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The False Choice Between Digital Regulation and Innovation – Columbia University Law School Amen, fratelli! Amen!! Quello che ho sempre pensato, scritto bene. > This Article challenges the common view that more stringent regulation of the digital economy inevitably compromises innovation and undermines technological progress. This view, vigorously advocated by the tech industry, has shaped the public discourse in the United States, where the country’s thriving tech economy is often associated with a staunch commitment to free markets. U.S. lawmakers have also traditionally embraced this perspective, which explains their hesitancy to regulate the tech industry to date > > … > > Instead, this Article shows there are more foundational features of the American legal and technological ecosystem that have paved the way for U.S. tech companies’ rise to global prominence—features that the EU has not been able to replicate to date. By severing tech regulation from its allegedly adverse effect on innovation, this Article seeks to advance a more productive scholarly conversation on the costs and benefits of digital regulation. It also directs governments deliberating tech policy away from a false choice between regulation and innovation while drawing their attention to a broader set of legal and institutional reforms that are necessary for tech companies to innovate and for digital economies and societies to thrive. > > … > > Today’s tech giants emerged in the United Statespredominantly because of factors such as thriving American capital marketsand an entrepreneurial culture that is amenable to risk-taking. They have alsobenefited from access to diverse talent—which sustains the American cultureof disruptive innovation—and taken advantage of a large home market,which is not fragmented by different laws, languages, cultures, consumerpreferences, or different channels for marketing and distribution.415 It istherefore one-dimensional to argue that digital regulation (or its absence)determines the fortunes of a country’s tech industry. > > .. > > To close the technology gap between the EU and the United States, the EU does not need to repeal the GDPR or refrain from implementing the recently enacted AI regulation. Instead, the EU should channel its policy ambition toward completing the digital single market, creating a genuine capital markets union, harmonizing member states’ bankruptcy regimes, and viewing immigration as an opportunity for Europe’s technological progress and economic growth. There is no doubt that the EU has much ground to cover in catching up to the United States’ technology sectors, but abandoning digital regulation is not what will get the EU there. Source: _119.2 Bradford for Pub (ACTIVE) (updated 10.6.2024) – 4753107.pdf_ If you like this post, please consider sharing it. https://blog.quintarelli.it/2025/10/the-false-choice-between-digital-regulation-and-innovation-columbia-university-law-school/