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Only Conservatives Can Save the Affordable Connectivity Program
Our federal deficit is exploding, and America’s financial house is in disarray. The country’s borrowing costs are at their highest level in over 20 years, and the national debt has surpassed $34 trillion for the first in history. In this environment, implementing...
The Cost of Protecting Teens Online
Both state and federal legislators are actively pushing legislation designed to “protect our children online.” Of course, there is already a federal Children’s Online Privacy Act that regulates the online collection of personal information about children under 13...
The Game of Fair Play: More Competition in Sports Gaming Please!
Sports gaming is a big business, with the potential for over $100 billion in annual revenue worldwide. As this massive entertainment industry continues to grow, a battle is underway between top companies over what kinds of gaming products should be allowed. The...
When the Fix Is In, Patients Lose
Last year, many statehouses across the country looked to address a growing consumer issue broadly known as “right to repair.” Now with legislative sessions kicking off in more than 40 states across the country, this policy looks like it will continue to stay at the...
CLELAND: The Biden Admin’s Latest Micromanagement Project? Your Online Subscriptions
The Federal Trade Commission is fast becoming a living case study in ideological overreach. Undaunted by a string of embarrassing court losses and plummeting morale among career staffers, the agency keeps grasping at the most slender reeds of legal theories and...
IEA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing the NO FAKES Act
Click here to read the NO FAKES Act Coalition Letter
Technology Can Save Kids’ Lives in Texas
The Texas foster care system is infamous for failing its wards. The system is so flawed that in 2015 it was found in violation of the 14th Amendment, which guarantees the right for people to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm while in government custody. The...
Canadian Troll Patent Suits Could Upend U.S. Connectivity
Air pollution from Canadian wildfires is just one of the problems we face from our neighbor to the north. A Canadian company weaponizing intellectual property rights could do major damage to the U.S. tech sector. Bell Northern Research has been around since the 1970s,...
In fantasy sports the players on the field aren’t the only skilled players
Fantasy sports is an industry that’s growing like almost no other. It’s estimated to be a $28 billion market in 2023 and set to grow to more than $50 billion by 2028. Nearly 20% of Americans age 18+ participate in fantasy sports. 20%! As with all growing industries,...
IEA Signs Coalition Letter on Inflation Reduction Act Prescription Drug Price Controls
Dear Members of Congress, When the Inflation Reduction Act was passed and signed into law a year ago, the legislation granted the federal government broad power to set and control the price of certain prescription drugs through a new Medicare price negotiation program...