FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai gave a speech today critiquing Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality proposal.

Issue #2 of Civic Quarterly centers around the phrase “Design with, not for,” an idea originally introduced by Laurenellen McCann that was constantly revisited on stage at Code for America’s 2014 Summit. At its core, “Design with, not for” compels us to involve others in the design process.

The Obama Administration affirmed the importance of defending civil rights in an era of big data in an Interim Progress Report released this morning.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's announcement yesterday was a game changer for net neutrality and a victory for those who value open internet.

Marriott's attempts to block Wi-Fi and its petition before the FCC reveal strange allies and impending threats regarding the future of Wi-Fi.

Beyond direct application to the Experimental Modes initiative, my goal in creating these criteria was to define the leanest standard possible for translating the idea of “with” to a series of identifiable practices that can be used for further investigation, accountability, and guidance outside of this project.

Last week the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to pass rules that will require mobile phone carriers to provide emergency responders with precise location information about customers who call 911. In months leading up to the Order, OTI and a number of other groups urged the FCC to resolve ...

After over a decade of debate, it is critical that we get net neutrality rules right this time around.

After over a decade of debate, it is critical that we get net neutrality rules right this time around.

Our current project, Ranking Digital Rights, plans to hold companies accountable. While organizations such as Freedom House and the World Wide Web Foundation annually rank governments on how well they protect Internet users’ rights, we are in the process of developing a parallel methodology to measure and compare companies’ respect for users’ rights around the world. The first public ranking is scheduled for launch in late 2015.

“We disagree that the AWS-3 auction outcome is a trend to celebrate,” he said. “The US Government sucking $45 billion in capital out of the wireless industry is a tragedy, not a victory. It will raise prices for consumers and encourage Congress to use this vital public resource as a short-term budget fix.

In the end, it's clear that the net net neutrality debate has both a domestic and an international political dimension — but it's important that we make sure to focus on the real issues at stake, rather than getting distracted by misleading claims about the consequences of the FCC's decision.

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to improve the consumer broadband market in the United States.

“In my mind, [these practices are not] the type of rampant racism in housing markets during the time when redlining was part of the assessment of property values in the United States,” says Seeta Gangadharan, a research fellow at the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute.

This week, I testified at a hearing titled The Evolution of Terrorist Propaganda: The Paris Attack and Social Media convened by the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. My remarks focused on how not to destroy Internet users’ right to freedom of expression and privacy ...

A guide to cooperative broadband infrastructure sharing for catalytic, equitable, place-based development

"I don't think law is going to solve the problem, but I'm also quite leery of just generally saying 'OK, social media companies, you just police everything,'" MacKinnon said. "I think there needs to be a dialogue."

Today Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America, will testify at a congressional hearing on The Evolution of Terrorist Propaganda: The Paris Attack and Social Media.

“The U.S. Government sucking $45 billion in capital out of the wireless industry is a tragedy, not a victory,” said Michael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at New America’s Open Technology Institute. “It will raise prices for consumers and encourage Congress to use this vital public resource as a short-term budget fix.” Most mobile data already is being carried on Wi-Fi, he said.

In 2010, the iPhone was relatively new and the vast majority of Internet usage was still on wireline networks, Calabrese said in an interview. “Now you particularly have a very disproportionate numbers of young, low-income and minority people who depend primarily on mobile devices for their primary Internet access.