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Tech Companies Reel as NSA's Spying Tarnishes Reputations | Bloomberg
New AmericaU.S. technology companies are in danger of losing more business to foreign competitors if the National Security Agency’s power to spy on customers ... -
Report Says Backlash From NSA's Surveillance Programs Will Cost Private Sector Billions Of Dollars | techdirt
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute has put together a thorough paper detailing the many adverse effects the NSA disclosures have had, both on American b... -
The U.S. Economy Is A Casualty Of NSA Surveillance Programs | io9
New AmericaThe report, Surveillance Costs: The NSA's Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom & Cybersecurity, is available online at the New America Foundation. -
Privacy-Boosted Freedom Act Introduced in Senate | US News & World Report
New AmericaKevin Bankston, policy director of the Open Technology Institute, tells U.S. News a version of the Freedom Act stronger than the House counterpart ... -
Privacy group outlines cost of surveillance | The Hill
New AmericaKevin Bankston, the organization’s policy director, said in a statement that the new bill “would go a long way toward stemming the costs of the NSA... -
Your Personal Privacy isn't the Only Cost of NSA Surveillance | Boing Boing
New America“Too often, we have discussed the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs through the distorting lens of a simplistic ‘security versus pri... -
Surveillance Costs: The NSA’s Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and Cybersecurity
New America*As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the Nation... -
Worried About Online Surveillance? Your Librarian Can Help | Yes! Magazine
New AmericaAs Seeta Peña Gangadharan argues, “Data literacy can’t be taught by parachute or evangelism. The best thing would be to give resources to schools, ... -
Battle on Many Fronts to Get NYC Wired | City Limits
New AmericaThose nodes use Commotion software deployed by New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) to emit their signals and connect to one an... -
All Aboard for Net Neutrality | In These Times
New AmericaSeeta Gangadharan, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute, says the FCC’s notice and comment period tends... -
House Republicans Are Killing the Dream of Local High-Speed Fiber Internet | Motherboard
New America"This comes down to the issue of local choice. It's a matter of whether broadband services in an area meet the needs of the community," Patrick Luc... -
Sharp Divide Seen in Net Neutrality Comments on Rules for Mobile Broadband | Communications Daily
New AmericaMichael Calabrese, director of the Wireless Future Project at New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, said in a news release the revise...