@newamerica.org's VP of tech & democracy programs, @lcoral.bsky.social, points to the mass mobilization method of Taylor Swift's #Swifties in combating #AI that generates non-consensual sexual images on social media. https://www.newamerica.org/the-thread/taylor-swift-ai-deepfake-social-media/

Rounding out our posts for #DataPrivacyWeek, we're excited to share the zine OTI worked on with @nirhealth.bsky.social! Check out OTI's blog that further breaks down #privacy practices illustrated in the zine. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/top...

Online age verification mandates can endanger our #privacy & #security. During #DataPrivacyWeek, read OTI's pieces on this, including a brief on zero-knowledge proofs: a possible path to privacy-preserving age verification. 🔗 https://bit.ly/463L2AR 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qB2oxj

As tech, like #AI, gets more integrated in #education, concerns about how schools manage and use student #data while ensuring their privacy are not unfounded. This #DataPrivacyWeek, read more about this from OTI: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4bQrLXg 🔗 https://bit.ly/469Y3YG

Our #privacy holds considerable social & economic value, but the U.S.'s current approach to privacy consistently undervalues it. On #DataPrivacyDay, we revisit an OTI article highlighting the need for a privacy valuation framework. https://bit.ly/45x7h25

New America's @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org advocates for tech policy that protects our right to privacy. This #DataPrivacyDay, we spotlight some of their efforts to advance this important work. 💻 https://go.newamerica.org/consumer-privacy-5

When governments collect, share & use our data, they must do so while prioritizing our #privacy & the truth. Read some of OTI's publications from last year to learn more. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4bj5EZu ➡️ https://bit.ly/3NFFaHN ➡️ https://bit.ly/4bfk4K9 #DataPrivacyWeek

@newamerica.org's OTI advocates for tech policy that protects our right to #privacy. We're kicking off #DataPrivacyWeek with the program's takes on #AI agents & encryption. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4sQm6GO ➡️ http://bit.ly/4bBPk6n

We're excited to share that OTI Senior Policy Analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social is one of Georgetown's McCourt School Tech & Public Policy Visiting Fellows for spring 2026! https://mccourt.georgetown.edu/news/tpp-visiting-fellows-spring-2026/

"When an essential technological instrument of U.S. policy is in the hands of a private individual...it increases the risk of policy capture and outcomes that are not in the public interest," said @newamerica.org's Gordon LaForge to @fastcompany.com. www.fastcompany.com/91475156/is-...

LEO #satellites have had big impacts—such as the free Starlink service being provided in the midst of Iran’s recent internet blackout. When will policy catch up to the proliferation of this tech? @jessicadine.bsky.social's latest in @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/space-is-get...

OTI is pleased to endorse @markey.senate.gov's & @repsummerlee.bsky.social's bill centering rights & fairness in the federal government's development, use & oversight of #AI tools. www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

@jessicadine.bsky.social, a policy analyst at @newamerica.org's OTI & Wireless Future programs, spoke with Fierce Network about the FCC authorizing Starlink to deploy more satellites at a lower altitude. www.fierce-network.com/broadband/st...

Chatbots like #Grok have been used to generate sexualized #AI deepfakes of people that spread across social media. [email protected] stressed to @newsweek.com that even w/ legislation addressing #deepfakes, social media platforms themselves must also take action. www.newsweek.com/south-korea-...

“Increasing the power levels for WiFi connections…is a big win for consumers,” says director of Wireless Future @michaelcalabrese.bsky.social in regards to the FCC's plan to vote on a proposal expanding the use of Wi-Fi in the 6GHz band. www.fierce-network.com/wireless/fcc...

A bill has been introduced that would ban the sale of children's toys with AI chatbot capabilities. This takes place at a time when there are numerous gaps in regulating #AI as it moves into physical products. www.techpolicy.press/ai-is-moving...

Starting yesterday, #ICE can use Medicaid #data in deportation cases—a heavy blow to privacy in the U.S. We must continue to push back on such data practices. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/dig...

Open Technology Institute joined @epic.org and other orgs in calling on the Social Security Administration to withdraw its System of Records Notice that retroactively justifies sharing sensitive info with the Department of Homeland Security.

JR Washebek, one of @newamerica.org's Digital Service for the Planet fellows, wants #AI tech to be used to revolutionize conservation work. 🔗 newamerica.org/technology-a...

In the first piece of @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s new series, Digital Service for the Planet fellow JR Washebek discusses starting a career at the intersection of AI & conservation and shares her hope for the future of #AI. 🗣️ https://go.newamerica.org/ai-environmental-problems-jr-washebek-5

The U.S. surveillance apparatus has grown and been abused, but @newamerica.org's OTI will continue to call out what should be done to defend Americans' fundamental rights. Read the program's pieces from this year to learn more: 🔵 newamerica.org/oti/blog/dig... 🔵 newamerica.org/oti/blog/dhs...

With watchdogs sidelined, critics fear surveillance could go beyond migration. A former DHS official notes a shift from immigration enforcement to "domestic security". This, he adds, appears to be an “ever-expanding category”. Read @peter.andringa.me's investigation on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/4oGyQfT

Digital literacy is as fundamental as reading, writing, and arithmetic—but we still lack a national framework. 🔗 Here, our Teaching, Learning & #Tech policy team explains how #AI use in schools makes identifying (and closing!) #equity gaps more urgent than ever before.

If AI and conservation merge seamlessly, we could see a future where ecosystems thrive, guided by data-driven insights. Let's empower both tech and nature! #futurism

Our new series, "Tech for the People, by the People," kicks off with a spotlight of Digital Service for the Planet fellow JR Washebek. Washebek discusses starting a career at the intersection of AI & conservation & shares her hope for the future of #AI. www.newamerica.org/technology-a...

On this week's Priorities Podcast, we're joined by @newamerica.org's Lilian Coral and @northeasternu.bsky.social's Neil Kleiman to discuss their recent expansive report on AI in state and local government. Learn more in the full episode 🎧 ➡️ statescoop.com/radio/new-am...

OTI is pleased to endorse this bill, with @premmtrivedi.bsky.social emphasizing that it "affirms a simple principle: decisions that shape people’s lives should be made by people, with algorithms supporting human decision making, not replacing it." www.newamerica.org/oti/legislat...

[TOMORROW] Tune in live for an episode of the Fiber Broadband Association's Fiber for Breakfast featuring @jessicadine.bsky.social! She'll speak about what should be done to address America's lack of a national standard for defining and measuring #digital skills. fiberbroadband.org/event/ffb-we...

An Open Technology Institute thread: Today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on protecting children & teens online is focusing on nearly 20 bills. OTI is glad that our leaders continue to prioritize the well-being of kids online! Below are our takes on some of these bills ⬇ (1/8)

@matt-steinberg.bsky.social and @premmtrivedi.bsky.social of @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org break down how AI agents work and describe the practical safeguards needed to guide their responsible development. 🔗 Read more: https://go.newamerica.org/ai-agents-5

OTI Senior Policy Analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social was quoted in the @politico.com Morning Tech newsletter's coverage of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2...

@newamerica.org's Open Technology Institute joined groups, including @epic.org, @aclu.org, @eff.org, and @cdt.org, in calling on ICE to immediately stop its use of facial recognition technology in the field. epic.org/wp-content/u...

#ICYMI: Last week OTI Senior Policy Analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social took part in a #FOSI2025 panel on how age assurance measures can be effective, practical & responsive to the needs of children, families & industry. Check out the write-up of the day: fosi.org/event/fosi-a...

@bencasselman.bsky.social's covered how this shutdown has impacted our data. Some of it, he & Rebecca Davis O'Brien say, "will probably never be produced, a permanent gap in understanding that could have lasting consequences." This plays into "data theatre." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...

[TODAY] Join @newamerica.org's Wireless Future and the International Center for Law & Economics for a symposium on Low Earth Orbit (#LEO) satellite policy. ⌛11 am - 2:15 pm ET 📍New America www.newamerica.org/oti/events/t...

OTI Senior Policy Counsel @tabularaza.net will take part in today's @publicknowledge.bsky.social event "The People's Oversight Hearing." Can't attend in person? Check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/live/av6Ks0g...

@chhayakapadia.bsky.social, chief of staff of @newamerica.org's Open Technology Institute, spoke with @washingtonpost.com's @shiraovide.bsky.social regarding the state and future of internet "nutrition labels." www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

[NOV 10] OTI Senior Policy Analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social will take part in a #FOSI2025 panel on how age assurance measures can be effective, practical & responsive to the needs of children, families & industry. Haven't registered? Sign up for the livestream: fosi.org/event/fosi-a...

I wrote a new brief with @premmtrivedi.bsky.social, AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era). As AI agents reshape how we interact online, we discuss the new challenges agents pose for privacy, security, and competition. Hope this can be a helpful resource!

In a new brief from OTI, former policy fellow @matt-steinberg.bsky.social & OTI director @premmtrivedi.bsky.social propose targeted interventions to address the privacy & security challenges of #AI agents. Read now: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/a...

[NOV 13] Join New America’s Wireless Future & the International Center for Law & Economics for an event on Low Earth Orbit satellite policy, bringing together regulatory, industry & academic experts to discuss how to guide this tech to its fullest potential. RSVP: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/t...

LEO satellites 🛰️ promise to meet global connectivity needs, but barriers to system inclusion still exist. A new report from the LEO Policy Working Group led by @newamerica.org's Wireless Future & @LawEconCenter explores: 1. Spectrum sharing & coexistence 2. Satellite competition 3. Digital divide

OTI Senior Policy Counsel @tabularaza.net spoke with @cnet.com about the FCC's latest move regarding #broadband labels. www.cnet.com/home/interne...

OTI Senior Policy Analyst @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social spoke with @politico.com about #AI chatbots and age verification technology in the context of children's online safety. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

"It’s one thing for the FCC to talk about the free market and competition—it’s another for them to strip consumers of one of the few tools they have to navigate it," says OTI's @tabularaza.net regarding the FCC's vote that affects the broadband label rule. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

Cities are using AI to solve real problems, from evictions to civic engagement. But is it enough to make government better, not just faster? RethinkAI’s new report, featured on the #RebootDemocracy Blog, lays out a new model: Adapt. Listen. Trust. rebootdemocracy.ai#RebootDemocracy#RebootDemocracy #CivicAI

A lapse in such critical information plays a role in what OTI's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & @premmtrivedi.bsky.social call "data theatre." Read their @foreignpolicy.com piece to learn more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...

It's #GlobalEncryptionDay, and we want to take this moment to uplift an OTI piece emphasizing that lawmakers need to consider the gendered implications of undermining encryption. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/pri...

Lawmakers shine a spotlight on #DOGE bypassing privacy laws & safeguards. @newamerica.org's OTI provided comments responding to @trahan.house.gov's call for ways to modernize the Privacy Act—made all the more salient by DOGE's overreach: www.newamerica.org/oti/legislat... #GlobalEncryptionDay