Press Releases

The European Commission has an excellent opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to the fair and non-discriminatory enforcement of its competition laws by accepting Google’s remedies proposal, which appears more than sufficient to address the EU’s concerns in the ad tech space.

ITIF welcomes new U.S. trade agreements with Latin American partners and South Korea that strengthen digital trade, curb discriminatory barriers against American tech firms, and counter EU-style protectionism abroad.

ITIF released a statement from Joseph V. Coniglio following today’s decision by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority to designate both Apple and Google as having Strategic Market Status in mobile platforms.

President Lee’s initiative to adopt a negative regulatory system marks a bold, forward-looking step toward transforming South Korea into a true innovation-driven economy.

As debate intensifies in Washington over whether the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) threatens free speech beyond Europe, a new analysis from ITIF finds that the law’s reporting system and publicly available records don’t provide sufficient transparency to assess its true impact on users’ free speech globally as platforms adopt Europe’s regulatory standards in other jurisdictions to simplify their compliance obligations

In response to the European Commission releasing the Apply AI Strategy, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Director Daniel Castro.

South Korea’s AI Framework Act has the potential to serve as a best-practice model for other countries, but it requires substantial amendments. Otherwise, the Act’s regulatory flaws risk undermining its strong foundations in strategy and industrial policy.

In response to the announcement of the US-UK Tech Prosperity Deal, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Head of Digital Policy for the UK and EU Ayesha Bhatti.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) today announced that Daniel Castro will take over as ITIF’s president in May 2026. Castro will succeed Robert D. Atkinson who will retire at the end of April after two decades at the helm.

Cutting federal investments in R&D would trim government spending by $620 billion over 10 years, but it would shrink the economy by nearly $1 trillion and lower tax revenue by almost $250 billion, wiping out much of the short-term budget savings.