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September 2025

Saving TikTok While Protecting National Security

On September 25, President Trump signed an executive order allowing TikTok to remain active in the US under the requirements of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. President Trump has determined that the divestiture outlined in a proposed framework agreement, in which TikTok’s U.S. application would be operated by a new joint-venture company based in the United States, is a “qualified divestiture.” It will be majority-owned by U.S. investors, operated in the U.S.

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Georgetown Institute for Technology Law & Policy; Georgetown Law Center on Privacy & Technology; Tech & Society; Benton Institute for Broadband & Society; and Public Knowledge

Date 
Fri, 10/10/2025 - 10:30 to 11:30

Join us for a special Digital Inclusion Week event featuring Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution and author of Digitally Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass. In her book, Dr. Turner Lee illustrates how millions of Americans remain excluded from the digital economy, sharing powerful stories of those left behind and the structural barriers driving inequities.


Congress blinks on AI and China national security fears

President Trump's love of dealmaking is making it tough for China hawks in Congress to keep up their national security fervor around tech and AI. Republicans are in a tough spot as they try to defend their bills on chips, apps and AI without undermining the White House's approach to industrial policy. China hawks 

Are Data Centers Draining the Resources of the South?

Tech companies are also planning to use new broadband infrastructure to power data centers with enormous processing capabilities for a variety of applications, including artificial intelligence. However, the data center buildout comes with economic and environmental risks for many communities, especially those in the southern parts of the U.S.

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