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For Harvey (and Jimmy, and Dick)

Some bright lights went out in 2024 — two of the brightest in its waning days: Jimmy Carter, whom you know, and Harvey Anderson, whom you…

Dec 31, 2024

For Harvey (and Jimmy, and Dick)

Dec 31, 2024

Impact metrics and the metaphysics of Meta

Goodbye Facebook, hello Meta! The tech titan foremost in recent vitriolic media coverage is shifting its focus away from yesterday’s Big…

Nov 9, 2021

Three people wearing virtual reality headsets surrounded by vaguely futuristic drawings

Nov 9, 2021

The Great War blog series

I’ve been on a great writing kick over at R Street, most recently finishing up a 6-part blog series on what I call, with intentional…

Mar 20, 2021

The Great War blog series

Mar 20, 2021

The tortoise and the hare

Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 (or December 37th, 2020 if you prefer) will go down in history. Not that I think anyone reading this needs a…

Jan 9, 2021

Jan 9, 2021

(External) Interoperability is key to tech competition

This week I published a piece in The American Conservative, “Interoperability is Key to Tech Competition.” You can read the whole article…

Oct 21, 2020

Oct 21, 2020

The need for a robust critical community in content policy

Over this series of policy posts, I’m exploring the evolution of internet regulation from my perspective as an advocate for constructive…

Sep 25, 2020

Sep 25, 2020

Badges

It’s time to move on.

Sep 22, 2020

Badges

Sep 22, 2020

Section 230 and Interoperability

Perhaps the most de rigeur issue in tech policy in 2020 is antitrust. The European Union made market power a significant component of its…

Sep 10, 2020

Sep 10, 2020

It’s Time To Regulate The Internet… But Thoughtfully

[Note: This piece was originally published on TechDirt.]

Sep 3, 2020

Sep 3, 2020

Weighting content suggestions, responsibly

One of the most vexing issues in my portfolio of policy work is how to handle harmful and unlawful user content on the internet — and in…

Jul 26, 2019

Weighting content suggestions, responsibly

Jul 26, 2019

Chris Riley

Chris Riley

Disruptive internet policy engineer, beverage connoisseur, gregarious introvert, contrarian order Muppet, and proud husband & father. Not in order.

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