Items tagged ‘Internet Freedom’
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Message to Congress: How not to kill the Internet when fighting terror
MacKinnon testifies before the House Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
This week, I testified at a hearing titled The Evolution of Terrorist Propaganda: The Paris Attack and Social Media convened by the House Foreign A... -
Increasing the Free Flow of Information to Cuba under U.S. Sanctions
New authorizations will increase access to personal communications and telecommunications services
On December 17, President Barack Obama made a historic announcement: after maintaining a restrictive trade embargo on Cuba for more than 50 years, ... -
New America’s Tim Maurer Speaks about Cybersecurity at the United Nations
New AmericaOn October 24, 2014, New America Research Fellow Tim Maurer addressed delegates at the United Nations (UN), delivering a speech on cybersecurity at... -
From Surveillance to Swing States, Transparency to Turkish Digital Rights
What to Expect at the 2014 Internet Governance Forum
This week, OTI’s Policy Director Kevin Bankston and I are in Istanbul, Turkey, to attend the ninth annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF), along wi... -
Summer of Surveillance Revelations Highlights Spread of Spy Tech to Repressive Regimes
As the fallout from Edward Snowden’s revelations continue to dominate the news, another surveillance scandal has begun making headlines: powerful, ... -
Why Even the Definition of “Cyber Attack” Matters
Martin SigalowAlthough definitional debates can sometimes seem pedantic, debates over the term “cyber attack” are an important exception. How “cyber attack” is d... -
National Insecurity Agency: How the NSA Undermines Internet Security
On the heels of the latest NSA disclosures from The Washington Post, the Open Technology Institute hosted an event on Monday about how the agency’s... -
Civil Society Groups Send Letter to Senate on the DOTCOM Act
Today, the Open Technology Institute and allied civil liberties and human rights organizations sent a letter to the Senate reiterating their suppor... -
Technology Should: A People's Technology Project at the DC Funk Parade
With recent NSA mass surveillance revelations, the Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger deal, and the uncertain future of net neutrality, the Open ... -
Human Rights and Technology Organizations Submit Joint Recommendations to the U.S. Government on the Implementation of the 2013 Wassenaar Amendments on Surveillance Technology
The transfer of commercial censorship and surveillance technology produced and exported by American and European companies to repressive countries ... -
How The DOTCOM Act Could Endanger Rather Than Protect Internet Freedom
Natalie GreenThe recent announcement that the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) intends to transfer key Internet domain name ... -
US Government Authorizes American Companies to Offer Online Courses in Iran
For the Persian New Year, the Obama Administration gave the gift of online learning to citizens in Iran. Specifically, the Treasury Department auth... -
How the Politics of Language Can Get In the Way of Policy: On Convergence and Framing
In a recent expert survey, we examined the effect of Stuxnet on the Internet governance debate. One of the most common responses was that Stuxnet a... -
US Government Clarifies Tech Authorizations under Iranian Sanctions
In complex sanctions regulations, a couple of words can make all the difference. That’s why, when the U.S. government made a few alterations and in... -
Spectrum for Democracy: Special Issue of the Journal of Information Policy
The impact of communication technology, new media tools, and government censorship on free speech and democratic discourse has come into much great... -
Export Controls and Open Source Software
The Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
Export Controls and the Implications for Security Research Tools
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
A Guide to the Wassenaar Arrangement
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
International Agreement Reached Controlling Export of Mass and Intrusive Surveillance Technology
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ... -
International Body Moving to Restrict Export of Surveillance Systems Used to Commit Human Rights Abuses
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute is currently engaged in a joint project on export controls with Privacy International and Digitale Gesellschaft. The ...