In her piece for nexos, a magazine based in Mexico City, our VP @lcoral.bsky.social emphasizes that supporting the well-being of youth in the #digital age requires moving beyond moral panic & beginning to design for systems that allow us to thrive & flourish. www.nexos.com.mx?p=85495

OTI's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & @premmtrivedi.bsky.social argue in @foreignpolicy.com that the #Trump admin is conducting #data theater—a move with the defining feature of performing objectivity through meaningless data staged to simulate truth. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...

[TODAY @ 2 PM ET] @newamerica.org's Wireless Future & ICLE host a panel on boosting #LEO satellite capacity & performance featuring @jamesondempsey.bsky.social (SpaceX); Kalpak Gude (Amazon); Patricia Cooper, former VP at SpaceX & Daniel Mah (SES). www.newamerica.org/oti/events/o...

A #TikTok deal has been reached, but that shouldn’t become a shortcut for avoiding real reform or a license to use national security to mask protectionist technology policy. Read more from @newamerica.org's @lcoral.bsky.social, our VP: www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...

Thrilled to step into this role.

It was an honor to speak about the important work that @wikipedia.org editors do to keep knowledge free and trustworthy!

Thank you to everyone who's joined us in celebrating OTI's 15th anniversary! #OTIat15

Concluding the livestreamed portion of #OTIat15, @newamerica.org President and Chief Transformation Officer Paul E. Butler gives closing remarks!

📢 Big news announced at #OTIat15: @premmtrivedi.bsky.social is stepping into the role of director of @newamerica.org's OTI! Kicking off his tenure, Prem gives a presentation on how the program is thinking about building the future internet we want. Tune in live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgrD...

"Users want choice, control, to not have their links suppressed.... Anyone who is a creator online wants a direct connection with your followers these days." — @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app in convo w/ our CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social at our #OTIat15 event. cc @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org

"In an open protocol, if you could imagine it, you can build it." — @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app in convo w/ our CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social at our #OTIat15 event. cc @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org

The thought leaders & experts who founded, shaped & led OTI through its 15-year history join us for a panel on the arc of tech policy & where we go next! #OTIat15

Enjoying today’s OTI’s 15th anniversary event today, and looking forward to a great discussion with OTI’s former and current leaders @saschameinrath.bsky.social @abdavidson.bsky.social @bankston.bsky.social @lcoral.bsky.social and Sarah Morris.

@jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, joins #OTIat15 for a fireside chat with @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social!

Deirdre K. Mulligan (@berkeleyischool.bsky.social) joins #OTIat15 to give keynote remarks!

Director of Wireless Future @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) shares his presentation: "What 6G Should Be: Ubiquitous and Seamless Connectivity, Not Just Another ‘G.’" #OTIat15

@cdt.org's @aliyabhatia.bsky.social and Dhanaraj Thakur present on interrogating and improving content moderation for indigenous and low-resource languages in the Global South. #OTIat15

Amina Fazlullah, Head of Tech Policy Advocacy at Common Sense, shares her presentation: "Kid Safety in the AI Era." #OTIat15

@tajhtaylor.bsky.social (@wikimediafoundation.org) presents on AI in defense of free knowledge. #OTIat15

Jaqueline Geis (@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social) shares her presentation: "Networking Human Rights Archives." #OTIat15

@joshpkramer.bsky.social (@newpublic.org) presents on reconnecting public media to the public. #OTIat15

@sydneysaubestre.bsky.social shares her presentation: "What's the Value of Privacy?" #OTIat15

@jaystanley.bsky.social (@aclu.org) shares his presentation: "State Digital IDs Threaten to Transform the Internet." #OTIat15

Jameson Spivack (@futureofprivacy.bsky.social) presents on mental privacy and "neural data" regulations in the U.S. #OTIat15

Members of our community take the stage for #OTIat15 lightning talks! They'll discuss big tech policy issues on the horizon & present new takes on pressing challenges.

Kicking off #OTIat15 with welcome remarks are @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social & @lcoral.bsky.social, our VP & Head of OTI!

🎊 Today's the day! 🎊 We're celebrating OTI's 15th anniversary with a community of advocates, researchers, organizers & innovators. They're joining us for timely conversations around the future of tech policy. Don't miss the livestream of #OTIat15: events.newamerica.org/opentechnolo...

🎊 Exciting News 🎊 We're pleased to announce that @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app, will be joining us at OTI at 15 for a fireside chat with @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social! 📆 There's still time for you to register to attend virtually: https://go.newamerica.org/oti-at-15-5

Society runs on #data. To understand the full impact of #SaltTyphoon, we need a framework for privacy valuation. Read @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social's brief to learn more: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/w... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/w...

Check out our new brief, which serves as a blueprint to make #data flow efficiently and responsibly between stakeholders, using real-world education policy examples. www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/t...

@newamerica.org's @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social, director of Wireless Future, spoke with @spacenewsinc.bsky.social about the likely effects of the #EchoStar deal. spacenews.com/echostars-23...

We’ve watched the internet become a tool of surveillance, control, and corporate dominance. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social explores how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future. 🛜 go.newamerica.org/how-to-rebui...

@newamerica.org's OTI is part of the coalition of privacy and civil rights groups calling on American universities to defend free speech by dismantling campus surveillance and invasive data collection. www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2025-08...

By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

The full potential of #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) to close the #DigitalDivide can’t be realized without major reforms, starting with the contribution base! So says OTI's new report by @jessicadine.bsky.social & @tabularaza.net @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

For the past 15 years, OTI has been working to ensure that every community has equitable access to digital technology and its benefits. Join OTI on 9/9 for a lightning talk + past/present directors panel on the future of tech policy 💻 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org go.newamerica.org/oti-at-15-5

According to Planetary Politics Non-Resident Fellow Nii Simmonds (@globalbuilder.bsky.social), Europe & Africa can build a shared, values-driven digital future by investing in collaboration instead of isolation. Read his new piece in @weforum.org to learn more. www.newamerica.org/planetary-po...

We’ve watched the internet become a tool of surveillance, control, and corporate dominance. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social explores how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future. 🛜 go.newamerica.org/how-to-rebui...

Africa’s $9.15B data center market is at a crossroads. Its digital sovereignty relies on power, water & cross-border policy alignment. This new Planetary Politics brief from Roland Banya calls for regional coordination to keep digital value on the continent. www.newamerica.org/planetary-po...

Policymakers should study and pilot programs that foster partnerships between the labor sector and researchers, which can help technologists identify productivity bottlenecks, overlooked implementation challenges, and solve industry problems, @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social writes.

“The U.S. does not have any coherent national digital skills strategy,” Open Technology Institute's @jessicadine.bsky.social told @justinhendrix.bsky.social at @techpolicypress.bsky.social. “We can’t become competitive in a world where people are not ready for #AI, and not connected.” 🌐

In response to the challenges of age verification mandates and a recent SCOTUS decision, @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org explores a path toward implementation that protects a person’s privacy and data security through zero-knowledge proofs. 🔐 Read the brief: go.newamerica.org/privacy-age-...

@routefifty.bsky.social covered the Open Technology Institute's new brief on age verification:

[TODAY] Join Open Technology Institute senior policy analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social for a #GLRWeek 2025 conversation co-hosted by Campaign for Grade-Level Reading & @newamerica.org : Guardrails and Guidelines on #Tech for Wellbeing and Literacy Development. ⬇️ ⬇️

"The conventional wisdom that #socialmedia messes up kids is based on weak correlations & ignores a broad range of other factors, including academic pressure, family instability, economic hardship...," writes Open Technology Institute's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social for @usnews.com.

This week, head of Open Technology Institute @lcoral.bsky.social joined @newamerica.org's Democracy Deciphered podcast with Amen Ra Mashariki of the @bezosearthfund.org to explore the past, present, and future of how governments use #AI. 🎧 Listen below:

[JULY 28] Open Technology Institute's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social will be speaking at a #GLRWeek session co-hosted by Campaign for Grade-Level Reading & @newamerica.org : Guardrails and Guidelines on #Tech for Wellbeing and Literacy Development. 🔗 glrcenter-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

As it stands, no currently implemented age assurance solution can provide the necessary balance between reliable accuracy and user #privacy. Learn more in Open Technology Institute's new brief:

HAPPENING NOW: @gwlaw.bsky.social's @daniel-solove.bsky.social, one of the world’s leading experts in #privacy law, is sitting down with OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social to discuss privacy and its relationship to power, society and #democracy! bit.ly/4kUZpvQ 💻+🏢 ONLINE & @newamerica.org in D.C.

Coming up soon!