As China aggressively promotes its domestic tech sector and gathers vast amounts of international user data, pursuing anti-tech legislation is the exact opposite of what Congress should be doing to protect America’s national and economic security. It’s critical to understand what breaking up our world-leading tech sector would mean for our most important national interests. […]

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The anti-tech bills currently being debated in Congress—the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA)—would put American national security at risk, writes Mark Jamison, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and professor at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, in an op-ed in The National […]

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AICOA does not address serious national security concerns that experts have continued to warn the legislation raises. These concerns have become more pressing in light of the current geopolitical landscape, but the amended version of AICOA does not meaningfully address these concerns. Here’s what to read to get up to speed:  1) The proposed anti-tech […]

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The amended American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) does not address the serious national security concerns that experts have warned the legislation raises—and experts continue to sound the alarm. Here’s what to read to get up to speed: 1. AICOA “will place U.S. companies at a structural disadvantage” relative to China, warn Former Director […]

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As Congress returns from the July Fourth recess, it is worth recapping what experts have said about AICOA’s negative impacts on U.S. national security, privacy, content moderation, and consumer welfare, including how the recently revised AICOA solves none of these problems yet carves out big telcos and banks.  Must reads: 1) More Economic And National […]

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A group of former U.S. economic and national security officials sent a letter to Republican congressional leaders expressing strong concerns about proposed anti-tech legislation — specifically, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and the Open App Markets Act — that could weaken America’s national security. Signatories include Larry Kudlow, former Director of the […]

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Despite this week’s press conference, the revisions to the House and Senate antitrust bills do nothing to address the wide range of concerns raised by a variety of stakeholders, including Senators and Representatives, America’s leading tech innovators, and experts from national security, industry, and civil society. Here are some of the key concerns: 1. The […]

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Sen. Klobuchar’s revised American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) recognizes the original bill’s numerous problems, as raised by a bipartisan group of 13 senators during January’s Senate Judiciary Committee markup, but solves none of them. Even worse, this new legislation explicitly carves out big telecommunications, banks, and credit card companies. Without the special exemption, an […]

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Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), member of the House Committees on Intelligence and Homeland Security, recently raised serious questions about how congressional anti-tech bills would harm U.S. national security.  These concerns add to a growing chorus of national security experts who have expressed serious concerns about the bills’ impact on American security and competitiveness. Swalwell explained: […]

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Seven former U.S. national security officials who served in Democratic and Republican administrations—including former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, and NSA Director Michael Rogers—have released an open letter calling for a national security review of legislation that could limit American tech companies’ ability to fight cyber threats and other […]

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