Kate Beinkampen

FacebookTwitterLinkedInAs President Trump takes office for the second time, a pressing question will be how to handle the Biden administration’s legacy of targeting large businesses. In 2021, President Biden issued an executive order on competition, launching an all-of-government effort to reverse, or at least stay, a century-long trend

A panel of experts discussed the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—a $42.45 billion initiative launched in 2021 to expand high-speed internet access—which has faced implementation delays with benefits not expected until 2025 or later.

FacebookTwitterLinkedInThe Biden administration has launched a crash effort to push out as much of the $39 billion in semiconductor manufacturing funds—appropriated under the CHIPS and Science Act—as possible before it leaves office. The reason? Donald Trump vowed to kill the program.

FacebookTwitterLinkedInIndia’s Digital Competition Bill of 2024 represents a crucial balancing act for the nation’s digital economy. The legislation aims to foster digital entrepreneurship while carefully avoiding regulatory constraints that could impede technological innovation. However, the bill is not without its criticism, and experts argue that its anti-big-business agenda and ambiguous policy prescriptions could hinder rather than help the economy’s growth.

Can AI chatbots like ChatGPT be held liable for defamation or negative reputational externalities after producing false information about a public individual?

In a win for tech policy and administrative law, the Sixth Circuit brought an end to the decade-long fight over net neutrality by prohibiting the Federal Communications Commission from applying Title II common carrier regulation to broadband providers.

FacebookTwitterLinkedInWith a new Congress sworn in last week and the second Trump administration eager to implement policy changes through the executive branch, our scholars are looking to the year ahead and examining the potential tech policy changes on the horizon.

FacebookTwitterLinkedInUnder a standard of recency that allowed me to review a 40-year-old book in 2023, I want to celebrate the very recent publication, over a year ago, of two articles on the law of eavesdropping. Historically, there was fairly robust law on listening in. Given new technological forms of secret overhearing, that law may have applications in the present day.

Meta's controversial decision to replace prior content-moderation efforts with a more laissez-faire approach was likely influenced by the incoming Trump administration, but also by the outgoing Biden administration's efforts to squelch free speech on social media platforms.

Event Summary On January 21, AEI’s Michael R. Strain and James W. Coleman welcomed two panels of experts to discuss the policies and regulations for building physical infrastructure in the US. The first panel analyzed the trajectory for when new infrastructure building projects and permitting requirements such as environmental impact surveys will interact in terms...