Op-ed: More tech regulation means slower innovation, for better or worse

Governments around the world are committing to tightening regulations for technology companies, Shira Ovide writes in The New York Times. She cited examples of Europe mandating standard cellphone chargers and the Texas legislature passing a law that interferes with social media companies’ abilities to police speech on their platforms. Ovide said more government regulation could delay new technologies, such as driverless vehicles and facial recognition, from being rolled out as governments reverse the hands-off approach to regulating Big Tech that was practiced since the 1990s.