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.
Black Enterprise Covers Joint Center Future of Black Communities Summit
Black Enterprise covered the Advancing Digital Equity for Black Communities panel at the 2023 Future of Black Communities Summit. The digital equity panel featured the Director of the Office of…
Congressional Top Priorities: Passing Legislation to Ensure Americans Have the Right to Vote is Respondents’ Top Priority
As the 118th Congress enters the last months of the year, it faces a number of pressing priorities. Right now, members of Congress seek to confirm presidential appointees and pass…
The Portland Medium Mentions Joint Center Broadband in the Black Rural South Report
The Portland Medium mentioned the Joint Center’s Affordability & Availability: Expanding Broadband in the Black Rural South report that discusses the potential for broadband to increase economic, educational, and health…
Joint Center President Submits Answers to Additional Questions from the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Joint Center President Spencer Overton submitted answers to additional questions from the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology after testifying before the subcommittee at a hearing entitled “Preserving Free Speech and…
Joint Center President Testifies to Congress on ‘Protecting Americans from Big Tech Censorship’
On March 28, Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided expert testimony at a congressional hearing entitled “Preserving Free Speech and Reining in Big Tech Censorship.” The hearing was hosted by…
Joint Center President Participates in Google Next Gen Intergenerational Conversation on the Civil Rights Movement
Joint Center President Spencer Overton participated in an intergenerational dialogue between all corners of the modern public interest and civil rights movement. This interdisciplinary conversation highlighted what leaders need to…
Joint Center President Discusses the Black Rural South with Comcast Newsmakers
Joint Center President Spencer Overton was featured on Comcast Newsmakers, where he discussed the plight of Black Americans in the rural south. According to Spencer, “we took a look at…
Joint Center President Speaks at Harvard Law School About Intersection of Technology and Public Interest
Joint Center President Spencer Overton spoke at Harvard Law School for a John Platt conversation on the intersection of technology and public interest.
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks and Discuss Technology Policy Priorities for Black Communities at the 2022 Joint Center Summit
At the 2022 Joint Center Future of Black Communities Summit, the featured speaker and panelists for the Technology Policy Priorities for Black Communities conversation discussed how Black communities are targets…
Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, Discusses the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 at 2022 Joint Center Summit
At the 2022 Joint Center Future of Black Communities Summit Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and National Telecommunications and Information Administration Administrator, and Joseph Shepherd…