Recommendation

The State Department should promote America’s pro-innovation approach to digital policy globally.

Details

The State Department should lead on a global narrative arguing why the United States’ pro-innovation approach to digital policy is best for countries hoping to thrive in the digital economy and compete with China. This narrative should include debunking the “harm gap” between EU and U.S. approaches—the argument that the EU’s “values based” approach is significantly more effective than the U.S. approach at protecting consumers from online harm. There is indeed a “third way” between Chinese digital authoritarianism and European statist regulation and the U.S. government needs to actively educate other nations on this reality.

Keep reading:

▪ Ash Johnson, “Restoring US Leadership on Digital Policy” (ITIF, July 2023), https://itif.org/publications/2023/07/31/restoring-us-leadership-on-digital-policy/.