ITIF Releases Guide To Digital Politics

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a new report delineating the landscape of American digital politics.

"Digital politics, if not the greatest issue of our age, will be central to the life of our nation in the years ahead," the guide states. The report describes who the major players in the information technology space are and where their attitude falls on cross-cutting policy dynamics such as government regulation versus laissez-faire and individual empowerment versus societal benefit. According to ITIF, there are 8 major political actors in the IT world: cyber-libertarians, social engineers, free marketers, moderates, moral conservatives, old economy regulators, tech companies and trade associations, and bricks-and-mortars. The basic worldview of each actor is detailed in the report.