Press Releases

In response to French President Emmanuel Macron’s letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging the European Commission to ban social media for children under 15 across the EU, ITIF issued the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Ash Johnson.

A sweeping ban on advanced AI in the United States would sacrifice tangible benefits for Americans and hand China a strategic advantage without eliminating the underlying risks.

Following Judge Leonie Brinkema’s order rejecting the Justice Department’s request to force Google to divest its AdX ad exchange, ITIF released the following statement from Jack Nicastro.

Following the approval of the SAT Streamlining Act by the House Communications and Technology Subcommittee, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released this statement from Policy Analyst Ellis Scherer.

The FTC has already extracted $2.5 billion from Amazon in a consumer protection case settled last year. Now it is back for another massive lawsuit—but where is the consumer harm?

Nearly half of Americans (46 percent) oppose new data center developments in their communities, and barely a quarter (26 percent) support them. That gives data centers the least support by a wide margin among 10 types of local development the poll tested.

Meta’s settlement highlights the consequences of leaving Congress’ job to courts, state lawmakers, and technology companies: Companies face potentially massive litigation over standards that federal lawmakers have not established, courts face complex questions of public policy with scant legal precedent, and families face a confusing patchwork of rules that varies by state and platform.

Following the successful landing of a first-stage booster by Chinese rocket company Landspace, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released the following statement from Policy Analyst Ellis Scherer.

Governor Shapiro is right that data center development should be transparent, that companies should engage with communities, and that they should pay the full cost of the electricity and infrastructure they require. But today's executive order goes too far. It mixes sensible safeguards with unnecessary restrictions and rhetoric that risks making responsible investment harder.

Following ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC to stop an early license renewal process for eight affiliated stations, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released the following statement from ITIF Policy Analyst Ellis Scherer.