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1 week ago | 
techpolicy.press | Rachel Lau |J.J. Tolentino |Ben Lennett
Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino work with leading public interest foundations and nonprofits on technology policy issues at Freedman Consulting, LLC. Ben Lennett is the managing editor of Tech Policy Press. As the Trump Administration completed its first 100 days, it was an incredibly busy and eventful month for tech policy in the US. The White House released two updated OMB memos—M-25-21 and M-25-22—outlining the federal government's AI use and procurement strategies.
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1 month ago | 
techpolicy.press | Justin Hendrix |Ben Lennett
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Research and Technology hosted a hearing: DeepSeek: A Deep Dive.
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1 month ago | 
techpolicy.press | Rachel Lau |J.J. Tolentino |Ben Lennett
Rachel Lau, J.J. Tolentino, Ben Lennett / Mar 31, 2025Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino work with leading public interest foundations and nonprofits on technology policy issues at Freedman Consulting, LLC. Ben Lennett is the managing editor of Tech Policy Press.
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2 months ago | 
techpolicy.press | Rachel Lau |J.J. Tolentino |Ben Lennett
Rachel Lau, J.J. Tolentino, Ben Lennett / Mar 3, 2025Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino work with leading public interest foundations and nonprofits on technology policy issues at Freedman Consulting, LLC. Ben Lennett is the managing editor of Tech Policy Press. The end of February marked thirty-nine days of President Trump’s second term and included significant developments in US technology governance, highlighted by Elon Musk’s considerable influence in the new administration.
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2 months ago | 
techpolicy.press | Justin Hendrix |Ben Lennett
The below accompanies an analysis published in Tech Policy Press by Lara Putnam. It appears in tandem with a series of independent reports coordinated by the investigative journalism consortium EL CLIP and published by EL CLIP, Chequeado, Crónica Uno, El Espectador, and Factchequeado.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
techpolicy.press | Rachel Lau |J.J. Tolentino |Ben Lennett |David Paiz-Torres
Rachel Lau and J.J. Tolentino work with leading public interest foundations and nonprofits on technology policy issues at Freedman Consulting, LLC. Ben Lennett is the managing editor of Tech Policy Press, and David Paiz-Torres is a recent graduate from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. As the country navigates the shifting tides of political change, the past month saw a flurry of activity across all the branches of government on key tech issues.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
techpolicy.press | Ben Lennett |Justin Hendrix
On Friday, the US Supreme Court delivered its order upholding the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, a law passed by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in April 2024. The ruling affirmed the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
techpolicy.press | Justin Hendrix |Ben Lennett |Prithvi Iyer
As part of our efforts to support new and diverse perspectives on tech policy issues and expand our coverage, today Tech Policy Press is excited to announce three new editors joining the masthead and a new cohort of nine reporting fellows. Together, these individuals–from a range of geographies, disciplines, and expertise–will help us grow our community of contributors, better cover tech policy issues, and further develop the products we provide to readers.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
techpolicy.press | Ben Lennett
Ben Lennett / Jan 16, 2025 On Wednesday, January 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments to decide whether the Court of Appeals erred as a matter of law in applying rational-basis review, instead of strict scrutiny, to a Texas Law that requires a commercial entity that knowingly and intentionally publishes or distributes sexual material harmful to minors on the internet to use age verification methods to verify that an individual attempting to access the material is 18...
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
techpolicy.press | Ben Lennett
Today, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia concluded that legislation requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok “survive[s] constitutional scrutiny.” The legal challenge to the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521) was brought by TikTok Inc. and ByteDance, as well as a group of TikTok creators.
