Adam Thierer
Adam Thierer
- Senior Research Fellow
Adam Thierer is a senior research fellow with the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He specializes in technology, media, Internet, and free-speech policies, with a particular focus on online safety and digital privacy. His writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Forbes, and he has appeared on national television and radio. Thierer is a frequent guest lecturer and has testified numerous times on Capitol Hill.
Thierer has authored or edited eight books on topics ranging from media regulation and child safety issues to the role of federalism in high-technology markets. His latest book is Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom.
He contributes to the Technology Liberation Front, a leading tech policy blog. Thierer has served on several distinguished online safety task forces, including Harvard University’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force and the federal government’s Online Safety Technology Working Group.
Previously, Thierer was president of the Progress & Freedom Foundation, director of telecommunications studies at the Cato Institute, and a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation. Thierer received his MA in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland and his BA in journalism and political philosophy from Indiana University.
Testimony & Comments
Federal Aviation Administration Interpretation of the Special Rule for Model Aircraft
Adam Thierer, Ryan Hagemann | Sep 23, 2014Privacy and Security Implications of the Internet of Things
Adam Thierer | May 31, 2013A Status Update on the Development of Voluntary Do-Not-Track Standards
Adam Thierer | Apr 24, 2013Federal Aviation Administration: Unmanned Aircraft System Test Site Program
Jerry Brito, Eli Dourado, Adam Thierer | Apr 23, 2013