The U.S. needs to increase funding to support “collaborative, pre-competitive R&D” in the semiconductor industry and offer “incentives” for boosting domestic production, said the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Thursday. It should invite participation of semiconductor enterprises “headquartered in like-minded nations,” said ITIF. The increasing cost, complexity and scale required to innovate and manufacture semiconductors “means that no single nation or enterprise can go it alone,” it said. “In the face of challenges from China, allied cooperation in semiconductors is critical.” China views the semiconductor sector as the linchpin of its digital development and "broadest-scale economic growth plans,” said ITIF. It has shown it’s willing to use “every tool at its disposal in its efforts to develop a world-class semiconductor industry,” it said.

The U.S. needs to increase funding to support “collaborative, pre-competitive R&D” in the semiconductor industry and offer “incentives” for boosting domestic production, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation reported Sept. 17. It should invite participation of semiconductor enterprises “headquartered in like-minded nations,” ITIF said. The increasing cost, complexity and scale required to innovate and manufacture semiconductors “means that no single nation or enterprise can go it alone,” it said. “In the face of challenges from China, allied cooperation in semiconductors is critical.” China views the semiconductor sector as the linchpin of its digital development and “broadest-scale economic growth plans,” ITIF said. It has shown it’s willing to use “every tool at its disposal in its efforts to develop a world-class semiconductor industry,” it said.

Adopt NTIA’s petition for rulemaking on Communications Decency Act Section 230, Republican state attorneys general commented to the FCC posted Thursday in RM-11862 (see 2009020064). Tech, telecom and consumer groups again largely said the FCC shouldn't consider the petition, saying the FCC and NTIA are exceeding their jurisdiction and expertise. The AG group was formed by Texas’ Ken Paxton, Indiana’s Curtis Hill, Louisiana’s Jeff Landy and Missouri’s Eric Schmitt. The petition clarifies 230's scope and empowers states without undermining protections for moderation of “traditionally regulated content,” they wrote: It promotes freedom of speech by “ensuring competition through transparency.”

Adopt NTIA’s petition for rulemaking on Communications Decency Act Section 230, Republican state attorneys general commented to the FCC posted Thursday in RM-11862 (see 2009020064). Tech, telecom and consumer groups again largely said the FCC shouldn't consider the petition, saying the FCC and NTIA are exceeding their jurisdiction and expertise. The AG group was formed by Texas’ Ken Paxton, Indiana’s Curtis Hill, Louisiana’s Jeff Landy and Missouri’s Eric Schmitt. The petition clarifies 230's scope and empowers states without undermining protections for moderation of “traditionally regulated content,” they wrote: It promotes freedom of speech by “ensuring competition through transparency.”

COVID-19 and recent Chinese government actions “coalesced long-standing Western concerns about China, focusing on self-sufficiency, national security, trade deficits, business ethics, and human rights,” reported the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Monday. Beijing likely will be “the biggest business disruptor of the 2020s, but the discussion about how to respond has yet to take shape,” said ITIF. “A strategic framework should rebalance the global supply chains, bolster competitiveness, adjust to China’s market size, and solidify the West’s appeal.” Though U.S.-China trade tensions could “defuse,” relations between the countries “increasingly look like a win-lose economic struggle that will test which nation is stronger and which is likely to prevail in specific industries,” it said. It sees the 2020s as likely the “decisive decade.”

COVID-19 and recent Chinese government actions “coalesced long-standing Western concerns about China, focusing on self-sufficiency, national security, trade deficits, business ethics, and human rights,” reported the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Monday. Beijing likely will be “the biggest business disruptor of the 2020s, but the discussion about how to respond has yet to take shape,” said ITIF. “A strategic framework should rebalance the global supply chains, bolster competitiveness, adjust to China’s market size, and solidify the West’s appeal.” Though U.S.-China trade tensions could “defuse,” relations between the countries “increasingly look like a win-lose economic struggle that will test which nation is stronger and which is likely to prevail in specific industries,” it said. It sees the 2020s as likely the “decisive decade.”

COVID-19 and recent Chinese government actions “coalesced long-standing Western concerns about China, focusing on self-sufficiency, national security, trade deficits, business ethics, and human rights,” reported the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Monday. Beijing likely will be “the biggest business disruptor of the 2020s, but the discussion about how to respond has yet to take shape,” said ITIF. “A strategic framework should rebalance the global supply chains, bolster competitiveness, adjust to China’s market size, and solidify the West’s appeal.” Though U.S.-China trade tensions could “defuse,” relations between the countries “increasingly look like a win-lose economic struggle that will test which nation is stronger and which is likely to prevail in specific industries,” it said. It sees the 2020s as likely the “decisive decade.”

The U.S. government shouldn’t force a TikTok sale to any particular company, but the Chinese app’s data practices are an unacceptable security threat, Senate Republicans told us last week. The company is defending itself through lobbying, interviews and other public actions.

The U.S. government shouldn’t force a TikTok sale to any particular company, but the Chinese app’s data practices are an unacceptable security threat, Senate Republicans told us last week. The company is defending itself through lobbying, interviews and other public actions.

About half of American youth don’t use Facebook, and user time there declined about 20% since 2015, NetChoice reported Thursday. Social media competitors include YouTube, Snapchat, Twitter, Pinterest, TikTok and Parler, the report said. It listed digital ad competitors like Google, Amazon, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and the Rubicon Project. “There is no antitrust case against Facebook,” NetChoice Vice President Carl Szabo said. “Instead, Facebook has benefited users, advertisers, and publishers.” Fears about internet dominance are misplaced, the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation said. Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have less than 20% of S&P 500 value, ITIF said. In the early 1960s, the top five share was more than 30% among General Motors, Ford Motor, General Electric and two companies that are now ExxonMobil.