Telecommunications & Internet

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai during an event on United States 5G deployment in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC19EF413F60

TechTank

How the FCC lost a year in “the race to 5G”

Tom Wheeler

Friday, June 14, 2019

Thu

Jun

Upcoming Event

Information-sharing ecosystems: How they operate and what that means for privacy legislation

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds her weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan - RC14B9B3C0F0

TechTank

Deepfakes, social media, and the 2020 election

John Villasenor

Monday, June 3, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hold a news conference during the 'Christchurch Call Meeting' at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 15, 2019. Yoan Valat/Pool via REUTERS - RC155DB283B0

TechTank

The US falls behind international efforts to rein in technology platforms

Clara Hendrickson

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Reports

Visitors check their phones behind the screen advertising facial recognition software during Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) at the National Convention in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC1838EC3EA0

Technology & Innovation

Algorithmic bias detection and mitigation: Best practices and policies to reduce consumer harms

Nicol Turner Lee, Paul Resnick, and Genie Barton

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

A woman looks at her Apple iPhone X at an Apple store in New York, U.S., November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson - RC1AE432FB10

Privacy

Breaking down proposals for privacy legislation: How do they regulate?

Cameron F. Kerry

Friday, March 8, 2019

People walk past a 5G banner during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain

Telecommunications & Internet

Enabling opportunities: 5G, the internet of things, and communities of color

Nicol Turner Lee

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Israel

Addressing Israel's growing demand for skills in the developing world

Dany Bahar

December 2018

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Telecommunications & Internet

Who makes the rules in the new Gilded Age?

Tom Wheeler

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Blog Posts

TechTank

Brookings survey finds three-quarters of online users rarely read business terms of service

Darrell M. West

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

The Avenue

Presidential announcement ignores core question: What is leadership in 5G?

Blair Levin

Friday, May 17, 2019

Customers use the internet at a Starbucks in the financial district in New York City, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC174920FF60

TechTank

Internet capitalism pits fast technology against slow democracy

Tom Wheeler

Monday, May 6, 2019

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Events

2019

May

Past Event

Algorithmic bias: New research on best practices and policies to reduce consumer harms

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Digital technology in the age of artificial intelligence: A comparative perspective

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Regulating online consumer privacy and emerging technologies

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Multimedia

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Telecommunications & Internet

Who’s left out by America’s digital divide?

Nicol Turner Lee and Fred Dews

Friday, October 5, 2018

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Privacy

America’s data privacy problem

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Friday, July 27, 2018

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