Information and digital technologies have transformed the way modern societies operate over the last 20 years and introduced unprecedented opportunities as well as thorny policy challenges such as privacy, ethics, data rights, and competition. The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence in the last year has reinvigorated many of these recurring information policy challenges, and heightened tensions between the drive for rapid innovation alongside calls for regulation. Students will develop a foundational understanding of key concepts within information policy issues and apply it to information-intensive emerging technologies including AI/Generative AI, digital platforms and social media, smart devices/Internet of Things, and AR/VR/Metaverse. Students will build technical knowledge necessary to diagnose and remedy policy issues at hand, be able to discuss the ethical tradeoffs and nuances of contested issues from multiple perspectives, and curate a toolkit of policy approaches and regulatory options available for emerging tech. Relevant current events and technological developments will be incorporated into the course throughout the semester, and students will be expected to interact with many of the technologies discussed throughout to spark class discussion and inform future practice. This course will leave students with knowledge that will allow them to feel equally comfortable traversing the boardrooms of Silicon Valley and corridors of power within Washington DC.