New America Joins Coalition Offering Recommendations to New York’s Task Force on Automated Decision Systems
The NYC task force can serve as a national model for other cities looking to establish practices for ethical use of artificial intelligence.
Government Surveillance
Email Privacy, At Last?
OTI Joins Coalition Urging Congress to Pass the Email Privacy Act
New Report Shows Limited Resources and Digital Illiteracy Are Law Enforcement’s Problem, Not Encryption
The biggest challenges to law enforcement obtaining, interpreting, and using digital evidence are digital illiteracy and lack of resources.
In Landmark Privacy Ruling, Supreme Court Requires a Warrant for Cell Phone Location Records
The U.S. Supreme Court took a critical step to protect Americans’ privacy with its 5-4 ruling in Carpenter v. U.S.
OTI Takes on RightsCon 2018
OTI attended RightsCon 2018, the seventh iteration of the world’s leading conference on human rights in the digital age.
OTI Opposes the Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 (S. 2836)
The Preventing Emerging Threats Act of 2018 would threaten Americans’ civil liberties and property rights.
Locked In: OTI Supports the ENCRYPT Act
OTI supports the ENCRYPT Act as a strong move in the fight against encryption backdoors.
OTI Urges Senate to Reject Anti-Consumer NDAA Amendment
Senator Pat Toomey may introduce an amendment that would codify the REINS Act.
Civil Society Urges Another Inspector General Investigation After FBI Encryption Misrepresentations
OTI and a coalition of civil society organizations ask for an investigation into the FBI’s misrepresentation of encrypted devices.
The Inspector General Should Investigate the FBI’s Crypto Credibility
The FBI no longer has any credibility when it comes to the feasibility of or the need for encryption backdoors.