Press Releases
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FCC Commissioner Gives Misleading Speech on Net Neutrality
New AmericaWashington, DC — FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai gave a speech today critiquing Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality proposal. The chairman’s proposal, ... -
OTI Work on Discrimination and Civil Rights Protection Highlighted in White House Interim Report on Big Data and Privacy
New AmericaWashington, DC -- The Obama Administration affirmed the importance of defending civil rights in an era of big data in an Interim Progress Report re... -
FCC Proposal Promises a Free and Open Internet for Consumers
Statement
New AmericaWashington, DC -- Today, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Wheeler outlined the details of his proposal to protect net neutrality. In a bl... -
OTI Encouraged by Reported FCC Move Toward Reclassification
New AmericaWashington, DC -- Reports today appear to confirm rumors that the FCC will move to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service under Title... -
FCC Raises the Bar for Broadband, Adopts E911 Order
OTI Statement on FCC’s January Open Meeting
New AmericaToday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to improve the consumer broadband market in the United States. At its month... -
MacKinnon Testifies Before Congressional Subcommittee on Protecting Freedom while Combating Extremism
New AmericaToday Rebecca MacKinnon, Director of the Ranking Digital Rights project at New America, will testify at a congressional hearing on “The Evolution o... -
OTI Welcomes Congressional Support for Net Neutrality, But Urges FCC to Continue to Lead
New AmericaToday, the Senate and House are holding hearings on a new legislative proposal that would prevent Internet service providers from blocking or throt... -
OTI Welcomes Sprint as Latest Network Neutrality Supporter; Urges Prompt FCC Action
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Today, Sprint’s Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye submitted a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), noting tha... -
OTI Applauds President Obama for Taking Strongs Steps to Improve Access to High-Speed Internet
New AmericaYesterday, the President released a fact sheet outlining bold steps to improve the competitive landscape for broadband access in the United States.... -
OTI Statement on President’s Legislative Proposal for Cyber Information Sharing
Statement
New AmericaToday, the White House made public a package of legislative proposals aimed at improving cybersecurity. The package included a proposal that would ... -
STATEMENT: FCC Launches New Consumer Help Center to Improve Data Collection and Transparency
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched its new Consumer Help Center, which is designed to improve the process... -
OTI Statement on FCC’s E-rate Order for School and Library Connectivity
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a second E-rate modernization order, making further changes to t... -
Open Technology Institute, Civil Rights, Research Leaders Launch DataCivilRights.org
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – New America’s Open Technology Institute, in collaboration with The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Data & ... -
Technological Sovereignty: Missing the Point?
New Study Finds that European “Technological Sovereignty” Proposals Fall Short of Expectations
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – New America’s Open Technology Institute in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin, Germany, released a new ... -
OTI Applauds FCC for Taking Steps to Protect Consumers During Technology Transitions
FCC releases two items today to ensure phone users remain protected as underlying technology shifts
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took important steps to protect consumers as the technology used to route their... -
OTI STATEMENT: Senate Votes to Block Consideration of USA FREEDOM Act, But the Fight for Surveillance Reform Continues
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Tonight, the Senate failed to agree upon a motion to proceed with consideration of the USA FREEDOM Act (S. 2685). The failure of t... -
OTI partners with CityBridge on LinkNYC project replacing NYC payphones with free wi-fi hubs
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) is pleased to announce its participation in LinkNYC, a plan to replace aging payphon... -
OTI Applauds FCC’s Plan to Raise the E-rate Funding Cap
Additional funding will provide much-needed support to schools and libraries for 21st century Internet connectivity
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it plans to raise the E-rate funding cap by $1.5 billion to help ... -
As USA FREEDOM Act Heads to Senate Floor, OTI Reaffirms Its Strong Support and Opposes Any Anti-Privacy Amendments
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday evening, Senator Reid moved to end debate and call the USA FREEDOM Act (S. 2685) up for a vote on the Senate floor, a vo... -
OTI Study Shows Strong Network Neutrality Rules are Feasible for Mobile Carrier Networks
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – New America’s Open Technology Institute (OTI) today released an engineering study showing that mobile broadband providers have the... -
New Report: “Beyond Frustrated” — The Sweeping Consumer Harms as a Result of ISP Disputes
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Open Technology Institute at New America released Beyond Frustrated: The Sweeping Consumer Harms as a Result of ISP Dis... -
President Obama Endorses Strong Approach to Net Neutrality
President calls for Title II reclassification and bright-line rules that ban paid prioritization and protect mobile broadband users
New AmericaWASHINGTON, DC – President Obama endorsed a robust and straightforward approach to net neutrality rules on Monday, urging the FCC to reclassify bro...