Thrilled to step into this role.

Don't miss OTI's 15th yr anniversary, which will feature fascinating forward-looking panels & lightning talks.

Well this will be impossible to operationalize. Also, pretty clearly a First Amendment violation, since it's conditioning federal contracts on speech that is unrelated to the contract performance. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...

🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 21 other public interest, civil rights, labor, and digital rights groups in a letter urging FCC Chair Brendan Carr to pull an item from the FCC's July Open Meeting agenda for violating the Administrative Procedure Act.

[JULY 24] @daniel-solove.bsky.social, author of On Privacy and Technology, will unpack how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy & its relationship to power, society & healthy democracies. OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social will host the discussion. RSVP ⬇️

Looking forward to this conversation with @daniel-solove.bsky.social !

The #TikTokBan was never just about #TikTok. No “deal” would make it ethical to promote protectionist tech policies under the guise of #NationalSecurity — and there is no substitute for true #DataPrivacy reform, writes VP of our programs @lcoral.bsky.social. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...

"By lowering the bar for assessing the constitutionality of online age verification mandates, the #SupremeCourt puts Americans’ #privacy and #security at risk," says Open Technology Institute's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social in response to the #SCOTUS decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.

Today’s #SCOTUS decision in FCC v. Consumers’ Research—which reverses the 5th Cir. & upholds key aspects of the #UniversalServiceFund (#USF)—is “a step in the right direction toward closing the #DigitalDivide." Open Tech Institute @newamerica.org statement: www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

I just took a quiz on how much of my personal data DOGE can access. The results aren’t pretty. Take it now to discover how much of your sensitive info is now exposed. #HandsOffMyData www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...

We’ve watched the internet become a tool of corporate dominance, surveillance, and control. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. This piece for the Thread @newamerica.org explores what went wrong—and how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future. 👉 www.newamerica.org/the-thread/h...

Senate Commerce's version of the budget bill out tonight requires states to not enforce their AI rules for 10 years under the moratorium to receive federal broadband subsidies under BEAD www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

The House Republican tax bill would ban (& bulldoze) state efforts to regulate #AI, halting timely and innovative policy work in a very high-stakes issue. Really important commentary from @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and An-Me Chung at @educationwork.newamerica.org: www.newamerica.org/education-po...

I successfully pushed the Biden administration to clamp down on how data brokers use your private data. Now it's the latest casualty in the Trump administration's efforts to help companies turn a profit at the expense of consumers.

The mayor of an American city exercising his constitutional rights being detained by force by armed, masked federal officers wielding batons.

"Blatant censorship at a critical time": @thewire.in says its website blocked by Indian government

OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social emphasizes that the App Store Accountability Act’s age verification requirements undermine people’s rights, security, and access to online spaces. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

On April 28, join @alissacooper.bsky.social, @annalenhart.bsky.social, @premmtrivedi.bsky.social, and Ramesh Nagarajan 4 a panel discussion of our new paper, “Building the Digital Platform Commission: How to Design a Regulator to Rein In Big Tech.” Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-...

What of your data does DOGE have access to? The folks at New America made a tool to show you based on your life circumstances and interactions with the federal government. www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...

Gutting Section 230 won't punish Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. It will just kill Bluesky and Wikipedia

#BigTech’s influence in Washington, DC, is not new, but private tech & governmental interests are merging in ways that represent a concerning reconfiguration, writes OTI Policy Director @premmtrivedi.bsky.social. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/tru...

Join us to hear from journalists at the frontlines of attacks on press freedom, featuring the Marion County Record (raided in 2023), Atmore News (arrested later that year), and Clarksdale Press Register (censored last month). 🗓️ March 26, 2 pm ET/1 pm CT: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

According to New America's OTI program, allowing the UK Home Office to circumvent Apple's end-to-end #encryption would be a backdoor for ANY bad actor to discover & abuse. Encryption isn’t just about our individual #dataprivacy and #cybersecurity, it’s also a critical #natsec issue.

Ahead of tomorrow’s Senate Commerce Committee markup of the Kids Off Social Media Act, #KOSMA, OTI's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social emphasizes that while the legislation seeks to protect kids #online, it does so in ways that undermine their #rights & #safety. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

If there was any doubt that open-source #AI models are key for our global competitiveness, the breakout success of Chinese app #DeepSeek makes it clear: The U.S. should prioritize AI openness in its economic strategy. For more info, read OTI's report: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

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BREAKING: A district court ruled that the FBI's use of Section 702 to conduct warrantless searches of a person's digital communications violates the Fourth Amendment. This is a victory for our right to privacy from government spying.

We’re growing! As part of our efforts to support new and diverse perspectives on tech policy issues and expand our coverage, today, Tech Policy Press is excited to announce three new editors joining the masthead and a new cohort of nine reporting fellows.

The #SCOTUS decision is a setback for Americans’ 1st Amendment rights & the U.S.’s role as a defender of the #open #internet. Many of the concerns invoked in this case aren’t unique to #TikTok & forcing a ban won’t address them. - www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

Our brief speaks to Jess's point here exactly. Children will be able to get around age verification and assurance systems too. One of these systems was fooled by holding a dachsund up to the camera (page 26): cdt.org/wp-content/u...

Hear me out: What if, instead of infringing on Americans’ rights and taking stuff away from them, Congress gave them even *more rights*? If that sounds good to you, that’s fundamentally what a national data privacy law — governing all companies, not just the Big Bad of the day — is all about.