Communications Law Research Guide

Comprised of over 150 member companies, the Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Solutions develops telecommunications standards and policy guidelines for 5G, cybersecurity, technological interoperability, emergency services and more.

Data & Society is a research institute that is focused on the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric and automated technologies. "The issues that Data & Society seeks to address are complex. The same innovative technologies and sociotechnical practices that are reconfiguring society – enabling novel modes of interaction, new opportunities for knowledge, and disruptive business paradigms – can be abused to invade people’s privacy, provide new tools of discrimination, and harm individuals and communities."

"EFF is a donor-supported membership organization working to protect our fundamental rights regardless of technology; to educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology; and to act as a defender of those liberties. Among its various activities, EFF opposes misguided legislation, initiates and defends court cases preserving individuals' rights, launches global public campaigns, introduces leading edge proposals and papers, hosts frequent educational events, engages the press regularly, and publishes a comprehensive archive of digital civil liberties information on its web site."

Public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.

The Information Society Project (ISP) is an intellectual center at Yale Law School. It supports a community of interdisciplinary scholars who explore issues at the intersection of law, technology, and society.

ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.

A Columbia University think tank working on issues of freedoms of speech and of the press in the digital age.

Preeminent think tank producing well-respected policy analysis. Includes Pew publications (such as its "State of the Media" report), presentations, datasets, fact sheets, and more.

Preeminent think tank producing well-respected policy analysis. Includes Pew publications, presentations, datasets, fact sheets, and more.

A Harvard University research center dedicated to exploring the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice.

SIIA is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age.

TIA is a non-profit trade association serving the U.S. communications and information technology industry.

A research center at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism focused on exploring the ways in which technology is changing journalism, its practice and its consumption.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.

TPRC is a non-profit organization which hosts annual forum for scholars engaged in publishable research on policy-relevant telecommunications and information issues, and for public- and private-sector decision makers engaged in telecommunications and information policy. The website provides access to archived program information and proceedings.

ITU is the leading United Nations agency for information and communication technology issues.

ICANN is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with participants from all over the world dedicated to keeping the Internet secure, stable and interoperable. It promotes competition and develops policy on the Internet's unique identifiers.

ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast, and Internet technologies. ETSI is a not-for-profit organization with more than 700 ETSI member organizations drawn from 62 countries across 5 continents worldwide.Telecom and Internet Converged Services & Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN) Since its creation in 2003, ETSI TISPAN has been the key standardization body in creating the next generation networks (NGN) specifications.

RTNDA is the world's largest professional organization devoted exclusively to electronic journalism. RTNDA represents local and network news executives in broadcasting, cable and other electronic media in more than 30 countries. The Web site provides general information about the Association and its educational arm. It also provides access to its research results. The more resent research results are available for a fee.