--- description: Tom Wheeler was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017. He is currently a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is also the author of, TECHLASH: Who Makes the Rules in the New Gilded Age. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Tom Wheeler  ## Tom Wheeler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Tom Wheeler was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017\. He is currently a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is also the author of, TECHLASH: Who Makes the Rules in the New Gilded Age.  ## Tom Wheeler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 30, 2025 ### [DeepSeek And the Need for AI Competition](https://time.com/7211610/deepseek-not-reason-big-tech-more-powerful/) DeepSeek’s disruption is a sign that the U.S. needs more competition, not Big Tech dominance, in ord... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 20, 2022 ### [If the Metaverse Is Left Unregulated, Companies Will Track Your Gaze and Emotions](https://time.com/6188956/metaverse-is-left-unregulated-companies-will-track-gaze-emotions/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 5, 2021 ### [How to Regulate Tech Platforms Like Facebook](https://time.com/5952630/facebook-regulation-agency/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2020 ### [DOJ's Lawsuit Against Google Isn't Enough](https://time.com/5901696/google-antitrust-case/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 29, 2020 ### [Trump's Executive Order Is Political Coercion](https://time.com/5844920/trump-twitter-executive-order/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 14, 2019 ### [The Presidential Candidates Need a Plan for Big Tech That Isn’t “Break Up Big Tech”](https://time.com/5698009/presidential-debates-digital-technology/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-wheeler-2/","name":"Tom Wheeler"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-wheeler-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/tom-wheeler-2/"},"name":"Tom Wheeler","jobTitle":null,"description":"Tom Wheeler was chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 2013 to 2017. He is currently a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center and a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is also the author of, TECHLASH: Who Makes the Rules in the New Gilded Age.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaa7dfe05542549c0/698a0ecb16d8846fb9c383c3/tom-wheeler-voices.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/tom-wheeler-2/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```