For more than 50 years, SIIA has helped shape technology and information policy to promote innovation and protect consumer welfare in the United States and abroad. In addition to direct advocacy to policymakers and lawmakers on discrete matters, the SIIA Policy Team provides expert insight and perspective on a wide range of issues confronting the technology sector. To augment our existing thought leadership, the SIIA TECH& Conversation Series provides a forum to explore more in-depth some of the most pressing issues in technology, public policy, and society writ large.

Our inaugural topic in our TECH& Competition series is the American Innovation and Choice Online Act – a broad and far-reaching antitrust bill currently pending before the U.S. Senate. While the bill’s ostensible goal is to rein in the alleged excesses of large tech platforms, a wide array of stakeholders and thought leaders have expressed grave concerns about the proposal potentially having significant unintended consequences. In interviews with three leading experts, we explore concerns related to such disparate topics as the bill’s likely impact on minority-owned businesses, the ability of tech companies to moderate content on their platforms and national security. 

• Interview 1: Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), interviewed by Jeff Joseph, SIIA President 
• Interview 2: Jane Bambauer, Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosenstiel Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Arizona, interviewed by Mort Skroejer, SIIA Senior Director for Technology Competition Policy 
• Interview 3: Glenn Gerstell, Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies and former General Counsel, National Security Agency, interviewed by Paul Lekas, SIIA Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy

Please check back regularly as we explore other important issues confronting the digital economy.