Data Privacy

OTI Releases Surveillance Reform Roadmap to Restore the Privacy Shield

Press Release

OTI Releases Surveillance Reform Roadmap to Restore the Privacy Shield

Recommends U.S. surveillance reforms to respond to the invalidation of the EU/U.S. Privacy Shield.

Apr 7, 2021

Strengthening Surveillance Safeguards After Schrems II

Report / In Depth

Strengthening Surveillance Safeguards After Schrems II

Recommended U.S. surveillance reforms that respond to the invalidation of the EU/U.S. Privacy Shield, focusing on non-legislative solutions.

Apr 7, 2021

Sharon Bradford Franklin, Lauren Sarkesian, Ross Schulman, Spandana Singh

Biden’s Peloton Raised Security Concerns at The White House. Is It Secure Enough for Yours?

In Short

Biden’s Peloton Raised Security Concerns at The White House. Is It Secure Enough for Yours?

Finding out is a challenge.

Mar 17, 2021

Andi Wilson Thompson, Nat Meysenburg

Testimony on Behalf of New America’s Open Technology Institute before the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety

Testimony / In Short

Testimony on Behalf of New America’s Open Technology Institute before the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety

Mar 11, 2021

Lauren Sarkesian

Working and Learning During the Pandemic

Report / In Depth

Working and Learning During the Pandemic

In this report, we discuss the implications of health and privacy surveillance of students and workers during the pandemic.

Mar 10, 2021

Koustubh “K.J.” Bagchi, Christine Bannan, Raj Gambhir

To Ensure More Trustworthy AI, Use an Old Government Tool: Public Procurement

In the News

To Ensure More Trustworthy AI, Use an Old Government Tool: Public Procurement

The federal procurement process offers an opportunity to formalize controls on AI.

Feb 9, 2021

ISSUES in Science & Technology

Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Not as Powerful as We Think. But It Can Push the Company’s Policies in the Right Direction.

In Short

Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Not as Powerful as We Think. But It Can Push the Company’s Policies in the Right Direction.

What Facebook’s new board can accomplish.

Jan 15, 2021

Sharon Bradford Franklin, Spandana Singh

We Need Alternatives to Big Tech. These Decentralized Tools Might Be The Answer.

In Short

We Need Alternatives to Big Tech. These Decentralized Tools Might Be The Answer.

A look at decentralized online platforms that offer familiar online experiences without relying on a harmful business model.

Jan 12, 2021

Ross Schulman

OTI Welcomes New York Law to Protect Health Data from Law Enforcement Access

Press Release

OTI Welcomes New York Law to Protect Health Data from Law Enforcement Access

Urges other states to follow with similar measures.

Jan 8, 2021

Reflecting on the Digital Standard

Report / In Depth

Reflecting on the Digital Standard

This report reflects on the results of OTI’s Evaluating the Digital Standard project and makes recommendations for updating the Standard.

Dec 15, 2020

Andi Wilson Thompson, Nat Meysenburg, Ross Schulman

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Trending Topics

What Parents of Young Kids Want: Insights from the 2026 National Parent Survey

New America Celebrates 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

The Care Disconnect: Americans Misjudge Care Realities, But Know Families Need Help

A Model for Associational Party Building

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

Demystifying Disability in a Changing World

Rebuilding American Democracy Through Public Participation

Ten Lives

Amy J. Nelson’s The Arms Control Paradox

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OTI Releases Surveillance Reform Roadmap to Restore the Privacy Shield

Strengthening Surveillance Safeguards After Schrems II

Biden’s Peloton Raised Security Concerns at The White House. Is It Secure Enough for Yours?

Testimony on Behalf of New America’s Open Technology Institute before the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety

Working and Learning During the Pandemic

To Ensure More Trustworthy AI, Use an Old Government Tool: Public Procurement

Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Not as Powerful as We Think. But It Can Push the Company’s Policies in the Right Direction.

We Need Alternatives to Big Tech. These Decentralized Tools Might Be The Answer.

OTI Welcomes New York Law to Protect Health Data from Law Enforcement Access

Reflecting on the Digital Standard