The American Edge Project (AEP), a coalition of two dozen domestic organizations, today announced that Asheesh Agarwal will join the coalition as an advisor on antitrust and economic policy. […]
Don’t Jeopardize National Security By Weakening American Tech
In the last 16 months, while America’s attention has been largely focused on the ongoing public health crisis, foreign adversaries have ramped up cyber aggression via sophisticated and debilitating ransomware attacks across the country. […]
AEP Releases “Who Will Lead?”
The American Edge Project, a coalition of two dozen domestic organizations, today released a new national television advertising campaign to spotlight the critical importance of protecting America’s technological edge – a driver of economic growth and job creation – at a time when the United States is engaged in a high-stakes global competition. As “Who […]
Preserve America’s Cyber Infrastructure
The United States, EU, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other influential nations and organizations came together this week to confront the Chinese government for its alleged involvement in a multitude of hostile cyber activities. The attacks included a cynical and far-reaching ransomware attack on a major American technology company – an action that has serious and lasting ramifications on the global cybersecurity landscape. […]
Cuba’s Internet Cutoff Highlights Fragility of Free Expression Online
Though a mere 90 miles of sea separate our country from Cuba, the gulf between our approaches to freedom of expression and the digital tools that facilitate it couldn’t be wider – or more consequential.
As thousands of Cubans take to the streets in a courageous fight against six decades of repression, anti-government protests continue to lay bare the fragility of this fundamental freedom in the 21st century. […]
Congress can’t allow China to ‘own America’ by the year 2035
Last month, lawmakers in the House unveiled a series of sweeping antitrust proposals aimed at building “A Stronger Online Economy.” We’re deeply concerned the legislative package would succeed in doing just that – albeit for foreign adversaries rather than for the United States. Beijing, in particular, stands to become the biggest beneficiary of anti-competition bills that could erase the technological edge our country currently enjoys and impose deleterious downstream effects on the American economy and entrepreneurial ecosystem. […]
Supporting America’s Global Technology Leadership
The harrowing detainment of Belarusian dissident Raman Pratasevich – an opposition journalist who “ran a channel on a messaging app used to organize demonstrations against the iron-fisted rule of President Alexander Lukashenko” – has once again reminded us of the precariousness of free expression online, especially in parts of the world where leaders cruelly punish those who dare criticize them. […]
Our Statement on President Biden’s Executive Order
Today’s executive order is a troubling development for America’s domestic tech innovators as they work to facilitate broad economic growth on the heels of historic crises and fight on the front lines to help keep the internet open, accessible, and welcoming of free expression. […]
Talk Must Turn Into Action To Combat China’s Growing Tech Influence
President Biden’s first foreign trip rightly focused on the areas in which the United States and Europe can cooperate and address the challenges facing democratic nations. It also rightly focused on the growing threat China poses to our global economy and security, particularly as it relates to technology and the internet. […]
WTAS: House Antitrust Package Will Give ‘Foreign Adversaries a Competitive Advantage,’ ‘Embolden China’
Bipartisan Chorus of Concern Over National Security, Economic Ramifications […]