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June 12, 2025|Publications
UK Spending Review’s Modest Tech Investment Falls Short of Innovation Ambitions, Says CDI
Following the release of the UK Government’s Spending Review 2025, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Policy Analyst Matthew Kilcoyne.
June 11, 2025|Publications
Government Stands Firm on AI and Copyright as Much Needed Data Bill Passes, Says CDI
Following the passage of the Data Use and Access Bill, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Ayesha Bhatti, head of digital policy for the UK and EU.
June 10, 2025|Publications
The FDA Is Showing How to Deliver on the Promise of AI, Says ITIF
Following the FDA's announcement to unleash AI and harness big data as core new priorities, ITIF released the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar and Vice President for Global Innovation Policy Stephen Ezell.
June 6, 2025|Publications
NTIA Is Right to Curb Expensive Fiber Overreach—Next Stop: Affordability, Says ITIF
Following NTIA’s release of new rules and guidance for the BEAD program, Joe Kane, ITIF's director of broadband and spectrum policy, released this statement.
May 27, 2025|Publications
Underinvestment in Capital Equipment Is Harming Canadian Productivity, Competitiveness, and Economic Growth, New Report Finds
Canada is in a productivity crisis. Without targeted reforms to boost capital investment and modernize data collection, Canada will continue falling further behind in global competitiveness and economic growth.
May 22, 2025|Publications
Discretionary Tariffs on Apple iPhones Won’t Reshore Manufacturing—They’ll Raise Costs and Erode Trust, Says ITIF
A discretionary tariff on Apple will not have a positive short-term impact on manufacturing since Apple cannot instantly shift its production to the United States. Instead, such a measure would raise costs and signal to prospective investors that the United States is becoming an unpredictable and unreliable environment due to discretionary actions targeting specific firms.
May 22, 2025|Publications
Trump Is Right to Press the EU on Its Unfair Regulatory Attacks, But Should Remove Tariff Threats If the EU Starts Playing by Fair Rules, Says ITIF
The Trump administration is right to push back on the EU for its growing list of unjustified corporate penalties and digital regulations specifically targeting U.S. technology firms. If threatening to escalate tariffs succeeds in pressuring the EU to revisiting its unfair regulations, then it can be a positive step.
May 21, 2025|Publications
US Semiconductor Tariffs Could Reduce GDP Growth by $1.4 Trillion Over 10 Years, Costing American Households More Than $4,000, ITIF Finds
Blanket semiconductor tariffs will slam the economy, hike costs for businesses, and leave American households footing a $4,000 bill over the next decade.
May 21, 2025|Publications
New Korean Policy Center in Leading US Think Tank Calls for New Economic Playbook to Drive Growth; Plan Emphasizes Technological Innovation, Not Just Exports
The Center for Korean Innovation and Competitiveness calls for the South Korean government to shift from its longstanding strategy of export-led growth to a new model emphasizing broad-based technological innovation to boost productivity.
May 16, 2025|Publications
FCC Should Stop Tying Merger Reviews to Partisan Views on HR Practices, Says ITIF
Following the FCC’s approval of the pending Verizon-Frontier merger, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading think tank for science and technology policy, released the following statement from Joe Kane.
News Clips
June 5, 2025|Publications
The Starlink Conundrum
The Dispatch quoted Joe Kane in coverage of tech-neutral broadband, specifically on the impact Elon Musk has had on the adoption of LEO technology.
June 5, 2025|Publications
Amazon Would Like You to Hand Over Your Palm Print, Please
Vox quoted Ash Johnson on the safety of Amazon’s palm scanning at doctor’s visits: “It’s a lot harder to steal somebody’s fingerprint or face print or palm print than it is to steal their cards out of their wallet or their pocket.”
June 4, 2025|Publications
US Companies Are Scrambling to Move Supply Chains. This Small Island Could Be the Answer
CNN quoted Stephen Ezell in coverage of how U.S. firms could move supply chains to the Dominican Republic to take advantage of its “free zone” in response to trade uncertainty under the Trump administration: “Essentially, the DR’s free zones operate a ‘turnkey’ suite of services that ease and streamline doing business in the country.”
June 4, 2025|Publications
Simington Expected to Announce Departure From FCC
Communications Daily quoted Joe Kane in coverage of the expected departure of FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington.
June 3, 2025|Publications
Bay Area City Gets Settlement in AI Pornography Case, While ‘Deepnude’ Owner Remains Defiant
The East Bay Times quoted Ash Johnson, senior policy manager, on the challenges of enforcing penalties against foreign actors creating AI pornography.
June 2, 2025|Publications
Is a US Social Media Policy Built Around Just One Person?
Politico quoted Daniel Castro in support of recent content moderation guidelines mandated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while warning of the risk of undermining human rights law.
May 29, 2025|Publications
Groups Want Trump Administration to Clamp Down on State Broadband Regulations
Communications Daily qutoed Joe Kane in coverage of Trump administration efforts to tighten state broadband guidelines.
May 29, 2025|Publications
On Chinese Student Visas, MAGA Scores Another Victory Over Tech
Kicking out Chinese students “is, frankly, going to play into the Chinese’s hands,” Rob Atkinson told POLITICO. “They’re going to ramp up the research and teaching quality of their universities even more, so that in 10 years even if we were begging them to send their students, they’re going to say, ‘Nah, we’re not going to do that.’”
May 29, 2025|Publications
The World and Everything in It
Stephen Ezell joined the World podcast to discuss how tariffs are impacting drugs and drug prices in the Unites States.
May 28, 2025|Publications
Can Locally Made Green Ammonia Replace Fertilizer From Fossil Fuels?
Canary Media quoted Robin Gaster in coverage of how modular plants that make ammonia from green hydrogen could cut carbon and costs from fertilizer supply chains in America’s heartland.