Tom Wheeler

A beam splitter is seen in the setup of the quantum simulator in the strontium laboratory at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics. Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Aiwanger (Free Voters) visited the institute on the occasion of the handover of notifications for quantum technology research to the Max Planck and Fraunhofer institutes involved in the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV).

If the Metaverse Is Left Unregulated, Companies Will Track Your Gaze and Emotions

TIME Tuesday, June 21, 2022

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar D-MN, greets Ms. Charlotte Slaiman, Competition Policy Director, Public Knowledge, before testifying before the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights in a hearing to examine big data, focusing on implications for competition and consumers on Capitol Hill

History repeats itself with Big Tech’s misleading advertising

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

A protester holds a placard expressing his opinion across the street from the Pennsylvania State Capitol.About 40 people gathered on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol for the '1st Amendment--Conservatives Being Censored' rally. (Photo by Paul Weaver / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Elon Musk, the Buffalo shooting, Texas, and Internet free speech

Monday, May 23, 2022

Threats to American democracy

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Microsoft President Brad Smith listens

Time for a new digital regulatory authority

Friday, April 15, 2022

Thierry Breton, Cedric O, Andreas Schwab and Margrethe Vestager at a press conference on the outcome of the negotiations on the Digital Markets Act in the European Parliament Brussels

U.S. regulatory inaction opened the doors for the EU to step up on internet

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Southwest flight lands in San Diego

Did the FAA cry wolf on 5G?

Friday, January 21, 2022

Mug and gloves sitting atop books

12 Days of Brookings

Tanvi Madan, Tom Wheeler, Andre M. Perry, Thomas Wright, Colin Kahl, Richard V. Reeves, Michael E. O’Hanlon, David Wessel, Ryan Hass, Molly E. Reynolds, Bruce Jones, Jonathan Rauch, and Fiona Hill

Thursday, December 23, 2021

JANET Airlines lands at McCarran Airport

Will 5G mean airplanes falling from the sky?

Monday, November 22, 2021

Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram logos are displayed through broken glass in this illustration taken October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Will the Facebook whistleblower’s testimony spur new US digital regulation?

Tom Wheeler and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, October 14, 2021