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“We think he would be a horrible FCC chairman,” Sascha Meinrath, director of the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation policy group in Washington, said in an interview. “Show me the evidence that he supports a public- interest agenda.

On Tuesday, Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation said he was "skeptical" of Wheeler's ability to "[hold] his former clients accountable." At the same time, a number of high-profile influentials have spoken out in Wheeler's favor -- including ...

Now, more than ever, we need a FCC Chairman who will serve as a champion for the public interest, take on industry giants, and make the hard decisions necessary to restore American competitiveness,” said Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America ...

Washington, DC — The Wall Street Journal and other media sources are reporting President Obama plans to nominate Tom Wheeler, managing director of Core Capital Partners and former head of two of the largest telecommunications industry lobbying groups, to serve as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.

Other business expansion items pondered by the panel, which also included comScore cofounder Linda Abraham and Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation, included electronic payment services, signature verification, and security services.

Washington, DC — The New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute and Media Policy Initiative joined over 40 other public interest groups on a letter, led by former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, that calls on President Obama to appoint an FCC chairperson committed to prioritizing the public interest, not one who works for the will of corporate interests.
 

Sascha Meinrath of the New America Foundation argued that Tom Wheeler's public statements during his career as a lobbyist indicate that he would be bad for competition, innovation and consumers as head of the FCC.

Another blow to Wheeler's candidacy came when 37 Senate Democrats, led by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), signed a letter supporting FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel for chairwoman.

Sascha Meinrath, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Open Technology Institute, said using meters as Internet channels is a “a real Faustian bargain,” a smart use of technology that will require “privacy protections that are second to none.” “If ...

...There has yet been no freak-out in the public interest community about Wheeler—who lobbied for the cable and cell phone industries when they were upstarts, not behemoths. But a number of women's groups sent Obama a letter requesting he choose a woman for the job. (No woman has ever served as FCC chief.) Sascha Meinrath, director of the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, is one advocate who has slammed the prospective Wheeler pick, observing that Wheeler...

Washington, DC — The New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute (OTI) announced today the public release of Commotion Beta - a free, open source, wireless networking platform. This “Developer Release #1” (DR1) makes Commotion’s technology available for testing and feedback and is freely available from the project website: www.commotionwireless.net.

About two years ago, news reports described the State Department-funded project of Sascha Meinrath as a way for overseas dissidents to overcome repressive regimes that try to censor them by shutting down the internet. This week a variation on the ...

Sascha Meinrath is vice president of the New America Foundation and director of its Open Technology Institute. He said today: "The alleged Chinese government hacking comes as no surprise to folks who have been following cybersecurity developments.