Public Policy

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Public Policy is the vertical for the decisions made in capitals that land on companies. Regulation, trade and tariffs, elections and government, antitrust, and healthcare policy are the beats, and geopolitics and security appear when they change what a business can plan for. Three stories each weekday at 11, in our own words, linked to the publisher. We choose for the reader who has to model a policy risk rather than argue about it: the general counsel, the head of government affairs, the founder selling into a market whose rules are moving. Sources range from newspapers to think tanks and academic institutes, and we say which is which. The editor’s note beneath the day’s lead explains the choice and what to watch as the policy moves from proposal to enforcement.

The Pentagon, the Headquarters of the US Department of Defense. Photo was taken from a commercial airliner during the early morning sometime in September 2018.

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Alternative Visions of the Internet

Today’s internet was shaped by policy choices, not technological inevitability. Reflecting on Rebecca Coyne’s spam-regulation analysis, contributors contend that stronger democratic governance and public participation can still redirect AI and internet development.

Internet University of Michigan Email spam and anti-spam policy Finn Brunton Research +2 → Issues in Science and Technology

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