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The 100 Most Creative People in Business 2012 | Fast Company

May 15, 2012

As Silicon Valley hones its political agenda, Marvin Ammori has become the go-to First Amendment guy--as evidenced in January, when he helped destroy PIPA and SOPA. His method: "You're only going to win if you have better ideas, better persuasion, and better ability to organize people."

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Art Asks What To Do 'Before I Die' | NPR

May 13, 2012

Sophie Miller and Dan Meredith erected that board, and they tell us why they did it and about the massive response they've gotten. An enormous chalkboard appeared in Washington, DC, last weekend that read: "Before I Die ..." Researchers say the calico ...

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In DC, Private 'Bucket List' Dreams Become Public Art | Washington Post

May 10, 2012

On Sunday morning, she and her boyfriend, Dan Meredith, a 30-year-old journalist, painted and stenciled six 8-by-4 plywood boards with chalkboard paint and installed them at the construction site without permission. Before they left, they decided to ...

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Commotion Wireless and the Transparency of Privacy | WNYC

May 4, 2012

Sascha Meinrath, founder of Commotion Wireless, explains to Bob the paradox that the more information they reveal about their privacy software, the more secret it is.

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No Longer Exclusive! FCC Says Tv Stations Must Post Data About Campaign Ads ... | Cleveland Plain Dealer

April 28, 2012

The students were taking veteran news man Bill Moyers up on his challenge -- in association with ProPublica, the New America Foundation and Free Press -- to visit local stations and uncover the data behind political ads.

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Day Marked By Initiatives On The Benefits Of Ip, Open Technology | Intellectual Property Watch

April 26, 2012

On perhaps another end of the spectrum, the New America Foundation think tank in Washington, DC used today to announce its Open Technology Institute (OTI), which aims to “convene the nation's best thinking about internet freedom and open technology.

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New America Foundation Scales Up Open Technology Efforts | Techpresident

April 26, 2012

BY Miranda Neubauer | Thursday, April 26 2012 The New America Foundation today announced the launch of the Open Technology Institute, billed as a center for impartial research, open discourse, innovative fieldwork, and new tech development related to ...

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New America Foundation Launches Open Technology Institute

April 26, 2012

Washington D.C. - The New America Foundation today announced the launch of its Open Technology Institute [OTI], whose mission is to convene the nation's best thinking about Internet freedom and open technology.

Building on New America's work in this field, OTI will serve as a hub of impartial research, open discourse, innovative fieldwork, and new tech development.
 

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New America to Sponsor Internet Conference in May

April 26, 2012

The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) will sponsor, along with several other organizations, F2C: Freedom to Connect, a teach-in on the Internet's under-represented issues for the Washington DC policy community such as innovation, creativity, free expression, human rights and personal security.

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Battle Over Tv Political Ads: Broadcasters Fight Disclosure At Fcc | WCNC

April 25, 2012

“These files are already public,” said Fiona Morgan, a media researcher who studies public files at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank. “We're just trying to make them more accessible – it's as simple as that.

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