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Setting the Policy Agenda on Innovation Issues
- Alongside our in-depth policy reports, ITIF’s long-running Innovation Files blog serves as a forum where analysts provide quick takes, quips, and commentary on the latest in technology and innovation policy.
- Other blogs from ITIF include In the Arena, Rob Atkinson’s notes on the battle of ideas, plus special series such as the Brussels Effect, examining how the EU exports its regulatory agenda; Defending Digital, examining spurious critiques of the tech industry; and Innovate4Health, covering the intersection between intellectual property and life sciences innovation.
- ITIF analysts also frequently contribute op-eds and commentary pieces to leading publications around the world.
March 7, 2025|Blogs
Texas Cracked the Code on Broadband Deployment. Now It Can Lead on Affordability.
Texas is proving that tech-neutral, efficient broadband deployment can close the digital divide—on budget and with surplus funds to boost affordability.
March 7, 2025|Blogs
The Global Spread of Protectionist Policies That Squeeze American Tech Companies
A growing proliferation of antitrust regulations, content-moderation requirements, data-localization mandates, digital service taxes, exorbitant fines and fees, and local content requirements reveals a clear pattern: They are designed to unfairly burden and extract revenue from American Big Tech.
March 6, 2025|Blogs
AI Is Key to Trump’s Education Overhaul
Education Secretary Linda McMahon proposed eliminating the Department of Education by cutting federal bureaucracy to empower state-led innovation, but true transformation in American education requires a national commitment to investing in AI-driven personalized learning.
March 5, 2025|Blogs
After DOGE: Trump’s Chance to Modernize
The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has aggressively downsized the federal workforce. To maintain essential services with fewer staff, the administration must embrace digital transformation, leveraging AI, automation, and self-service portals to improve efficiency and modernize government operations.
March 4, 2025|Op-Eds & Contributed Articles
Korea’s Digital Gamble: Will New Tech Rules Hurt Innovation and Help China?
South Korea risks harming its consumers, economy, and relationship with the United States by adopting Europe's flawed digital competition regulations.
March 3, 2025|Blogs
Driving American Innovation: Leveraging the Power of Women in STEM
As the United States seeks to boost domestic innovation and industry, unlocking the transformative potential of women in STEM is essential for to continue building American Innovation.
March 3, 2025|Blogs
Fact of the Week: A 10 Percent Increase in Robot Density in Manufacturing Sectors Results in a 2 Percent Decrease in Injuries
A study of 15 manufacturing industries across 18 European nations from 2011 to 2019 found that a 10 percent increase in robot density resulted in a 0.07 percent reduction in fatalities and a 1.96 percent decrease in injuries.
February 28, 2025|Blogs
The Tech Oligarchy That Isn’t: Big Tech’s Power Is Overstated
Critics on both sides of the aisle view the “private power” of dominant tech firms as unassailable and protected by anticompetitive conduct, but their alleged monopoly power is often overstated.
February 28, 2025|Blogs
New FTC COPPA Rule Update Does Little for Parents to Protect Children Online
There is still time to adjust the COPPA Rule to better protect children and empower parents without imposing unnecessary burdens on businesses and users.
February 28, 2025|Blogs
Protectionism Will Hold Back Europe’s Innovation
If the European Commission truly wants innovation-led growth, it should abandon the idea that protection equals prosperity.
