Wartime leadership then and now
By Tom Wheeler “I view it as a, in a sense, a wartime president”—Donald Trump March 18, 2020 Upon becoming prime minister of Great Britain in May 1940, Winston Churchill…
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Why 5G requires new approaches to cybersecurity
By Tom Wheeler, David Simpson “The race to 5G is on and America must win,” President Donald Trump said in April. For political purposes, that “race” has been defined as which…
Internet capitalism pits fast technology against slow democracy
By Tom Wheeler Technology-driven changes—like those we are presently experiencing—produce demands for security and stability that pose a threat to liberal democracy and capitalism. Across the world, autocrats are on…
Preserving an open internet for consumers, small businesses, and free speech
By Tom Wheeler On Feb. 7, 2019, Brookings Visiting Fellow Tom Wheeler testified before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. In his testimony, Wheeler, a former chairman…
The FCC’s net neutrality proposal: A shameful sham that sells out consumers
By Tom Wheeler Go figure. The day after the Trump Justice Department sues to block the vertical integration of AT&T and Time Warner, the Trump Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposes…
What is the Open Internet Rule?
By Tom Wheeler THE ISSUE: In April 2017, Ajit Pai, the Federal Communications Commission chairman under the Trump administration, announced a plan to roll back the Open Internet Rule. A…
Of marble men and myths
By Tom Wheeler Statues are seldom erected to losers. Statues are erected in celebration. The current disputes about statues of Confederate leaders are less about those individuals than what prompted…
