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Tech policy is now industrial policy

Digital policymaking is undergoing a fundamental revamp toward how technology affects the offline world — and not just what happens online.
Tech policy is now industrial policy
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IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and will be in Amsterdam and Brussels during the week of Feb 16, and then back in Brussels the week of Feb 23. If you're around for coffee, drop me a line here.

Also, apologies to those of you who struggled to open/read last week's dispatch. It was caused by an issue with Ghost's back-end infrastructure. Hopefully, it's all working this week.

— What defines digital policymaking is fundamentally shifting from a focus on online issues to those that directly affect the offline world.

— American lawmakers are again debating if Europe's online safety rules threaten the First Amendment. What is actually going on here?

— The world's semiconductor market remains highly concentrated within East Asia.

Let's get started:

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