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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…
Big Tech CEOs Must Do More than Admit Misinformation is Harmful to Communities of Color
As Congress reckons with misinformation plaguing online platforms, Black communities continue to face discrimination, anti-Blackness, and material harm facilitated by agitators on social media platforms. We know that tech can…
Both House and Senate Bills on Section 230 Reform Include Joint Center Proposal
The U.S. House and Senate both announced legislation to include an exemption for civil rights in the Section 230 of the Communications Act. Joint Center President Spencer Overton included the…
Joint Center President Answers Additional Questions from Members of Congress on Disinformation Online
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided additional written responses to questions from Members of Congress after his testimony at the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration hearing…
Joint Center President: Senate Tech CEO Hearing is a Play to Discourage Removal of Election Disinformation
Slate just published this commentary on today’s Senate hearing featuring the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter co-written by Joint Center President Spencer Overton and Professor Danielle Keats Citron. Their bottom line: “The…
Joint Center Testifies to Congress on Misinformation in the 2020 Election
On October 6, Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided expert testimony at a congressional hearing entitled “Voting Rights And Election Administration: Combatting Misinformation In The 2020 Election.” In his opening…
Joint Center Signs Letter Urging Policymakers to Oppose the Online Content Policy Modernization Act
The Joint Center signed a letter, addressed to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), urging them to oppose S.4632, the “Online Content Policy…
Joint Center to FCC: Don’t Facilitate Online Disinformation & Discrimination
Yesterday, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies submitted its analysis opposing the Trump Administration’s attempt to prod the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules that would discourage platforms like Twitter…
Joint Center President Answers Additional Questions from Members of Congress on Disinformation and Section 230
Joint Center President Spencer Overton provided additional written responses to questions from Members of Congress after his testimony at the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology and the Subcommittee on Consumer…
Questions on Market Power & Discrimination for Tech CEOs Testifying Before Congress
On July 29, the CEOs of four major tech companies—Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Tim Cook, Google/Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg—will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee…
