What Digital Liberty does

Digital Liberty is a non-profit policy advocacy organization that advocates for consumer-driven markets free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media sectors. The organization operates as a project under Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), sharing resources, staff, and donation infrastructure with its parent organization. Based in Washington D.C. at 722 12th St. NW, 4th Floor, Digital Liberty engages directly with FCC rulemaking proceedings by filing formal comments and reply comments, and conducts Congressional outreach through coalition letters and endorsements of legislation such as the JAWBONE Act introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden.

The organization has a small team of approximately 7 employees and no commercial product offerings. Its core activities center on policy research, regulatory comment filing, and public education through digital channels including its website (digitalliberty.net), Twitter (@DigitalLiberty), and Facebook. Digital Liberty produces research outputs such as the Net Neutrality Toolkit and spectrum reform resources, and tracks key issues including Universal Service Fund contribution factors, FCC modernization of copper retirement rules, satellite licensing, and Section 315 broadcast equal opportunity provisions.

Digital Liberty's revenue model is donation-based, routed through Americans for Tax Reform's donation infrastructure at atr.org. Its primary beneficiaries are citizens and consumers concerned with free speech, internet freedom, and limited government intervention in technology markets, as well as telecommunications and broadband industry participants seeking favorable regulatory outcomes. Leadership includes Executive Director Katie McAuliffe, with named contributors including James Erwin, Blake Reed, and James Bighenti authoring policy commentary.

Name

Digital Liberty

Legal name

Digital Liberty

Website

https://digitalliberty.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Digital Liberty is a Washington D.C.-based non-profit policy advocacy organization and project of Americans for Tax Reform that files FCC comments and engages Congress on free-market telecommunications, internet, broadband, and free speech issues for citizens, conservatives, and the telecom industry.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Policy Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Rights, Privacy & Free Expression Advocacy (BPAGAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA), Public Communications, Transparency & Open Government (BPAIAAAH)

Keywords

• Telecom policy advocacy
• Internet freedom
• Regulatory reform
• Spectrum policy
• Free speech advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Digital Liberty is a U.S. policy advocacy organization that advocates for consumer-driven markets free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media. It engages regulators and legislators by filing formal comments in FCC proceedings, publishing policy research and toolkits, and building coalitions with like-minded organizations on free speech, net neutrality, wireless spectrum, broadband expansion, and tech taxation issues.

Product overview

Digital Liberty is a policy advocacy organization, not a product company. It does not offer any commercial products or services. The organization advocates for a consumer-driven market free from heavy regulation or taxation of the Internet, technology, telecommunications, video games, and media through educational resources, policy research, and public comments to the FCC on topics including net neutrality, broadband expansion, wireless spectrum, and free speech.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Americans for Tax ReformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital Liberty is a project of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), sharing resources, staff, and the donation infrastructure at atr.org. ATR President Grover Norquist is quoted in Digital Liberty materials supporting the JAWBONE Act.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NetChoice: Internet and e-commerce trade association that actively litigates and lobbies on free speech, Section 230, and online regulation. Closely aligned with Digital Liberty on jawboning and online speech issues, including co-litigation and coalition work.
• TechFreedom: Free-market tech policy think tank that engages on FCC proceedings, net neutrality, privacy, and platform regulation. Directly competes with Digital Liberty for influence on internet and telecom dockets from a similar ideological perspective.
• Americans for Tax Reform: Direct parent organization of Digital Liberty. ATR is a nationwide taxpayer advocacy group that shares staff, donor infrastructure, and a free-market ideological orientation, making it the most structurally comparable counterpart.
• R Street Institute: Libertarian-leaning think tank that engages on telecom, internet, and free speech policy. Shares Digital Liberty's free-market orientation and engages in regulatory and legislative advocacy.
• Computer & Communications Industry Association: Tech industry advocacy group that files comments at the FCC and on Capitol Hill on broadband, AI, and platform regulation. Comparable policy remit and direct engagement model.
• Goldwater Institute: Conservative and libertarian policy organization that litigates and advocates on free speech issues. Shares Digital Liberty's ideological orientation and engages on First Amendment matters relevant to digital platforms.
• Free State Foundation: Free-market communications policy think tank focused on FCC, spectrum, and broadband issues. Mirrors Digital Liberty's emphasis on deregulation, market-based spectrum policy, and copper retirement reform.

Others

• Public Knowledge: Public interest advocacy group that files formal comments at the FCC on net neutrality, spectrum, and broadband. Operates on the same dockets but typically from opposing policy positions, making it a structural counterpart rather than a direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Electronic Frontier Foundation: Long-standing nonprofit focused on digital rights, free speech, and privacy. Addresses the same substantive issues as Digital Liberty but from a civil-libertarian rather than free-market perspective, representing an ideological counterweight in the same advocacy space.
• Consumer Technology Association: Large industry trade association representing consumer technology companies. Operates in the same telecom and tech policy space at greater scale, often taking aligned positions on spectrum and regulation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/DigitalLiberty
• Facebookfacebook.com/183113325043961
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/digital-liberty

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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