Matt Schruers

President & CEO, @CCIAnet; Co-founder, @DTSPartnership. Pronounced "Shears".

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

RT @ccianet: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a preliminary injunction that blocked Texas from enforcing its social media la…

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

Today in CCIA et al. v. Paxton, the Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's injunction of TX HB18, the SCOPE Act, on the basis that it is preempted by 47 U.S.C. 230. My statement here:

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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

🚨I’m hiring: Vice President, Head of U.S. Public Policy @ccianet — a senior role for a team leader who knows not just what good policy is, but how it gets made.

Tech policy is everywhere; help shape it.

Full details ⤵️
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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

Free expression cannot afford that retreat. If the transmission of data is not speech, then every censor will have a ready-made vocabulary for shrinking liberty one moral panic at a time, until freedom of speech is honored only in the breach.

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

This essay by @superwuster is textbook free speech sophistry: contending that some forms of communication are not really “speech” at all.

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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

Today, authorities might dictate online recommendations and platform design. Tomorrow, they impose limits on search, messaging, and online association. And then, they ban online dissemination of disfavored opinions.

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

Congrats to @dtspartnership & partners on today’s publication of the SAFE Framework as ISO/IEC 25389. This 1st-of-its-kind int'l standard marks years of pioneering work by online safety professionals to establish processes & best practices for mitigating online risk.

[Digital Trust & Safety Partnership @dtspartnership]

DTSP is excited to announce that its Safe Framework Specification has been formally published as an international standard, ISO/IEC 25389.

This is a landmark achievement, reflecting a sustained commitment to advancing online safety on a global scale.
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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

It is encouraging that Canada has walked back the proposed Digital Services Tax on U.S. digital exporters. Other nations considering this approach should follow suit and instead participate in ongoing multilateral processes to modernize taxation.

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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

Pausing AI interventions at the state level to ensure a consistent federal approach has a well-documented historical precedent — the Internet Tax Freedom Act of 1998.

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[Gary Shapiro @GaryShapiro]

Happy (slightly belated) anniversary to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, because nothing says innovation like reliving one of our country's worst trade blunders. Let's learn from our history and end tariffs that hurt American businesses and consumers.

[Trevor Wagener @econwags]

However, 50 conflicting state AI laws could cut savings in half—costing $2.4–4.7 B/year. Getting the biggest productivity boost from AI requires preemption, to make broadband deployment under BEAD and everywhere else maximally efficient. https://t.co/bBauiCv7Uw

[Trevor Wagener @econwags]

New analysis reveals generative AI could cut broadband buildout CAPEX by 5–10%—unlocking $4.7–9.5 B/year in redeployed investment. That’s faster fiber & wireless-based rollouts and hundreds of thousands more homes connected without raising costs under BEAD. #Broadband #AI

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

what the helvetica

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[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

4/4 I've said it before: If you're making overseas competitors stronger, you're doing it wrong. Competition policy shouldn't make you less competitive.

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

1/4 Over a year ago, when US regulators were saying how "pleased" they were to have blocked an @Amazon deal to save @iRobot, I predicted the FTC's objection would leave consumers with fewer options. https://t.co/djdSV8daaR

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

No federal official should be "pleased" about lost American jobs... 1/2
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3/4 Many iRobot competitors are overseas. By blocking this deal, the FTC ensured the droids mapping American homes are likelier to be made in China. https://t.co/j61AOLwbSV

[Matt Schruers @MSchruers]

If indeed the Biden Admin knew a CLOUD Act partner was about to demand a backdoor to US services and yet withheld that fact from Congress, that was a serious failure which put US users at risk. Encryption keeps users safe and the USG must stand up for it.
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