Jonathan Askin was a Senior Research Fellow at the Data Catalyst Institute (2022), with a focus on internet law.
Since the U.S.’ adoption of signal jamming prohibitions, society has changed so dramatically. Congress and the FCC should revisit its signal jamming rules to allow for a limited right to block mobile signals at least within specific private areas at specific times.
Digital technology is finally able to give control of the Internet to the users and workers. However, history suggests user/worker-controlled networks will lose to the centralized server-spoke model of the Silicon-Valley data brokers.
State and local governments can supercharge market competition and innovation by better empowering alternative business models like worker cooperatives.
