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Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

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Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

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How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Your Online Experience

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How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Your Online Experience

How online platforms use AI to make recommendations to users, and the challenges these practices face.

Mar 26, 2020

Spandana Singh

Why Am I Seeing This?: How Video and E-Commerce Platforms Use Recommendation Systems to Shape User Experiences

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Why Am I Seeing This?: How Video and E-Commerce Platforms Use Recommendation Systems to Shape User Experiences

Platforms like Amazon and Netflix use powerful algorithms to engage users. This report offers recommendations to improve transparency.

Mar 25, 2020

Spandana Singh

How “Notice and Consent” Fails to Protect Our Privacy

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How “Notice and Consent” Fails to Protect Our Privacy

Notice and consent is inadequate both in informing individuals and protecting their privacy.

Mar 23, 2020

Claire Park

Privacy Advocates Welcome FCC Action on Wireless Location Data, Criticize Slow Pace of Investigation

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Privacy Advocates Welcome FCC Action on Wireless Location Data, Criticize Slow Pace of Investigation

Reports indicate the FCC is set to impose fines on AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint for selling customer location data.

Feb 27, 2020

Protecting Privacy in Data Releases

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Protecting Privacy in Data Releases

Exploring how disclosure limitation techniques can protect the privacy of individuals whose information is included in data releases.

Feb 24, 2020

Chris Sadler

The Algorithms Behind Digital Advertising

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The Algorithms Behind Digital Advertising

OTI’s new report explores how platforms use algorithmic tools to target and deliver ads.

Feb 19, 2020

Spandana Singh

Special Delivery

Report / In Depth

Special Delivery

This report explores how platforms use artificial intelligence to target and deliver advertisements.

Feb 18, 2020

Spandana Singh

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

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The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

Mara Hvistendahl shows how a Chinese scientist’s theft of U.S. seed‑corn secrets revealed the stakes of global espionage.

Feb 4, 2020

Mara Hvistendahl

Statement on Behalf of OTI to the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Performance Oversight Hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department

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Statement on Behalf of OTI to the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Performance Oversight Hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department

Jan 16, 2020

Sharon Bradford Franklin

Ranking Digital Rights Releases its Winter 2020 Investor Update

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Ranking Digital Rights Releases its Winter 2020 Investor Update

Helps investors evaluate and compare tech & telecom companies on their respect for human rights.

Jan 14, 2020

Rebecca MacKinnon

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Education & Work

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Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

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Screen People

A New Fellowship to Foster Journalism Around Education, Economic Development, and the Future of Work

How Did Philadelphia Become a World Cup City?

Lexington’s First Civic Assembly

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How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Your Online Experience

Why Am I Seeing This?: How Video and E-Commerce Platforms Use Recommendation Systems to Shape User Experiences

How “Notice and Consent” Fails to Protect Our Privacy

Privacy Advocates Welcome FCC Action on Wireless Location Data, Criticize Slow Pace of Investigation

Protecting Privacy in Data Releases

The Algorithms Behind Digital Advertising

Special Delivery

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

Statement on Behalf of OTI to the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Performance Oversight Hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department

Ranking Digital Rights Releases its Winter 2020 Investor Update

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Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

�鶹������ý Fellows

Screen People

A New Fellowship to Foster Journalism Around Education, Economic Development, and the Future of Work

How Did Philadelphia Become a World Cup City?

Lexington’s First Civic Assembly

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How Recommendation Algorithms Shape Your Online Experience

Why Am I Seeing This?: How Video and E-Commerce Platforms Use Recommendation Systems to Shape User Experiences

How “Notice and Consent” Fails to Protect Our Privacy

Privacy Advocates Welcome FCC Action on Wireless Location Data, Criticize Slow Pace of Investigation

Protecting Privacy in Data Releases

The Algorithms Behind Digital Advertising

Special Delivery

The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the FBI, and Industrial Espionage

Statement on Behalf of OTI to the D.C. Council Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety Performance Oversight Hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department

Ranking Digital Rights Releases its Winter 2020 Investor Update

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