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 5K in the most recent fiscal year from Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook.
- ITIF opposed Lina Khan’s confirmation to be FTC chair and Jonathan Kanter’s confirmation to lead DOJ’s antitrust division.
- 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.
- ITIF opposed President Biden’s executive order on competition because it said competition in the US tech industry was already robust.
- 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.
