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Congress Has the Opportunity to Enact Meaningful Surveillance Reforms Now: Here’s How.
As Congress considers reauthorization of the expiring surveillance law provisions, it is critical that they include robust reforms.
Facial Recognition Technology Is the New Rogues’ Gallery
The 21st-century debate over privacy and suspicion looks a lot like one from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
The Algorithms Behind Digital Advertising
OTI's new report explores how platforms use algorithmic tools to target and deliver ads.
What We Learned In PIT-UN’s First Year
Lessons learned from a year of working with universities around the country to promote public interest technology.
The Quilters and Knitters Who Are Mapping Climate Change
These crafters are visualizing temperature changes through their textiles.
OTI Condemns T-Mobile/Sprint Ruling, Urges Congressional Investigation
Markets don’t recover from mergers like this one.
What does it take for a public interest technology project to succeed?
OTI Criticizes FCC Plan to Give Unnecessary $9.7 Billion Payoff to Satellite Companies
Michael Calabrese on the FCC's unprecedented plan to auction off spectrum licenses.
The Sinister Realities of Google’s Tear-Jerking Super Bowl Commercial
No matter how much Google insists otherwise, our memories aren't commodities—and neither are we.
Imagine Yourself as an OTI Intern in Summer 2020
Apply now for Summer 2020.
Speculative Squalls
A wiki, largely run by an international cohort of teens, collects fanfic about future hurricanes.
OTI Urges FCC to Abandon “Misguided and Cynical” Lifeline Proposal
The FCC's proposed changes to Lifeline will widen the digital divide for low-income Americans.
Grieving With Google Street View
After a recent Twitter thread, thousands of people shared stories of finding deceased loved ones on Google Street View.