Digital Liberty advocates for a consumer-driven market free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media.
AI
Senator Cruz Leads on AI
By James Erwin Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz moved to reify President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan with legislation. At a Commerce Committee hearing with White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michale Kratsios, Senator Cruz introduced a five-pillar framework for a comprehensive AI package, along with…
Uncategorized
The Senate misses its moment on AI, but the fight is far from over
By James Erwin The U.S. is currently winning the artificial intelligence race with China, just barely. President Trump has articulated a vision for American dominance of AI, but the Senate has already undermined this goal by stripping a much-needed moratorium on state AI regulation from One Big, Beautiful Bill. To realize…
Antitrust
Digital Liberty op-ed in RealClear Markets: Shareholders, Not Bureaucrats, Should Decide the WBD Merger
By Nate Norris On January 27, 2026, RealClear Markets published an op-ed on Netflix’s bid to purchase Warner Bros.-Discovery by Digital Liberty’s Executive Director James Erwin. The op-ed stands behind the financial decisions of Netflix and the shareholders at WBD and makes a case against federal attempts to prevent…
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Rep. Richard Hudson Moves to Simplify Emergency Communications
By Nate Norris How can we improve emergency responses to save American lives? A subcommittee markup on January 15 sought to answer this question. The House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee discussed the Next Generations 9-1-1 Act, its implications, and how it will save American lives. Representative…
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Digital Liberty Submits Comments to FCC on Next Generation Television Mandates
By Nate Norris Today, Digital Library led a coalition of 20 free market groups in submitting comments to the FCC. These comments urged the Commission to reject adoption mandates for Next Generation Television. With World War II-era regulation still constraining broadcasters, new regulation will not improve video accessibility. If…
FCC
An Argument for Disbanding the Federal Communications Commission
By Nate Norris In a January report titled Disbanding the Federal Communications Commission, American Enterprise Institute fellow Mark Jamison argues in favor of disbanding the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC, in his view, has failed to keep up with the evolving communication environment, and the resulting mission drift has led…
Wireless
FCC Revises Phone Unlocking Rules, Leveling the playing field for Verizon
By Nate Norris The FCC announced on January 12th that it would waive its 2007 unlocking requirements, in which Verizon was the only major provider affected. With Verizon now sharing its competitors’ same requirements, the carrier is no longer be a step behind the competition. Under Rule 2007, Verizon was…
5G
Senator Cantwell is wrong: internet costs are going down
By Nate Norris During the December 14th Senate Commerce oversight hearing of the Federal Communications Commission, Ranking Member Maria Cantwell used her openings remarks to spread misinformation about the costs of media and telecommunications services. Senator Cantwell’s remarks that basic cable and streaming costs have increased and that the…
Bad Proposals
BEAD funds should not subsidize ISPs forever
By James Erwin A bipartisan group of 14 senators is lobbying NTIA to let states keep the $20 billion in BEAD savings Administrator Arielle Roth has been able to find in the program. As we have argued before, this money should return to the taxpayer, and it certainly should not…
AI
The AI moratorium is showing signs of life.
By James Erwin Reports of a federal moratorium preempting ill-considered state AI laws were greatly exaggerated. Yesterday the idea rose like a Phoenix from the ashes. What changed? Presidential leadership. President Trump endorsed a federal moratorium on AI regulation this past summer, shortly after a proposal by Senator Ted Cruz…