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.
The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities: Black Communities and the Immunity of Platforms Regarding Third-Party Content
This series of three issue briefs provides a summary of the law review article, “The Implications of Section 230 for Black Communities,” that examines Section 230 of the Communications Decency…
CNET Highlighted Joint Center Research in Broadband Divide Article
CNET utilized the Joint Center’s report, “Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South” report in a recent article on how Black Americans have been impacted by the…
April 2025 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Technology Policy)
The Joint Center Files Comments to the White House in Response to Their Request for Information on the Development of an AI Action Plan
The Joint Center submitted comments to the White House in response to their Request for Information on the Development of an AI Action Plan. The reply comments note that “[a]s…
KFF Health News Highlighted Joint Center Broadband Research
KFF Health News highlighted the Joint Center’s report, Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South, which details the potential for broadband to increase economic, educational, and health…
Joint Center Tech Director Writes Article on Meta’s Fact-Checking Decision for Tech Policy Press
Joint Center Technology Policy Director Danielle Davis published an article titled, “Hear Me Out: A Different Perspective on Meta’s Fact-Checking Decision,” in Tech Policy Press. Davis argues that while ending…
March 2025 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Technology Policy)
Joint Center Tech Policy Director Participated in Lightning Talk at 2025 State of the Net Conference
Joint Center’s Tech Policy Director, Danielle A. Davis, Esq., delivered a Lightning Talk at this year’s State of the Net Conference, earning one of only 15 spots out of over…
February 2025 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Technology Policy)
January 2025 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Technology Policy)