Privacy Advocates Welcome FCC Action on Wireless Location Data, Criticize Slow Pace of Investigation
Reports indicate the FCC is set to impose fines on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint for selling customer location data.
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We Want a More Private Internet, But We Want to Screenshot It, Too
We don’t have great norms to determine when it’s appropriate to share an image of a conversation with someone else.
The Record is Clear: the FCC Must Abandon Its Dangerous Lifeline Proposal
The agency should reverse course on a proposal that would make it tougher to apply for Lifeline and endanger the privacy of Lifeline users.
Fifteen new universities and colleges join New America’s Public Interest Technology University Network
Announcing PIT-UN’s new class of member institutions.
OTI Welcomes Introduction of USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act Bill
OTI welcomes the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020, which would provide several much-needed reforms to U.S. surveillance laws.
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.