Prem Trivedi
@premmtrivedi.bsky.social
Director @NewAmerica’s Open Tech Institute; Senior Fellow @American U’s Tech, Law, & Security Program. Democracy, tech, intl affairs.
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An Open Technology Institute thread:
Today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on protecting children & teens online is focusing on nearly 20 bills. OTI is glad that our leaders continue to prioritize the well-being of kids online! Below are our takes on some of these bills ⬇ (1/8)
Today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on protecting children & teens online is focusing on nearly 20 bills. OTI is glad that our leaders continue to prioritize the well-being of kids online! Below are our takes on some of these bills ⬇ (1/8)
December 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
An Open Technology Institute thread:
Today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on protecting children & teens online is focusing on nearly 20 bills. OTI is glad that our leaders continue to prioritize the well-being of kids online! Below are our takes on some of these bills ⬇ (1/8)
Today’s House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on protecting children & teens online is focusing on nearly 20 bills. OTI is glad that our leaders continue to prioritize the well-being of kids online! Below are our takes on some of these bills ⬇ (1/8)
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@bencasselman.bsky.social's covered how this shutdown has impacted our data. Some of it, he & Rebecca Davis O'Brien say, "will probably never be produced, a permanent gap in understanding that could have lasting consequences."
This plays into "data theatre." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...
This plays into "data theatre." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
@bencasselman.bsky.social's covered how this shutdown has impacted our data. Some of it, he & Rebecca Davis O'Brien say, "will probably never be produced, a permanent gap in understanding that could have lasting consequences."
This plays into "data theatre." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...
This plays into "data theatre." foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/22/u...
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In a new brief from OTI, former policy fellow @matt-steinberg.bsky.social & OTI director @premmtrivedi.bsky.social propose targeted interventions to address the privacy & security challenges of #AI agents.
Read now: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/a...
Read now: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/a...
AI Agents and Memory: Privacy and Power in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Era
A brief on how to ensure agentic AI systems remain understandable, accountable, and aligned with the people they serve.
www.newamerica.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
In a new brief from OTI, former policy fellow @matt-steinberg.bsky.social & OTI director @premmtrivedi.bsky.social propose targeted interventions to address the privacy & security challenges of #AI agents.
Read now: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/a...
Read now: www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/a...
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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.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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...
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This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police.
Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This reporter helped expose the falsity of ICE's narrative on the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez. His work is a perfect example of why we don't have secret police.
Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
Journalists have a constitutional right to cover protests and their aftermath. Release @peoplesfabric.com immediately.
Thrilled to step into this role.
📢 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...
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...
September 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thrilled to step into this role.
Don't miss OTI's 15th yr anniversary, which will feature fascinating forward-looking panels & lightning talks.
For the past 15 years, OTI has been working to ensure that every community has equitable access to digital technology and its benefits.
Join OTI on 9/9 for a lightning talk + past/present directors panel on the future of tech policy
💻 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org go.newamerica.org/oti-at-15-5
Join OTI on 9/9 for a lightning talk + past/present directors panel on the future of tech policy
💻 @techanddemocracy.newamerica.org go.newamerica.org/oti-at-15-5
August 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Don't miss OTI's 15th yr anniversary, which will feature fascinating forward-looking panels & lightning talks.
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Well this will be impossible to operationalize. Also, pretty clearly a First Amendment violation, since it's conditioning federal contracts on speech that is unrelated to the contract performance. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...
July 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Well this will be impossible to operationalize. Also, pretty clearly a First Amendment violation, since it's conditioning federal contracts on speech that is unrelated to the contract performance. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit...
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🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 21 other public interest, civil rights, labor, and digital rights groups in a letter urging FCC Chair Brendan Carr to pull an item from the FCC's July Open Meeting agenda for violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
July 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🚨 Today, @publicknowledge.bsky.social joined 21 other public interest, civil rights, labor, and digital rights groups in a letter urging FCC Chair Brendan Carr to pull an item from the FCC's July Open Meeting agenda for violating the Administrative Procedure Act.
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[JULY 24] @daniel-solove.bsky.social, author of On Privacy and Technology, will unpack how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy & its relationship to power, society & healthy democracies. OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social will host the discussion.
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Privacy, Technology, and Protecting Democracy: A Conversation with Daniel Solove
An event unpacking how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy and its relationship to healthy democracies.
www.newamerica.org
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
[JULY 24] @daniel-solove.bsky.social, author of On Privacy and Technology, will unpack how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy & its relationship to power, society & healthy democracies. OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social will host the discussion.
RSVP ⬇️
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Looking forward to this conversation with @daniel-solove.bsky.social !
On July 24 at 11 AM – 12 PM, I will be interviewed by Prem Trivedi at @newamerica.org ’s Open Technology Institute on privacy, technology, and democracy: www.newamerica.org/oti/events/p... Please join us for this event!
Privacy, Technology, and Protecting Democracy: A Conversation with Daniel Solove
An event unpacking how policy professionals from different fields should understand privacy and its relationship to healthy democracies.
www.newamerica.org
July 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Looking forward to this conversation with @daniel-solove.bsky.social !
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The #TikTokBan was never just about #TikTok.
No “deal” would make it ethical to promote protectionist tech policies under the guise of #NationalSecurity — and there is no substitute for true #DataPrivacy reform, writes VP of our programs @lcoral.bsky.social. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...
No “deal” would make it ethical to promote protectionist tech policies under the guise of #NationalSecurity — and there is no substitute for true #DataPrivacy reform, writes VP of our programs @lcoral.bsky.social. 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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July 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The #TikTokBan was never just about #TikTok.
No “deal” would make it ethical to promote protectionist tech policies under the guise of #NationalSecurity — and there is no substitute for true #DataPrivacy reform, writes VP of our programs @lcoral.bsky.social. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...
No “deal” would make it ethical to promote protectionist tech policies under the guise of #NationalSecurity — and there is no substitute for true #DataPrivacy reform, writes VP of our programs @lcoral.bsky.social. www.newamerica.org/oti/blog/the...
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"By lowering the bar for assessing the constitutionality of online age verification mandates, the #SupremeCourt puts Americans’ #privacy and #security at risk," says Open Technology Institute's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social in response to the #SCOTUS decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.
SCOTUS’ Decision to Uphold the Texas Age Verification Law Jeopardizes Everyone’s Online Privacy and Security, Says OTI
OTI responds to the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Texas law that requires certain websites to verify age.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"By lowering the bar for assessing the constitutionality of online age verification mandates, the #SupremeCourt puts Americans’ #privacy and #security at risk," says Open Technology Institute's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social in response to the #SCOTUS decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton.
Today’s #SCOTUS decision in
FCC v. Consumers’ Research—which reverses the 5th Cir. & upholds key aspects of the #UniversalServiceFund (#USF)—is “a step in the right direction toward closing the #DigitalDivide." Open Tech Institute @newamerica.org statement: www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
FCC v. Consumers’ Research—which reverses the 5th Cir. & upholds key aspects of the #UniversalServiceFund (#USF)—is “a step in the right direction toward closing the #DigitalDivide." Open Tech Institute @newamerica.org statement: www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
OTI Welcomes SCOTUS Ruling Upholding the Constitutionality of the Universal Service Fund
OTI’s response to this morning’s SCOTUS decision, which reverses a July 2024 Fifth Circuit ruling and upholds key aspects of the USF.
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June 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Today’s #SCOTUS decision in
FCC v. Consumers’ Research—which reverses the 5th Cir. & upholds key aspects of the #UniversalServiceFund (#USF)—is “a step in the right direction toward closing the #DigitalDivide." Open Tech Institute @newamerica.org statement: www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
FCC v. Consumers’ Research—which reverses the 5th Cir. & upholds key aspects of the #UniversalServiceFund (#USF)—is “a step in the right direction toward closing the #DigitalDivide." Open Tech Institute @newamerica.org statement: www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
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I just took a quiz on how much of my personal data DOGE can access. The results aren’t pretty. Take it now to discover how much of your sensitive info is now exposed. #HandsOffMyData www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...
Quiz: What Does DOGE Know About You?
The Department of Government Efficiency has unauthorized access to millions of Americans’ data. Take New America’s quiz to see how much of your data is at risk.
www.newamerica.org
June 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I just took a quiz on how much of my personal data DOGE can access. The results aren’t pretty. Take it now to discover how much of your sensitive info is now exposed. #HandsOffMyData www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...
We’ve watched the internet become a tool of corporate dominance, surveillance, and control.
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
This piece for the Thread @newamerica.org explores what went wrong—and how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future.
👉 www.newamerica.org/the-thread/h...
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
This piece for the Thread @newamerica.org explores what went wrong—and how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future.
👉 www.newamerica.org/the-thread/h...
How We Lost the Internet—and How We Might Win It Back
Big tech and governments have hijacked the internet. Here’s how we can take it back and build a more democratic digital future.
www.newamerica.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
We’ve watched the internet become a tool of corporate dominance, surveillance, and control.
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
This piece for the Thread @newamerica.org explores what went wrong—and how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future.
👉 www.newamerica.org/the-thread/h...
But it doesn’t have to stay that way.
This piece for the Thread @newamerica.org explores what went wrong—and how we can rebuild a more democratic digital future.
👉 www.newamerica.org/the-thread/h...
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Senate Commerce's version of the budget bill out tonight requires states to not enforce their AI rules for 10 years under the moratorium to receive federal broadband subsidies under BEAD www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
June 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Senate Commerce's version of the budget bill out tonight requires states to not enforce their AI rules for 10 years under the moratorium to receive federal broadband subsidies under BEAD www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...
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The House Republican tax bill would ban (& bulldoze) state efforts to regulate #AI, halting timely and innovative policy work in a very high-stakes issue. Really important commentary from @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and An-Me Chung at @educationwork.newamerica.org: www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Big Beautiful Reconciliation Bill Will Upend States’ Bottom-Up AI Governance and Create a Regulatory Vacuum
A 10-year ban would prohibit states from enforcing already-passed laws and passing new laws regulating AI models.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The House Republican tax bill would ban (& bulldoze) state efforts to regulate #AI, halting timely and innovative policy work in a very high-stakes issue. Really important commentary from @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and An-Me Chung at @educationwork.newamerica.org: www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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I successfully pushed the Biden administration to clamp down on how data brokers use your private data. Now it's the latest casualty in the Trump administration's efforts to help companies turn a profit at the expense of consumers.
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data. www.wired.com/story/cfbp-q...
CFBP Quietly Kills Rule to Shield Americans From Data Brokers
Russell Vought, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has canceled plans to more tightly regulate the sale of Americans’ sensitive personal data.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I successfully pushed the Biden administration to clamp down on how data brokers use your private data. Now it's the latest casualty in the Trump administration's efforts to help companies turn a profit at the expense of consumers.
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The mayor of an American city exercising his constitutional rights being detained by force by armed, masked federal officers wielding batons.
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The mayor of an American city exercising his constitutional rights being detained by force by armed, masked federal officers wielding batons.
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"Blatant censorship at a critical time": @thewire.in says its website blocked by Indian government
‘Blatant censorship at a critical time’: ‘The Wire’ says its website blocked by Centre
The news outlet said it was taking all necessary steps to challenge the ‘arbitrary and inexplicable’ move.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Blatant censorship at a critical time": @thewire.in says its website blocked by Indian government
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OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social emphasizes that the App Store Accountability Act’s age verification requirements undermine people’s rights, security, and access to online spaces. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
App Store Accountability Act Magnifies Privacy and Security Risks, Says OTI
App-store age verification restricts online spaces for all users regardless of whether or not they are seeking age-restricted content.
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May 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
OTI's @premmtrivedi.bsky.social emphasizes that the App Store Accountability Act’s age verification requirements undermine people’s rights, security, and access to online spaces. www.newamerica.org/oti/press-re...
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On April 28, join @alissacooper.bsky.social, @annalenhart.bsky.social, @premmtrivedi.bsky.social, and Ramesh Nagarajan 4 a panel discussion of our new paper, “Building the Digital Platform Commission: How to Design a Regulator to Rein In Big Tech.” Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-...
Designing the Digital Platform Commission
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April 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On April 28, join @alissacooper.bsky.social, @annalenhart.bsky.social, @premmtrivedi.bsky.social, and Ramesh Nagarajan 4 a panel discussion of our new paper, “Building the Digital Platform Commission: How to Design a Regulator to Rein In Big Tech.” Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-...
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What of your data does DOGE have access to? The folks at New America made a tool to show you based on your life circumstances and interactions with the federal government. www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...
Quiz: What Does DOGE Know About You?
The Department of Government Efficiency has unauthorized access to millions of Americans’ data. Take New America’s quiz to see how much of your data is at risk.
www.newamerica.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What of your data does DOGE have access to? The folks at New America made a tool to show you based on your life circumstances and interactions with the federal government. www.newamerica.org/oti/briefs/q...
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Gutting Section 230 won't punish Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. It will just kill Bluesky and Wikipedia
230 Protects Users, Not Big Tech
Once again, several Senators appear poised to gut one of the most important laws protecting internet users – Section 230 (47 U.S.C. § 230). Don’t be fooled – many of Section …
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April 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Gutting Section 230 won't punish Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. It will just kill Bluesky and Wikipedia