Take on Technology and Innovation in the FY 2015 Budget – March 4, 2014 – American Action Forum

CISPA fight reveals political split in Internet policy battles – April 23, 2013 – The Commentator (UK)