Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t said a lot about tech policy, but here’s what we know

Vice President Kamala Harris (D-CA) is all but certain to become the Democratic presidential candidate. If elected, Harris would be a president with roots in California’s Bay Area—the heart of the tech industry. Despite her ties to this region, Harris is largely a cipher when it comes to tech policy. As vice president, she is inherently connected to every policy of the Biden administration, but it’s difficult to untangle which parts she would continue and which she would change. Harris has left open the possibility of enforcement of antitrust regulation of big tech, but has avoided giving direct answers on the topic. On privacy, she has said that “the tech companies have got to be regulated in a way that we can ensure and the American consumer can be certain that their privacy is not being compromised.” One area of privacy in which Harris has had a strong, substantive record: legislation and enforcement targeting the sharing of nonconsensual images. As for artificial intelligence, she has called for “legislation that strengthens AI safety without stifling innovation”