According to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers, prices in the overall economy increased by 0.4% in February, with the annual inflation rate at 6% from last year. However, prices of online goods continued to fall, with digital prices dropping 0.3% from January 2023 and 1.4% from February 2022, according to the Adobe Digital […]
As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to revisit failed anti-tech legislation, it is important to remember the serious risks posed by the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), the Open App Markets Act (OAMA), the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), and other bills like them. There’s a reason why each of these bills […]
The U.S. tech industry has been a core driver of innovation for Americans and businesses of all sizes. But overzealous regulation by bureaucrats and lawmakers threatens American innovation and American competition abroad. Here’s what you need to know: — Overregulation stifles American innovation — Tech innovation supports U.S. competition abroad, especially with China — Tech […]
On September 8, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was held over amid concerns over the bill’s impact on content moderation. The same content moderation concerns in the JCPA are also present in the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA) and experts from Free Press, TechFreedom, and Taxpayers Protection Alliance have all noted […]
Sean Heather, Senior Vice President of International Regulatory Affairs & Antitrust at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, warns of three reasons why the pending anti-tech bills “will mark the beginning, not the end, of the government’s latest assault on the free market.” 1. The bills outlaw practices “routinely used today” across “every industry.” “Each of […]
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 […]
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: […]
Over the past year, the FTC has engaged in radical policy shifts and unprecedented overreach. As Springboard has previously highlighted, the agency has feigned transparency while taking sweeping steps to expand its own authority, increasing uncertainty among businesses and stepping into a lane usually reserved for Congress. Here’s a recap of what you need to […]
A new study by NERA Economics, commissioned by CCIA, finds that proposed antitrust bills in the House and Senate would cost the U.S. economy a total of up to $319 billion over time. This is the first economic study to offer policymakers quantified costs on the package of proposed legislation that would fundamentally reshape antitrust […]
Senator Klobuchar’s American Innovation and Choice Online Act could give foreign adversaries like China and Russia access to American user data and our digital infrastructure. In last week’s markup of the bill, several members of the Senate Judiciary Committee pointed out that the bill could have serious, “dangerous” impacts on data privacy and security. Here’s […]
Hostility to innovation and technology diminishes the incredible Internet-enabled opportunities that leading tech services provide: empowering consumers, driving prices down and increasing choice, and providing platforms to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. It has given us a golden era of entertainment, knowledge, and everything from fashion startups, to booming mom and pop stores, to the latest app.
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