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[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

New Yorkers deserve broadband policy grounded in consumer needs, not a predetermined case for government-owned networks. The @nycpa's report moves the goalposts, relies on unsupported claims, and offers recommendations the data does not justify. https://t.co/iqDJJXIYrl

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

📅 June 16, 12 PM ET:

Concerns over AI companions and children are driving calls for new regulation. 💻

Join ITIF's panel of experts from @CenDemTech, @futureofprivacy, @CatoInstitute, & @RSI for a conversation on the tradeoffs of proposed chatbot safety legislation.

Register here:
https://t.co/GuWSFEQb34

[Ash Johnson @ashljnsn]

The SECURE Data Act is built on good state policy, including 10 core provisions passed in up to 21 states to protect consumers' data privacy. See the breakdown from me & @ITIFdc (with a handy graphic for my fellow visual learners):

https://t.co/kGMati7YZj

[Ash Johnson @ashljnsn]

In today's hearing, @AshliWatts from the KY Chamber of Commerce: "Even good policy creates a patchwork."

We NEED a federal data privacy law to simplify compliance for businesses and protect all Americans equally.

https://t.co/BwwGDi7h9f

[Breakfast Media @BroadbandCensus]

Panelist Spotlight: Daniel Castro

Daniel Castro is President at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and Director of @ITIFdc's Center for Data Innovation, where he writes and speaks on a broad range of tech and internet policy issues.

Daniel joins Broadband Breakfast Live Online today to discuss the policy dimensions of AI and cybersecurity for broadband providers and network operators.

📅 Wed. Jun. 3 | 12 Noon ET
🔗 Register: https://t.co/sZN65tcQsM

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

➡️ How should Canada think about sovereignty in cloud and compute?
➡️ What do current proposals get right and wrong?
➡️ Is there a smarter approach to digital dependence?

Next Tuesday, 6/9, experts join @lawrencezed to discuss. Register below! https://t.co/tgNDhVFou7

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

4/ Read the new report from @ashljnsn:
https://t.co/9M3LdAZAZR

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

🚨 NEW: As Congress examines the SECURE Data Act and a federal privacy framework, our latest report analyzes the 21 state privacy laws already on the books—and the lessons they offer for national legislation... 🧵

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

3/ The state privacy patchwork is costly for businesses & confusing for consumers.

Congress should enact a targeted federal privacy law that protects consumers, prevents real privacy harms, preempts inconsistent state laws, & minimizes burdens on innovation & productivity.

[Center for Data Innovation @DataInnovation]

@TechPolicyMaven 2/ Read our full statement on the new executive order:
https://t.co/6LQws4IhYf

[Center for Data Innovation @DataInnovation]

President Trump's AI innovation & cybersecurity executive order is a constructive step toward addressing AI-related cyber risks while preserving US AI leadership.

But as @techpolicymaven notes, policymakers must keep strengthening cyber defenses & resilience as it's implemented.

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

@FutureHouseSF 3/ AI will not replace human-led drug development, but it can make it stronger if policy keeps pace: better data, modern regulation, strong research infrastructure, and pricing rules that protect the incentive to innovate. https://t.co/C7clDXglYg

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

1/ AI-enabled drug discovery is beginning to demonstrate practical value in biopharmaceutical research.

The question is no longer whether these tools have 'can' work, but whether the US will build the data, regulatory, and innovation systems needed to use them effectively.

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

2/ The @futurehousesf Robin system shows why this matters.

The model reviewed 551 scientific papers in roughly 30 minutes, then identified ripasudil, a glaucoma drug, as a possible treatment for dry age-related macular degeneration—an insight later tested in laboratory experiments.

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

This week's ITIF Update:
⚙️ @castrotech on personalization in digital systems
🏭 @Trelysa_Long and @Meg_ostertag on China's impact on U.S. states
📝 @JosephVConiglio on HSR rules
📆 Upcoming events: Cloud sovereignty; Kids & chatbots
Read & subscribe now: https://t.co/IxPsAr1wSj

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

2/ Read the press release:
https://t.co/xLHMwSGHHr

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

📣 We're excited to welcome former Virginia Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado to the ITIF team as Associate Director of AI Policy!

Michelle brings expertise in AI governance, data privacy, online safety, & emerging tech from government, law, & industry.

[Information Technology and Innovation Foundation @ITIFdc]

GTIPA’s new report details how countries are responding to economic uncertainty caused by US tariffs.

By cutting dependence on both the United States and China, nations are rethinking their trade, tech, and industrial policies.

[GTIPA @GTIPAlliance]

A year after “Liberation Day,” the world isn't in a global tariff war, rather it’s in a global trade reset.

30 GTIPA members across 25 countries detail how economies are diversifying, de-risking, and adapting to a less predictable trade system. https://t.co/ksMHwFV1xv

[Joseph V. Coniglio @JosephVConiglio]

My take on His Holiness Pope Leo XIV’s @Pontifex Magnifica Humanitas from an antitrust and political economy perspective. In short: the AI space is dynamic and competitive and well-ordered markets are generally more conducive to the common good than pre-emptive regulation.