Report: US Has Lost Global Leadership Position in Digital Policy

The United States is falling behind in global digital leadership amid growing anti-tech sentiments in politics hindering innovation and economic growth in the digital space across the United States, according to a new report.

The report titled “Restoring U.S. Leadership on Digital Policy” – published by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation on July 31 – features a 15-point plan on how to get the U.S.’s leadership position in digital policy on the world stage.

During the 1990s, the United States emerged as a global leader in digital policy in part due to its pro-innovation approach to digital innovation. However, with growing partisanship and a lack of interest in promoting U.S. digital policy across multiple White House administrations and within Congress, the U.S.’s global dominance in digital policy has declined in recent years, allowing for allies like the EU and foreign adversaries like China to fill a digital power vacuum.