Tech Policy
The Joint Center’s Tech Policy Program analyzes how data privacy, AI, and other tech policy issues affect Black communities. See below for research, analysis, and activities related to tech policy.
Joint Center Files Public Comment on Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Enforcement Policy Statement Regarding Personalized Pricing
The Joint Center submitted public comment on the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed enforcement policy statement regarding personalized pricing. From the comments: “…[T]he Joint Center supports the Commission’s effort to address…
Inside Black Policy: Tech – September 2026
Inside Black Policy: Tech – August 2026
Op-Ed: How AI Could Automate the Poor Tax
Joint Center Senior Advisor and Tech Policy Director Danielle Davis Canty Esq. penned an op-ed examining how, if left unregulated, AI could automate the poor tax through surveillance pricing. The…
Inside Black Policy: Tech – July 2026
Inside Black Policy: Tech – June 2026
POLITICO Highlighted the Joint Center’s ‘Women, Work, and AI’ Roundtable Discussion
POLITICO highlighted the Joint Center, Women’s Tech & Telecom Partnership, and Acacia Hill Strategies co-hosted a congressional roundtable discussion titled “Women, Work, and AI: Preparing Workers and Communities for the…
Joint Center Co-Hosted Congressional Roundtable Discussion ‘Women, Work, and AI: Preparing Workers and Communities for the AI Economy’
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Women’s Tech & Telecom Partnership, and Acacia Hill Strategies co-hosted a congressional roundtable discussion, “Women, Work, and AI: Preparing Workers and Communities…
Op-Ed: The Pope Warned Us About AI. But We’re Missing the Spiritual Question.
Joint Center Senior Advisor and Director of Technology Policy Danielle (Davis) Canty penned an op-ed published in Tech Policy Press on AI’s impact on spiritual life and whether AI could…
Op-Ed: AI is Expanding Opportunity—but Black Entrepreneurs Still Face a Structural Gap
Joint Center Tech Policy Director and Senior Advisor Danielle (Davis) Canty penned an op-ed exploring the opportunities and risks AI poses for Black entrepreneurs as AI becomes more readily available for business owners as…