Rachel Lau

Shirley Frame

The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia.

May 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

Danai Nhando

Witnesses testify at a US Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on "Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots" on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. (L-R) Jane Doe, mother; Megan Garcia, mother; Matthew Raine, father; Robbie Torney, Common Sense Media; Dr. Mitch Prinstein, the American Psychological Association.

Lawsuits Exposed How Chatbots Endanger Children. Can the Senate's New Bills Fix It?

Alejandro Cuevas

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a bill signing ceremony with lawmakers and advocates for the Take it Down Act, Monday, May 19, 2025, in the White House Rose Garden.(Official White House photo by Carlos Fyfe)

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump participate in a bill signing ceremony with lawmakers and advocates for the Take it Down Act, Monday, May 19, 2025, in the White House Rose Garden.(Official White House 

It’s Too Soon To Tell If the TAKE IT DOWN ACT Is Working

Eric Null

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) preside over a markup on Capitol Hill on March 5, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Congress's New Privacy Bill Is Built on Empty Promises

Hera Hyeonseo Lee

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) and CEO of Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith (right) arrive before testifying at a Senate hearing on artificial intelligence competition in Washington, DC, on May 8. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

What Regulators Should Do About The AI Industry's Hidden Financial Loop 

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson speaks at an online safety summit in November. (Screengrab)

FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson speaks at an online safety summit in November. (

Unpacking The FTC’s Double-Edged Age-Verification Gamble

Danny Tobey

Ashley Carr

Michael Atleson

February 12, 2026, Bavaria, Garching: The predecessor model of the Euro-Q-Exa, Q-Exa, can be seen at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Photo by: Malin Wunderlich/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

We Need to Disentangle Hype from AI and Quantum Computing

Philip M. Napoli

Andrew Ferguson, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 15, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)


Considering the Federal Trade Commission’s Double Standard on Media Bias

Andy Jung

Sign on Doorway for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C. 

Sign on a doorway at the Federal Trade Commission in Washington D.C. 

The FTC’s AI Preemption Authority is Limited

Ben Lennett

Illustration adapted from a vintage Spanish-language microbiology book. 

January 2026 US Tech Policy Roundup

CJ Larkin

Photograph of a teen girl laying down while looking at her smartphone.

FTC Throws Its Weight Behind Age-Verification at Public Workshop

Max Morgan

A bald eagle, signifying the US Department of Justice, next to the Google logo.

Looking Ahead on US Antitrust Enforcement and Tech: Will 2026 Deliver More of the Same?

Kevin Frazier

Raul Labrador, Idaho's attorney general, center left, and John McCuskey, West Virginia's attorney general, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Jan. 13. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

How an AI Hotline Could Help AGs Effectively Govern AI

Megan Kirkwood

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition during a confirmation hearing in November 2024. Source: European Parliament © European Union, 2024

Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition during a confirmation hearing in November 2024. Source: 