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Delaying further action on the proposed Online Platform Act is the right decision. It would create barriers to entry that stifle the growth of smaller firms, while distorting market incentives and penalizing standard commercial practices of larger firms. By enabling direct regulatory targeting of U.S. digital firms, it also raises concerns over discriminatory treatment and market access.

Congress should expand Section 337 of the 1930 Tariff Act to better address unfair trade practices that China uses to capture market share in advanced industries at America’s expense. When China violates global rules or norms to benefit particular firms, they should be denied access to the U.S. market.

While a framework that could avert a destructive transatlantic trade war is a welcome development, unless this potential agreement addresses the EU's systematic non-tariff attacks on American technology companies, it will be a significant missed opportunity.

In response to President Trump’s three new executive orders on artificial intelligence (AI), the Center for Data Innovation released this statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar.

In response to the Trump administration’s release of its AI Action Plan, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar.

We congratulate Assistant Secretary Roth on her confirmation at a critical time for NTIA. Her leadership and expertise will be critical to ensuring the BEAD program can efficiently and effectively address the remaining causes of the digital divide.

Following the announcement that the U.S. government will allow Nvidia to resume sales of its H20 chip to the Chinese market, the Center for Data Innovation released the following statement from Director Daniel Castro.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and a group of prominent policy experts today called on the Trump administration to insist that U.S. trading partners stop unfairly targeting America’s leading technology companies with policies that constitute “non-tariff attacks.”

Following President Trump’s announcement of a new trade agreement with Vietnam that includes tariffs on transshipped goods, ITIF released the following statement from Policy Analyst Eli Clemens.

The South China Morning Post quoted a blog by Daniel Castro and Stephen Ezell in coverage of how China is leveraging its critical minerals to lessen chip restrictions from the United States.

CNBC cited ITIF’s May 2025 report, Short-Circuited: How Semiconductor Tariffs Would Harm the U.S. Economy and Digital Industry Leadership, in reference to the vast amount of semiconductors the United States imports annually in a story about President Trump’s semiconductor tariff plans.

New Jersey Monitor quoted Alex Ambrose in a story on how states are protecting children who are being elevated as social media influencers.

Time News featured the Center for Data Innovation’s coverage of a visualization project that uses artificial intelligence to analyze over 8 million Google Street View images of visible text in New York City, revealing the city’s cultural fabric and commercial activity.

Research Money wrote an article about whether AI chatbots and other virtual agents being used as confidants and therapists are resulting in actual harm to individuals and families, quoting Alex Ambrose: "It’s clear that people are starting to use tools like ChatGPT for personal advice or friendship when [they’re] not designed for that purpose."

Global Times cited ITIF’s “Can China Innovate?” series, which examines China’s rapid rise in advanced industries by evaluating global R&D and innovation benchmarks, in an article on China’s evolving academic system, scientific research capabilities, and the growth of its STEM PhD graduates.

The Edge Malaysia cited ITIF’s 2023 report Wake Up, America in an article evaluating what was once an unthinkable question: What if China wins the AI race?

The Wall Street Journal quoted Daniel Castro in a story about the leaders of America’s chip giants welcoming a set of moves in Trump’s AI Action Plan that could help boost the domestic semiconductor industry.

The White House issued a press release highlighting the technology industry’s support for the administration’s AI Action Plan, referencing Hodan Omaar's statement for the Center for Data Innovation welcoming the new strategy.

Inside AI Policy featured ITIF and Hodan Omaar in an article on President Trump's executive orders on AI.