Michael Calabrese
@michaelcalabrese.bsky.social
Director, Wireless Future at New America's Open Technology Institute -- and advocate for digital equity, open spectrum and all things wireless.
The #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) is central to closing the #DigitalDivide, but its full potential for the future requires major reforms, according to a new @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org report by OTI’s @jessicadine.bsky.social and @tabularaza.net. Read more: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era
The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.
www.newamerica.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) is central to closing the #DigitalDivide, but its full potential for the future requires major reforms, according to a new @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org report by OTI’s @jessicadine.bsky.social and @tabularaza.net. Read more: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
The full potential of #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) to close the #DigitalDivide can’t be realized without major reforms, starting with the contribution base! So says OTI's new report by @jessicadine.bsky.social & @tabularaza.net @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org
www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
Bridging the Gap: Funding Universal Service in the Broadband Era
The key tool meant to help everyone in the United States access communications services is stuck in the past. Here are the paths forward.
www.newamerica.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The full potential of #UniversalServiceFund (#USF) to close the #DigitalDivide can’t be realized without major reforms, starting with the contribution base! So says OTI's new report by @jessicadine.bsky.social & @tabularaza.net @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org
www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
www.newamerica.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
New #BEAD guidance from @commercegov.bsky.social’s Howard Lutnick will force states to “redo the results of years of planning on a draconian 90-day timeline,” which could lead to consumers paying more for lower quality #broadband, OTI's
@jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:
@jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:
We're Pouring Billions into a Broadband Program Doomed to Fail | Opinion
We're about to see a perfect storm of rushed decisions from states and providers who don't have all the information they need. The likely outcome? Worse quality internet at higher prices for consumers...
www.newsweek.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
New #BEAD guidance from @commercegov.bsky.social’s Howard Lutnick will force states to “redo the results of years of planning on a draconian 90-day timeline,” which could lead to consumers paying more for lower quality #broadband, OTI's
@jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:
@jessicadine.bsky.social wrote in @newsweek.com:
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In response to the challenges of age verification mandates & a recent #SCOTUS decision, the Open Technology Institute's new brief explores a path toward implementation that protects a person’s #privacy & #data security through zero-knowledge proofs.
Learn more:
Learn more:
Exploring Privacy-Preserving Age Verification: A Close Look at Zero-Knowledge Proofs
New America’s Open Technology Institute offers a path toward exploring privacy-preserving age verification.
newamerica.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
July 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
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GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: Rally · Volunteer organized for John Lewis Actions · Swing Left
### Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action ###
to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the ...
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July 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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In @techpolicypress, @lcoral.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) writes that to rebuild public trust in govt. & tech, public interest #technologists must double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed & used. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-rebui...
How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press
To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.
www.techpolicy.press
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In @techpolicypress, @lcoral.bsky.social (@newamerica.org) writes that to rebuild public trust in govt. & tech, public interest #technologists must double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed & used. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-rebui...
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
Thanks to AI, higher ed institutions find themselves at a crossroad: Take a leap of faith on innovation or abstain to ensure autonomy/student privacy?
The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above!
💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...
The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above!
💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...
June 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thanks to AI, higher ed institutions find themselves at a crossroad: Take a leap of faith on innovation or abstain to ensure autonomy/student privacy?
The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above!
💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...
The answer, per @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social & Joel Yong: None of the above!
💡 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org: go.newamerica.org/new-trolley-...
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
The public’s waning trust in both government and technology companies has deepened. To rebuild it, public interest technologists need to double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed and used, Lilian Coral writes.
How to Rebuild Public Trust in Technology and Government | TechPolicy.Press
To rebuild public trust in government and technology, public interest technologists need to double down on centering communities, Lilian Coral writes.
buff.ly
June 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The public’s waning trust in both government and technology companies has deepened. To rebuild it, public interest technologists need to double down on putting communities at the center of how our digital systems are designed and used, Lilian Coral writes.
Hoping @maddow.msnbc.com will tell us why the NYT decided not to cover ~10 M Americans coming out to protest -- I cannot even find a squib (as the WashPo ran as a sidebar to their Trump Glorification stories). This had to be a top-level decision to surrender to Trump
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Hoping @maddow.msnbc.com will tell us why the NYT decided not to cover ~10 M Americans coming out to protest -- I cannot even find a squib (as the WashPo ran as a sidebar to their Trump Glorification stories). This had to be a top-level decision to surrender to Trump
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
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"Interest has dramatically picked up in recent days. Sign-ups surpassed 5,000 — the capacity for the plaza where the rally is scheduled — and organizers are working with law enforcement to potentially close roads to ensure the safety of a larger crowd..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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‘No Kings’ protests nationwide to push back on Trump’s ‘overreach’
On the same day as the president’s military parade in D.C., thousands of people are expected to protest what they call his dangerous brand of authoritarianism.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Interest has dramatically picked up in recent days. Sign-ups surpassed 5,000 — the capacity for the plaza where the rally is scheduled — and organizers are working with law enforcement to potentially close roads to ensure the safety of a larger crowd..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
Wayne County community rally amid ICE raid at restaurant
Newswatch 16's Emily Kress spoke with people in the Honesdale community who are shaken after watching three restaurant employees get detained.
www.wnep.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
""It's really hard to fathom that the guy making my pizza for 25 years is a gangster and a terrorist, and the person who shows up in an unmarked car wearing a mask and body armor comes to take him away is somehow the good guy," said Simon..."
www.wnep.com/article/news...
www.wnep.com/article/news...
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A 10 year ban on state AI laws will have devastating consequences for workers, consumers, and kids. The consequence of AI on jobs is not getting enough attention in our politics. I make the case against the ban in this interview with the Verge.
www.theverge.com/politics/681...
www.theverge.com/politics/681...
A ban on state AI laws could smash Big Tech’s legal guardrails
Facial recognition and kids online safety laws could be impacted, too.
www.theverge.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A 10 year ban on state AI laws will have devastating consequences for workers, consumers, and kids. The consequence of AI on jobs is not getting enough attention in our politics. I make the case against the ban in this interview with the Verge.
www.theverge.com/politics/681...
www.theverge.com/politics/681...
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NO KINGS San Francisco · Indivisible
Indivisible SF and 50501SF are hosting a No Kings mass mobilization on June 14, 2025. We will gather at Dolores Park at 11:30 AM, and March at 12 NOON SHARP to Civic Center Plaza via Market St. There,...
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June 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Huh? @LindseyGrahamSC is disturbing: Why are ICE arrests "covert"? ICE agents wear masks because to encourage them to be needlessly violent - exactly what Trump wants!
We don't have secret police in America. At least we're not supposed to.
June 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Huh? @LindseyGrahamSC is disturbing: Why are ICE arrests "covert"? ICE agents wear masks because to encourage them to be needlessly violent - exactly what Trump wants!
Senate Republicans vote to widen the Homework Gap by repealing FCC Order that allows schools to use E-Rate funds to lend Wi-Fi hotspots to poor kids without home internet.
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POLITICO Pro: Senate moves to ax Biden-era Wi-Fi hotspot rule
E-Rate is among the subsidies included in the Universal Service Fund, but Democrats argued it needed to be expanded to subsidize Wi-Fi hotspots.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Senate Republicans vote to widen the Homework Gap by repealing FCC Order that allows schools to use E-Rate funds to lend Wi-Fi hotspots to poor kids without home internet.
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New @SDGBenchmarks data shows that the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions online, per the 2025 @rankingrights Index. None scored above 50%. Read more: bit.ly/RDR25 #RDR2025
The 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Big Tech Edition
A comprehensive ranking of top big tech disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy.
bit.ly
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
New @SDGBenchmarks data shows that the world’s largest tech giants are still failing to create the guardrails needed to protect the rights of billions online, per the 2025 @rankingrights Index. None scored above 50%. Read more: bit.ly/RDR25 #RDR2025
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Check out this new @techpolicypress.bsky.social Q&A! Planetary Politics Senior Fellow Akash Kapur interviews Stefaan Verhulst (@sverhulst.bsky.social), co-founder of @thegovlab.org & @thedatatank.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/q-a-with-ste...
A Q&A with Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder of The GovLab and The Data Tank | TechPolicy.Press
New America senior fellow Akash Kapur spoke to Verhulst about ways to enable private data to be reused for the public good.
www.techpolicy.press
April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Check out this new @techpolicypress.bsky.social Q&A! Planetary Politics Senior Fellow Akash Kapur interviews Stefaan Verhulst (@sverhulst.bsky.social), co-founder of @thegovlab.org & @thedatatank.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/q-a-with-ste...
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DOGE may well cost more than it saves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump administration’s mass firings could leave federal government with ‘monumental’ bill, say experts
Lawyer says ‘astounding’ purge will cost government, after workers with positive reviews cut due to ‘poor performance’
www.theguardian.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
DOGE may well cost more than it saves
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
www.newamerica.org
March 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations, according to a new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
Reposted by Michael Calabrese
Hey, if Republicans want to boost their inroads with working class voters they should do a "Nixon goes to China" and boost the minimum wage. It would spur both fairness and growth.
itif.org/publications...
itif.org/publications...
The Pro-Growth Minimum Wage
If progressives want to get a higher minimum wage over the finish line, it’s time for them to make the case for a higher minimum wage on the grounds of growth first and fairness second, writes ITIF Pr...
itif.org
November 26, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Hey, if Republicans want to boost their inroads with working class voters they should do a "Nixon goes to China" and boost the minimum wage. It would spur both fairness and growth.
itif.org/publications...
itif.org/publications...
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Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations. See this new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...
How to Protect Government Data with Privacy-Enhancing Technology
A practical guide to how PETs can help governments use our data responsibly and reduce privacy risks.
www.newamerica.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
By implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), public agencies can enhance security, maintain public trust, and comply with evolving #privacy regulations. See this new report by @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org’s @sydneysaubestre.bsky.social: www.newamerica.org/oti/reports/...