Cyber & Technology
Learning From China's Techlash
Matt Perault Tue, Nov 16, 2021, 8:01 AM
On the more technical areas of tech reform, like data portability, U.S. policymakers should learn from China’s experience.
Matt Perault is the director of the Center on Technology Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a professor of the practice at UNC’s School of Information and Library Science, and a consultant on technology policy issues.
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China
The U.S. Needs a New Licensing Policy for Chinese Companies
Matt Perault, Samm Sacks Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 8:01 AM
Many Trump administration policies will lead to a wholesale decoupling between the United States and China with steep economic and strategic costs to the United States. To avoid this, the Biden administration should implement a fair and transparent licensing regime for the Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (ICTS) rule.
Cyber & Technology
Internet Freedom 10 Years In
Matt Perault Tue, Jan 21, 2020, 2:10 PM
Hillary Clinton gave her first speech on internet freedom 10 years ago today. How does it read after a decade of increasing skepticism about whether the internet is good for the world?
China
Doing Business in China: What the NBA Can Learn from Big Tech
Matt Perault Tue, Oct 15, 2019, 12:56 PM
Last week, a controversy in the National Basketball Association (NBA) ignited widespread public conversation about the perils of doing business in China. In a now-deleted post, Daryl Morey, who is the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted a picture of an image that said “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.” The Rockets’s owner pushed back, tweeting that Morey “does not speak for” Houston’s team.