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Zander Arnao

Policy Analyst

Zander Arnao is a Policy Analyst at the Knight-Georgetown Institute. He is a policy expert and researcher studying regulation that aims to promote empowering and competitive digital markets. He has written about technology and antitrust for a variety of outlets, including Tech Policy Press, TechTank, ProMarket, Lawfare, and his personal Substack, Zublius. In the past, he was a Policy Analyst at the Center for Countering Digital Hate and supported enforcement of consumer protection law at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. He received his Master’s in International Relations and Bachelor’s in Public Policy from the University of Chicago, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude.

The Latest From Zander Arnao

Digital Competition Conference 2026: The Next Phase of Competition in Digital Markets

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Digital Competition Conference 2026: The Next Phase of Competition in Digital Markets

This year’s Digital Competition Conference brought together researchers, policymakers, businesses, litigators, and civil society experts from over 37 countries to explore the latest lessons, challenges, and opportunities in regulating and enforcing competition in digital markets.

Zander Arnao, Arjun D'Souza, Sarah Chao, Max Morgan, Stacey Lee, Archer Amon, Paul Sullivan, Elizabeth Sanchez del Castillo N, Jingyao Feng, Cavielle Mckenzie

Age Assurance Online: A Technical Assessment of Current Systems and their Limitations

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Age Assurance Online: A Technical Assessment of Current Systems and their Limitations

Governments around the world are adopting online age assurance requirements of different kinds, reshaping how digital services are accessed by adults and youth. KGI’s latest report provides a technical assessment of how age assurance systems work in practice and examines their accuracy, circumvention resistance, availability, and privacy implications.

Eric Rescorla, Zander Arnao, Alissa Cooper

Curbing Google’s Dominance: The UK’s First Test of Its New Digital Competition Powers

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Curbing Google’s Dominance: The UK’s First Test of Its New Digital Competition Powers

The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally designated Google as having Strategic Market Status – a  step toward curbing the company’s dominance in online search. The Knight-Georgetown Institute finds evidence to support this designation and urges the UK to prioritize stronger interventions that address key barriers to entry in the search market.

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