Difference between revisions of "Information Technology And Innovation Foundation (ITIF)"
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* ITIF is a Big Tech funded think tank that often reflects the industry’s viewpoints. Its website says it received funding in excess of | * ITIF is a Big Tech funded think tank that often reflects the industry’s viewpoints. Its website says it received funding in excess of $5,000 in the most recent fiscal year from Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook.<ref>https://itif.org/our-supporters</ref> | ||
* ITIF opposed Lina Khan’s confirmation to be FTC chair and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead DOJ’s antitrust division.<ref>Law 360, 6/15/21</ref> | * ITIF opposed Lina Khan’s confirmation to be FTC chair and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead DOJ’s antitrust division.<ref>Law 360, 6/15/21</ref> | ||
* ITIF opposed the bipartisan Senate bill cracking down on self-preferencing and issued a report saying the practice was actually good for competition and consumers.<ref>Communications Daily, 10/15/21</ref> | * ITIF opposed the bipartisan Senate bill cracking down on self-preferencing and issued a report saying the practice was actually good for competition and consumers.<ref>Communications Daily, 10/15/21</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:34, 18 March 2022
- ITIF is a Big Tech funded think tank that often reflects the industry’s viewpoints. Its website says it received funding in excess of $5,000 in the most recent fiscal year from Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook.[1]
- ITIF opposed Lina Khan’s confirmation to be FTC chair and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead DOJ’s antitrust division.[2]
- ITIF opposed the bipartisan Senate bill cracking down on self-preferencing and issued a report saying the practice was actually good for competition and consumers.[3]
- ITIF opposed President Biden’s executive order on competition because it said competition in the US tech industry was already robust.[4]
- ITIF opposed lawmaker efforts to target the app store practices of Big Tech, said something that wasn’t broke didn’t need fixing.
- ITIF opposed changes to section 230, said the algorithms used by Big Tech should not be blamed for the spreading of harmful content.[5]
