How Middle Powers Can Shape AI Safety
With Washington absent on AI safety, middle powers must band together, write Gordon LaForge and Robert C. Orr in Project Syndicate.
Tech Governance
The AI Race Government Is Losing
Neil Kleiman writes for Governing on what the U.S. government is missing by not prioritizing AI adoption.
Policy That Protects: Fighting Online Fraud and Scams Through Responsive Policymaking
Lawmakers have taken important steps to address the public’s concerns about fraud and scams, but more work is needed to protect consumers.
Texas App Store Age Verification Endangers Privacy, OTI Filing
Read OTI's thoughts on the Texas App Store Accountability Act.
OTI Welcomes SCOTUS Decision Extending Location Data Privacy
OTI supports Supreme Court's ruling on protecting location data under the Fourth Amendment.
AI Cybersecurity After the Executive Order: What’s Next?
Director of New America's Open Technology Institute Prem Trivedi unpacks the White House’s June 2 Executive Order on security reviews of frontier models.
Trump’s TikTok Deal Is Less About Security, and More About Consolidating Power
Lilian Coral explains Trump’s TikTok deal, implications for users, and the blurred line between national security and civil liberties online
Trump’s TikTok Deal: Who Rules the Algorithm, Rules the Digital Public Square
Lilian Coral breaks down the TikTok deal using five key principles—and reveals why it’s more political patch than real tech policy.
Raised by Screens
Lilian Coral's piece in nexos calls for a deeper framework for youth well-being in the digital age.
The “TikTok Ban” Was Never Just About TikTok
A separation between our government and Big Tech will be crucial to defending democracy—both nationally and globally—for years to come.
How We Lost the Internet—and How We Might Win It Back
Can we rebuild the internet to serve the public, not profit? Prem Trivedi explores solutions to reclaim the digital space for all.
The Supreme Court Green Lit Access to Your Social Security Data. Here’s What That Means for Your Privacy.
Sydney Saubestre breaks down the SCOTUS ruling giving DOGE access to SSA data. See what personal info of yours may be at risk.
What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act and Where It Currently Stands
OTI on the Kids Online Safety Act
Building a Better Big Tech Mouse Trap: Designing the Digital Platform Commission
Prem Trivedi on Public Knowledge’s proposal for a “Digital Platform Commission.”