Adam Thierer
ContributorAdam Thierer is the President of the <a href="http://www.pff.org/">Progress & Freedom Foundation</a> (PFF), a think tank in Washington, D.C. that studies the Internet and cyberlaw, the digital economy, media and communications policy, and free speech issues. Prior to joining PFF in 2005, Thierer spent four years at the Cato Institute as Director of Telecommunications Studies, and nine years at The Heritage Foundation as a Fellow in Economic Policy.<br /> <br /> Thierer is the author or editor of seven books on diverse topics such as media regulation and child safety issues, mass media regulation, Internet governance and jurisdiction, intellectual property, regulation of network industries, and the role of federalism within high-technology markets.<br /> <br /> Before coming to Washington, Thierer spent time in London, England at the Adam Smith Institute where he worked on reform of the British legal system. Adam earned his B.A. in journalism and political science at Indiana University, and received his M.A. in international business management and trade theory at the University of Maryland.<br /> <br /> Thierer is also a member of several distinguished task forces. He has served as a member of Harvard Law School’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a “Blue Ribbon Working Group” on child safety organized by Common Sense Media, the iKeepSafe Coalition, and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, and he currently serves on the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s “Online Safety and Technology Working Group.” He is also an advisor to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s Telecom & IT Task Force. In 2008, Thierer received the Family Online Safety Institute’s “Award for Outstanding Achievement.” <br /> <br /> Thierer blogs at <a href="http://techliberation.com/">The Technology Liberation Front</a> and his Twitter feed is: <a href="http://twitter.com/AdamThierer">http://twitter.com/AdamThierer</a>