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 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…
Joint Center President on Consumer Advocate Perspectives on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security at FTC
Joint Center President Spencer Overton was a panelist at the Federal Trade Commission’s Commercial Surveillance and Data Security Public Forum. The panel was entitled Consumer Advocate Perspectives on Commercial Surveillance and…
The Joint Center Files Comments with FCC Urging Equitable Broadband Infrastructure Buildout in the Black Rural South
Joint Center President Spencer Overton filed reply comments with the FCC “to prevent digital discrimination by ensuring that Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act broadband resources are equitably deployed in the…
The Rationale for and Key Elements of a Business Civil Rights Audit
In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, about two-thirds of S&P 500 companies made statements in support of the need for more inclusive practices and racial…
Joint Center Joins Public Knowledge Panel on ‘How Public Interest Values Shape a Better Internet’
Joint Center President Spencer Overton joined a Public Knowledge webinar entitled “How Public Interest Values Shape A Better Internet.” The conversation focused on “how public interest values have shaped the…
Advancing Equal Protections & Civil Justice in an Automated Society
The Joint Center and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy co-hosted a virtual discussion where panelists explored current and emerging uses of technology that affect the equity…
Joint Center Joins NYU Public Interest Technology Panel on Unpacking the Digital Race Divide
Joint Center Technology Policy Director Dr. Dominique Harrison joined a panel at the 2021 New York University Public Interest Technology convention and career fair to unpack the digital racial divide.…