Public Knowledge recognizes the need for a digital regulator to resolve issues occurring in Big Tech. Review the following resources to learn more about how a sector-specific regulator could best protect consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blog Posts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 16, 2022: Should Algorithms Be Regulated? Part 3: Evaluating Alternative Frameworks for Regulating Algorithms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 29, 2022: Independent, But Together: How Antitrust and Regulation Can Work Synergistically To Benefit Consumers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 27, 2022: Big Tech Competition Bills Don\u2019t Address Content Moderation, and That\u2019s A Good Thing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 21, 2021: We Can Save Local News Without Upending Copyright Law<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n December 16, 2021: How To Give Consumers Competition and Protect Them Too<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 29, 2021: Is This Really Big Tech\u2019s \u2018Big Tobacco\u2019 Moment? Only Congress Can Make It So.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n October 6, 2021: Frances Haugen Wants A Digital Regulator \u2014 And So Does Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 11, 2021: Observe and Report: Facebook Versus NYU Ad Observatory Proves the Need for Policy Interventions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 21, 2021: The Privacy Debate Reveals How Big Tech\u2019s \u201cTransparency and User Control\u201d Arguments Fall Flat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 17, 2021: Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says \u201cProbably Not.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 29, 2021: Are You Wielding a Discriminatory Algorithm Against Consumers? The FTC Is Coming For You \u2014 But It Can\u2019t Act Alone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 11, 2021: Principles to Protect Free Expression on the Internet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 12, 2021: Facebook and Twitter Made the Right Decision. Big Tech Is Still Too Powerful.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 13, 2020: Let the Chips Fall Where They May: The 9th Circuit Gives Free Rein to Qualcomm\u2019s Monopoly<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 12, 2020: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Section 230 and Civil Rights<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 7, 2020: An Ounce of Preventive Regulation is Worth a Pound of Antitrust Enforcement: The Case for Platform CPNI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 13, 2020: Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 19, 2019: The Right Way to Regulate Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 28, 2019: Keeping Thumbs Off the Scale: Nondiscrimination on Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 4, 2019: A Regulator to Fit the Growing Regulatory Consensus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 13, 2019: UK Digital Competition Report Builds the Case for Platform Regulation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February 22, 2019: To Make the Tech Sector Competitive, Antitrust Is Only Half the Answer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 6, 2018: Groups Launch Broadband Connects America Coalition to End Rural Digital Divide<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 19, 2018: Part III: Cost of Exclusion as a Proxy for Dominance in Digital Platform Regulation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 18, 2018: Platform Regulation Part II: Defining \u201cDigital Platform\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 24, 2018: Due Process, and Our Approach to Dominant Online Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Press Releases<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 16, 2023: Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee for AI Oversight Hearing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 7, 2023: Public Knowledge President and CEO Chris Lewis To Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 19, 2022: New Public Knowledge Paper Outlines How Regulation and Antitrust Law Can Work Synergistically To Rein In Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 19, 2022: Public Knowledge Applauds Welch Digital Regulator Bill, Urges Commerce Committee Hearings<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 12, 2022: Public Knowledge Applauds Bill Creating Digital Regulator To Rein In Big Tech<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n November 30, 2020: Public Knowledge Applauds New UK Digital Regulator Coming Next Year<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 7, 2020: New Public Knowledge Paper Urges Congress to Adopt Law Protecting Vendor Data from Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 1, 2020: U.K. Competition Authority Shows the Need for a Digital Regulator in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n March 9, 2020: Gene Kimmelman to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee on Digital Platform Competition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n September 19, 2019: The Right Way to Regulate Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2019: Public Knowledge and Roosevelt Institute Launch Guidebook to Regulating Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 4, 2019: A Regulator to Fit the Growing Regulatory Consensus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 24, 2018: Public Knowledge Releases Paper on Online Platforms and Due Process<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 18, 2017: Washington Center for Equitable Growth Launches Antitrust Paper on Digital Communications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Other Public Knowledge Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tell Congress to Create a Regulatory Agency for Digital Platforms<\/a> (Action)<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 21, 2024: Digital Regulator Proposal: How To Rein in Big Tech<\/a> (Factsheet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 21, 2024: Digital Regulator Proposal: Frequently Asked Questions<\/a> (Factsheet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n March 7, 2023: Chris Lewis Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Testimony on Restoring Competition to Digital Markets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 19, 2022: A Lesson From the Landmark AT&T Breakup: Both a Sector-specific Regulator and Antitrust Enforcers Were Needed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n July 7, 2020: Mind Your Own Business: Protecting Proprietary Third-Party Information from Digital Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Executive Summary<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 24, 2018: Even Under Kind Masters: A Proposal to Require that Dominant Platforms Accord Their Users Due Process<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Media and Opinions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 28, 2023: Artificial intelligence is another reason for a new digital agency<\/a> (Brookings Institute)<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 12, 2022: Senator introduces bill giving Big Tech its own federal watchdog<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 12, 2022: Big Tech would get its own regulator under new Senate bill<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2019: To regulate digital platforms in the future, we should look to the past<\/a> (World Economic Forum)<\/p>\n\n\n\n External Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n January 24, 2024: Bipartisan Senate group letter pushing for a digital regulator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n February, 2023: UNESCO\u2019s Guidance for regulating digital platforms: a multistakeholder approach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n April 15, 2022: Time For a New Digital Regulatory Authority<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n August 20, 2020: New Digital Realities; New Oversight Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n May 8, 2019: The Case for the Digital Platform Act: Foreword by Tom Wheeler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n