WASHINGTON, DC, April 20, 2020 — In comments filed today, New America’s Open Technology Institute and Common Cause criticized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for failing to protect public safety and low-income Americans’ access to the internet. The comments were filed in response to a federal court order that admonished the FCC for ignoring these […]
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Coalition Urges Congress to Make Patriot Act Surveillance Information Public
WASHINGTON, D.C. March 18, 2019—Today New America’s Open Technology Institute joined a coalition of 39 civil liberties organizations in calling on the House Judiciary Committee to hold public hearings and seek important information regarding surveillance conducted under the Patriot Act. The groups also called on Congress to end the Section 215 call detail records program, […]