How should the U.S. prepare for the 2027 World Radiocommunication Conference? A new Wireless Future report identifies five priorities for the U.S. delegation as countries negotiate the spectrum rules that will shape global connectivity. 🌐 https://go.newamerica.org/wrc-27-priorities-and-positions-5

Trump’s Pentagon wants $80 billion to cover the cost of his illegal war on Iran. That money could… -Extend ACA subsidies for 2.5 years -Cover SNAP benefits for 35 million people -Cover Medicaid for 23 million children It’s not about what we can afford. It’s about our priorities.

One of many striking statements about AI in Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” (Latin for “Magnificent Humanity”):“No computational system, however sophisticated, can create a heart that gives itself, or a conscience that discerns good from evil.”

Trump called fallen service members "losers" and "suckers" — according to his chief of staff — he accused soldiers with PTSD of not being "strong," demeaned POWs, and insulted Gold Star parents & a widow. When he pretends to honor service members, don't believe it.

Forget the lame DNC autopsy: The real reason Democrats lost in 2024 open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...

The real reason Democrats lost in 2024

The DNC "autopsy" omits the biggest reason Democrats lost in 2024. In doing so, it fails to prepare the party for the future

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We are excited to support the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act. To see returns on our investments in digital infrastructure & #AI, we need to support a hub for funding, resource sharing & developing best practices around adoption & digital upskilling. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

Passing the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act is critical to closing the #digitaldivide! Congress must enable sustainable investments in digital literacy & adoption if we want Americans to be prepared for emerging technologies like #AI. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

OTI is excited to support the Digital Opportunity Foundation Act. To see returns on our investments in digital infrastructure & #AI, we need to support a hub for funding, resource sharing & developing best practices around adoption & digital upskilling. www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

The #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) is central to closing the #DigitalDivide, but its full potential for the future requires major reforms, according to a new @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org report by OTI’s @jessicadine.bsky.social and @tabularaza.net. Read more: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era

The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.

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The full potential of #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) to close the #DigitalDivide can’t be realized without major reforms, starting with the contribution base! So says OTI's new report by @jessicadine.bsky.social & @tabularaza.net @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era

The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.

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By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology

A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.

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New #BEAD guidance from @commercegov.bsky.social’s Howard Lutnick will force states to “redo the results of years of planning on a draconian 90-day timeline,” which could lead to consumers paying more for lower quality #broadband, OTI's @jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:

We're Pouring Billions into a Broadband Program Doomed to Fail | Opinion

We're about to see a perfect storm of rushed decisions from states and providers who don't have all the information they need. The likely outcome? Worse quality internet at higher prices for consumers...

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In response to the challenges of age verification mandates & a recent #SCOTUS decision, the Open Technology Institute's new brief explores a path toward implementation that protects a person’s #privacy & #data security through zero-knowledge proofs. Learn more:

Exploring Privacy-Preserving Age Verification: A Close Look at Zero-Knowledge Proofs

New America’s Open Technology Institute offers a path toward exploring privacy-preserving age verification.

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EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’

Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’

“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.

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Medicaid covers... -40% of births nationwide -50% of kids with special needs -72 million people in total Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.  "Party of family values."

I'm attending Swing Left's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Rally · Volunteer organized for John Lewis Actions” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/swingleft/ev...

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Rally · Volunteer organized for John Lewis Actions · Swing Left

### Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action ### to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the ...

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In @techpolicypress, @lcoral.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) writes that to rebuild public trust in govt. & tech, public interest #technologists must double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed & used. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-rebui...

How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press

To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.

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Thanks to AI, higher ed institutions find themselves at a crossroad: Take a leap of faith on innovation or abstain to ensure autonomy/student privacy? The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above! 💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...

The public’s waning trust in both government and technology companies has deepened. To rebuild it, public interest technologists need to double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed and used, Lilian Coral writes.

How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press

To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.

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Hoping @maddow.msnbc.com will tell us why the NYT decided not to cover ~10 M Americans coming out to protest -- I cannot even find a squib (as the WashPo ran as a sidebar to their Trump Glorification stories). This had to be a top-level decision to surrender to Trump @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com

"Interest has dramatically picked up in recent days. Sign-ups surpassed 5,000 — the capacity for the plaza where the rally is scheduled — and organizers are working with law enforcement to potentially close roads to ensure the safety of a larger crowd..." www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

‘No Kings’ protests nationwide to push back on Trump’s ‘overreach’

On the same day as the president’s military parade in D.C., thousands of people are expected to protest what they call his dangerous brand of authoritarianism.

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""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..." www.wnep.com/article/news...

Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant

Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.

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A 10 year ban on state AI laws will have devastating consequences for workers, consumers, and kids. The consequence of AI on jobs is not getting enough attention in our politics. I make the case against the ban in this interview with the Verge. www.theverge.com/politics/681...

A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech’s legal guardrails

Facial recognition and kids online safety laws could be impacted, too.

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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS San Francisco” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

NO KINGS San Francisco · Indivisible

Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings mass mobilization on June 14, 2025. We will gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, and March at 12 NOON SHARP to Civic Center Plaza via Market St. There,...

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Huh? @LindseyGrahamSC is disturbing: Why are ICE arrests "covert"? ICE agents wear masks because to encourage them to be needlessly violent - exactly what Trump wants!

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We don't have secret police in America. At least we're not supposed to.

Senate Republicans vote to widen the Homework Gap by repealing FCC Order that allows schools to use E-Rate funds to lend Wi-Fi hotspots to poor kids without home internet. @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @opentechinst.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

POLITICO Pro: Senate moves to ax Biden-era Wi-Fi hotspot rule

E-Rate is among the subsidies included in the Universal Service Fund, but Democrats argued it needed to be expanded to subsidize Wi-Fi hotspots.

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New @SDGBenchmarks data shows that the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions online, per the 2025 @rankingrights Index. None scored above 50%. Read more: bit.ly/RDR25 #RDR2025

The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition

A comprehensive ranking of top big tech disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.

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Check out this new @techpolicypress.bsky.social Q&A! Planetary Politics Senior Fellow Akash Kapur interviews Stefaan Verhulst (@sverhulst.bsky.social), co-founder of @thegovlab.org & @thedatatank.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/q-a-with-ste...

A Q&A with Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder of The GovLab and The Data Tank | TechPolicy.Press

New America senior fellow Akash Kapur spoke to Verhulst about ways to enable private data to be reused for the public good.

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DOGE may well cost more than it saves www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts

Lawyer says ‘astounding’ purge will cost government, after workers with positive reviews cut due to ‘poor performance’

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By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...

How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology

A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.

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