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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 1h

NEW REPORT from our RethinkAI initiative: #AI is shaping government by optimizing bureaucracy, but we need a framework to deliver value and legitimacy.

This report, first shown at the Civic AI Summit in Boston, showcases how to make AI work for communities. www.newamerica.org/technology-a...

Making AI Work for the Public: An ALT Perspective

AI is shaping government by optimizing bureaucracy that residents distrust. Instead, we need a framework to deliver value and legitimacy.

www.newamerica.org

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The Burnes Center for Social Change @burnescenter.bsky.social · 3h

“AI doesn’t just change how gov works. It changes what it is.” @slaughteram.bsky.social said it best at this summer’s National Gathering for State AI Leaders.

That’s the future we’re building at @innovateus.bsky.social

Read her reflections → buff.ly/xwZEDpo

#GlobalAIWatch

New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter Reflects on the National Gathering for State AI Leaders

States aren’t merely engaged in how America adapts artificial intelligence; they are key to determining how the U.S. can thrive with the technology. This summer, Princeton University’s Center for…

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The GovLab @thegovlab.org · 3h

“AI doesn’t just change how gov works. It changes what it is.” @slaughteram.bsky.social said it best at this summer’s National Gathering for State AI Leaders.

That’s the future we’re building at @innovateus.bsky.social

Read her reflections → buff.ly/xwZEDpo

#GlobalAIWatch

New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter Reflects on the National Gathering for State AI Leaders

States aren’t merely engaged in how America adapts artificial intelligence; they are key to determining how the U.S. can thrive with the technology. This summer, Princeton University’s Center for…

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 6d

OTI policy analyst Sarah Forland contributed to this insightful briefing paper from @theturing.bsky.social, which showcases how age assurance technology has been implemented in different parts of the world!

The Alan Turing Institute @theturing.bsky.social · 7d

💻 Children are facing unprecedented exposure to harmful content online

💡 In a new CETaS Briefing Paper, Sam Stockwell & Rosamund Powell explore how the 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺 & 🇦🇺 are using #AgeAssurance tech to tackle this problem, unpacking limits & lessons.

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Age Assurance Technologies and Online Safety

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 8d

In a recent security incident at @discord.com, an unauthorized party got access to gov-ID images of users who appealed an age determination. The push from states to mandate online age verification can lead to more #privacy breaches like this. Learn more: www.techpolicy.press/us-state-age...

US State Age Verification Efforts Threaten Online Speech and Privacy – The Supreme Court Seems Ready to Allow Them | TechPolicy.Press

More work is needed to ensure user safety and make privacy-preserving age verification technically feasible, writes Sarah Forland.

www.techpolicy.press

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 12d

Read Commissioner @agomezfcc.bsky.social’s dissent for more on why these #FCC rulings "make it harder for students to learn, harder for libraries to serve their community, and harder for us to close the digital divide." docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 12d

OTI's @chhayakapadia.bsky.social wrote a piece on the critical need to address students' internet access now: dcjournal.com/we-can-do-be...

We Can Do Better Than Leaving Kids to Do Homework in Parking Lots – DC Journal - InsideSources

There’s a gap between American students who can easily access the internet for homework and those who can’t. It’s called the “homework gap,” and this

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 12d

The #FCC majority is abandoning efforts to narrow the homework gap that afflicts low-income students without #internet at home. Learn more about the gap & why expanding E-Rate is integral to closing it: newamerica.org/oti/press-re...

New Research Finds Extending School, Library Networks Key to Connecting Households

"School and community networks are often the most cost-effective and financially sustainable way to close the homework gap for good."

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 14d

OTI's Sarah Forland emphasizes that age verification mandates create unnecessary burdens to access speech for everyone—regardless of age—& endanger user anonymity & privacy. Read her piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more: www.techpolicy.press/us-state-age...

US State Age Verification Efforts Threaten Online Speech and Privacy – The Supreme Court Seems Ready to Allow Them | TechPolicy.Press

More work is needed to ensure user safety and make privacy-preserving age verification technically feasible, writes Sarah Forland.

www.techpolicy.press

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 15d

@nytimes.com @bencasselman.bsky.social warns of a possible lapse in key U.S. #data.

Murkiness around data plays a part in what OTI's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & @premmtrivedi.bsky.social call "data theatre." Read their @foreignpolicy.com piece to learn more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...

Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 15d

Friday's jobs report will provide key evidence on whether slower hiring is turning into deeper weakness in the labor market.
If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

Government Shutdown Could Delay Economic Data at a Critical Moment

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 19d

Recent OTI Policy Fellow @matt-steinberg.bsky.social published a @techpolicypress.bsky.social piece emphasizing that the "more physical #AI becomes, the more it slips through the frameworks we’ve tried to build." Learn more: www.techpolicy.press/ai-is-moving...

AI Is Moving Into Physical Products, And Out of Regulatory Reach | TechPolicy.Press

Matt Steinberg discusses how AI wearables and toys blur the line between products and speech—raising urgent regulatory gaps in privacy and child safety.

www.techpolicy.press

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 22d

The article is also available in Spanish! www.nexos.com.mx?p=85497

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 22d

In her piece for nexos, a magazine based in Mexico City, our VP @lcoral.bsky.social emphasizes that supporting the well-being of youth in the #digital age requires moving beyond moral panic & beginning to design for systems that allow us to thrive & flourish. www.nexos.com.mx?p=85495

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 23d

OTI's @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & @premmtrivedi.bsky.social argue in @foreignpolicy.com that the #Trump admin is conducting #data theater—a move with the defining feature of performing objectivity through meaningless data staged to simulate truth. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...

When U.S. Data Lies, the World Listens

The Trump administration’s manipulation of statistics is exporting uncertainty into the international system.

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 27d

[TODAY @ 2 PM ET] @newamerica.org's Wireless Future & ICLE host a panel on boosting #LEO satellite capacity & performance featuring @jamesondempsey.bsky.social (SpaceX); Kalpak Gude (Amazon); Patricia Cooper, former VP at SpaceX & Daniel Mah (SES). www.newamerica.org/oti/events/o...

Boosting LEO Satellite Capacity: Is the FCC’s Launch on Target?

Hear from leading satellite operators and experts on the “satellite spectrum abundance” proceedings.

www.newamerica.org

Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · 27d

A #TikTok deal has been reached, but that shouldn’t become a shortcut for avoiding real reform or a license to use national security to mask protectionist technology policy. Read more from @newamerica.org's @lcoral.bsky.social, our VP: www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...

The “TikTok Ban” Was Never Just About TikTok

A separation between our government and Big Tech will be crucial to defending democracy—both nationally and globally—for years to come.

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Prem Trivedi @premmtrivedi.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thrilled to step into this role.

Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

📢 Big news announced at #OTIat15: @premmtrivedi.bsky.social is stepping into the role of director of @newamerica.org's OTI!

Kicking off his tenure, Prem gives a presentation on how the program is thinking about building the future internet we want. Tune in live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgrD...

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Tajh Taylor @tajhtaylor.bsky.social · Sep 10

It was an honor to speak about the important work that @wikipedia.org editors do to keep knowledge free and trustworthy!

Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

@tajhtaylor.bsky.social (@wikimediafoundation.org) presents on AI in defense of free knowledge. #OTIat15

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

Thank you to everyone who's joined us in celebrating OTI's 15th anniversary! #OTIat15

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

Concluding the livestreamed portion of #OTIat15, @newamerica.org President and Chief Transformation Officer Paul E. Butler gives closing remarks!

Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

📢 Big news announced at #OTIat15: @premmtrivedi.bsky.social is stepping into the role of director of @newamerica.org's OTI!

Kicking off his tenure, Prem gives a presentation on how the program is thinking about building the future internet we want. Tune in live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgrD...

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New America @newamerica.org · Sep 9

"Users want choice, control, to not have their links suppressed.... Anyone who is a creator online wants a direct connection with your followers these days."

— @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app in convo w/ our CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social at our #OTIat15 event.

cc @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org

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New America @newamerica.org · Sep 9

"In an open protocol, if you could imagine it, you can build it."

— @jay.bsky.team, CEO of @bsky.app in convo w/ our CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social at our #OTIat15 event.

cc @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

This #OTI15 panel, moderated by @chhayakapadia.bsky.social, features @bankston.bsky.social (@cdt.org), @lcoral.bsky.social (@newamerica.org), @abdavidson.bsky.social (@databricksinc.bsky.social), @saschameinrath.bsky.social & Sarah Morris.

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Technology and Democracy @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org · Sep 9

The thought leaders & experts who founded, shaped & led OTI through its 15-year history join us for a panel on the arc of tech policy & where we go next! #OTIat15

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