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| 12.08.2025 | YouTube to begin testing a new AI-powered age verification system in the U.S. | “YouTube was one of the first platforms to offer experiences designed specifically for young people, and we’re proud to again be at the forefront of introducing technology that allows us to deliver safety protections while preserving teen p... |
| 11.08.2025 | Why Labour’s Online Safety Act has become a political nightmare | The UK’s Online Safety Act, which came into force on 25th July, was conceived with the noble aim of protecting children from harmful online content.
It mandates that web service providers implement “highly effective” age verification measur... |
| 07.08.2025 | Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms | “It made me feel like, is this the America we live in?” Mathis said of her daughter’s arrest. “And it was this stupid, stupid technology that is just going through picking up random words and not looking at context.”
Surveillance systems in... |
| 27.06.2025 | Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online | Pornhub, one of the world’s busiest websites, has stopped operating in several states, including Texas, citing the technical and privacy hurdles in complying with the laws.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, celebrated the rul... |
| 29.04.2025 | The Censorship Conundrum: A Dangerous Dance with Power | In the heart of American democracy, a storm brews. The winds of censorship howl louder than ever. Two recent developments highlight this unsettling trend: the rise of FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and the controversial Take It Down Act. Bot... |
| 29.04.2025 | States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights? | Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence.
Last week’s batch of executive orders from the Trump administration included one... |
| 29.04.2025 | FCC Commissioner Gomez Blasts Brendan Carr’s ‘Campaign Of Censorship’ | When Biden FCC boss Jessica Rosenworcel stepped down, we noted how she couldn’t be bothered to even mention that terrible things were brewing at her agency. Same for Democratic FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks, who recently decided to sheep... |
| 28.04.2025 | Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act | Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone involved admits it will be abused? The answer, it turns out, ... |
| 06.03.2025 | Trump Promises To Abuse Take It Down Act For Censorship, Just As We Warned | During his address to Congress this week, Donald Trump endorsed the Take It Down Act while openly declaring his plans to abuse it: “And I’m going to use that bill for myself too, if you don’t mind, because nobody gets treated worse than I d... |
| 06.02.2025 | The Hidden Costs of Our Digital Footprint | In the digital age, our every move is tracked. Like shadows in the night, our data follows us, often without our knowledge. A recent investigation revealed a staggering breach of geolocation data from Gravy Analytics. Over two thousand apps... |
| 05.02.2025 | EFF раскритиковал усилия властей США по борьбе с китайскими технологиями в сфере ИИ | В Фонде электронных рубежей (Electronic Frontier Foundation, EFF) заявили, что американский законопроект для борьбы с китайскими технологиями в сфере искусственного интеллекта «помешает усилиям по обеспечению открытости ИИ-проектов».
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| 22.01.2025 | National Politics | Trump rescinds Biden’s executive order on AI safety in attempt to diverge from his predecessor | Not much left to repeal?
Much of Biden’s order set in motion a sprint across government agencies to study’s AI impact on everything from cybersecurity risks to its effects on education, workplaces and public benefits. That work is done.
“Th... |
| 17.01.2025 | Supreme Court backs law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company | TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, who is expected to attend Trump’s inauguration, used the app to thank the incoming president for “his commitment to work with us to keep TikTok available.”
It’s unclear what options are open to Trump, a Republican, ... |
| 19.12.2024 | Take It Down Act Has Best Of Intentions, Worst Of Mechanisms | You may have heard that the US government has a bit of a mess on its hands after House Speaker Mike Johnson worked out a somewhat carefully crafted compromise continuing resolution funding plan to keep the government open, only to have it c... |
| 09.11.2024 | OpenAI’s ChatGPT Outage Issue Resolved | Share
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Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s popular chatbot ChatGPT was back up after an outage affected thousands of users, the company said on Friday.
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| 01.11.2024 | The American Privacy Rights Act: A Double-Edged Sword for AI Development | The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) has emerged as a pivotal piece of legislation in the ongoing debate over consumer privacy in the United States. As Congress grapples with the implications of this bipartisan draft, the potential conseq... |
| 29.10.2024 | The American Privacy Rights Act’s Hidden AI Ban | The release of a bipartisan draft of the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) reinvigorated the effort to pass a federal consumer privacy law, only to sputter and stall amid concerns raised from across the political spectrum. All that is gone... |
| 18.10.2024 | Расследование: миллионы людей в Telegram используют чат-ботов для создания эротики и порно | Эксперты выразили обеспокоенность по поводу доступности онлайн-чат-ботов, генерирующих обнаженные изображения реальных людей по запросам пользователей. По их мнению, дипфейки создадут «совершенно кошмарный сценарий». Под пристальное внимани... |
| 05.08.2024 | OpenAI разработала метод водяных знаков для обнаружения текста, написанного ChatGPT, с надёжностью 99,9% | OpenAI разработала метод водяных знаков для надёжного определения текста, написанного ChatGPT. Компания до сих не выпустила разработку, поскольку проект увяз во внутренних дебатах, длящихся почти два года, пишет Wall Street Journal со ссылк... |
| 03.08.2024 | The Tug-of-War Over Broadband: Telecom Giants vs. Affordable Access | In the sprawling landscape of American broadband, a battle brews. On one side, the telecom giants, fortified by decades of dominance. On the other, the government, armed with a $42 billion subsidy aimed at expanding access. The stakes? Affo... |
| 31.07.2024 | Biden Administration plans to monitor open weight AI models | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
The Biden administration called for the monitoring of open-weight models as it looks to collect more information ... |
| 26.07.2024 | The Cookie Crumble: Google’s Sweet Reversal on Privacy**
** | ** In a world where digital footprints are as common as footprints in the sand, Google has decided to keep the tide of third-party cookies rolling. The tech giant announced a significant shift in its strategy, opting to retain these tiny da... |
| 23.07.2024 | Congress Wants To Let Private Companies Own The Law | It sounds absolutely batty that there is a strong, bipartisan push to lock up aspects of our law behind copyright. But it’s happening. Even worse, the push is on to include this effort to lock up the law in the “must pass” National Defense ... |
| 16.07.2024 | Gemini leu documento no Google Drive sem pedir permissão, relata usuário | Gemini criou resumo de PDF sem autorização (Imagem: Vitor Pádua / Tecnoblog)
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| 05.07.2024 | EU Tech Policy Brief: July 2024 | Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe‘s Tech Policy Brief. This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe, the U.S., and internationally, and gives CDT’s perspec... |
| 02.07.2024 | CDT-Hosted Symposium Tackles Free Speech in the AI Age | Also authored by CDT Intern Hannah Barrios
On June 24th, government officials, civil society, and academics convened at the “Artificial Intelligence & The First Amendment: Protecting Free Speech in the AI Era” symposium hosted by CDT an... |
| 25.06.2024 | The Paley Center for Media Announces the 2024 Paley International Council Summit: "Global Innovators: Defining the Future of Media" on November 12-13 at The Paley Museum | Initial Speakers Include: Frank A. Bennack, Jr., Aryeh B. Bourkoff, Paul Cheesbrough, Mike Fries, Don Garber, Alexandra Reeve Givens, Rebecca Glashow, Ramin Hasani, Steve Hasker, Jim Lanzone, Almar Latour, John C. Malone, Dennis Mathew, Cry... |
| 25.06.2024 | CDT and Allies Call on Congress to Restore Civil Rights Protections to APRA | Today, CDT joined dozens of other civil society organizations urging the House Energy & Commerce Committee to reinstate civil rights protections to the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) before marking up the bill.
Last week, the commit... |
| 24.06.2024 | Report – Two Years After Dobbs: An Analysis of State Laws to Protect Reproductive Healthcare Information from Interstate Investigations and Prosecutions | CDT report, entitled “Two Years After Dobbs: An Analysis of State Laws to Protect Reproductive Healthcare Information from Interstate Investigations and Prosecutions.” White document on a grey background.
Authored by CDT Interns Irene Kim a... |
| 24.06.2024 | Dobbs – A Two Year Retrospective | Also authored by CDT Intern Ebie Quinn
I. Introduction
Two years ago, the Supreme Court decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, reversing prior court precedent under Roe v. Wade and its progeny that guaranteed constitutional p... |
| 17.06.2024 | CDT Files Amicus Brief Explaining the Appropriate Role of Section 230 in Products Liability Litigation | Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology filed an amicus brief in Doe v. Grinder before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case considers the intersection of protections afforded to interactive computer services (ICSs) under Se... |
| 10.06.2024 | NIST Launches Collaborative Research Effort on Digital Identity to Support Secure Delivery of Public Benefits | Credit: N. Hanacek, B. Hayes/NIST
GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a collaborative project to adapt NIST’s digital identity guidelines to support public... |
| 04.06.2024 | CDT Endorses and Calls on Congress to Pass the DEFIANCE Act | Yesterday, the Center for Democracy & Technology endorsed the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits, or DEFIANCE, Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation clarifies the existing Violence Against Women Act federal civ... |
| 04.06.2024 | CDT Submits Comment on NIST’s Draft Report, “Reducing Risks Posed by Synthetic Content: An Overview of Technical Approaches to Digital Content Transparency” | On May 31, CDT submitted its comment to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) on its draft report “Reducing Risks Posed by Synthetic Content: An Overview of Technical Approaches to Digital Content Transparency.” CDT ov... |
| 03.06.2024 | EU Tech Policy Brief: June 2024 | Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe‘s Tech Policy Brief. This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe, the U.S., and internationally, and gives CDT’s perspec... |
| 01.06.2024 | Report – Fostering Responsible Tech Use: Balancing the Benefits and Risks Among Public Child Welfare Agencies | CDT report, entitled “Fostering Responsible Tech Use: Balancing the Benefits and Risks Among Public Child Welfare Agencies.” Illustration of an adult hand and a child’s hand, palms up, with a digital image of a home floating above them.
Acr... |
| 31.05.2024 | Tech Talk: Talking Tech with Grace Gedye and Matt Scherer On AI Governance | Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.... |
| 25.05.2024 | CDT EU Hosts DSA Civil Society Roundtable | On the 17th of April, CDT Europe and Open Government Partnership held the Fifth DSA Civil Society Roundtable Series event in Brussels. As the Digital Services Act (DSA) finally comes into full force, this was a unique opportunity for more t... |
| 23.05.2024 | CDT, ACLU, EFF, Fight for the Future, and OTI Call on House Subcommittee to Improve Kids Online Safety Act to Ensure Kids’ Access to Critical Information | In advance of the markup in the House Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee today, the undersigned civil society organizations sent a letter to House Commerce Chairs and members of the Innovation, Communications, and Technology Subcom... |
| 22.05.2024 | EU AI Act Brief – Pt. 3, Freedom of Expression | EU AI Act Brief–Pt. 3, Freedom of Expression. Dark purple gradient background, white and yellow text.
NEW AI ACT SERIES! Over the coming weeks CDT Europe will be publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the EU AI Act and wha... |
| 18.05.2024 | CDT Urges Senate to Improve Kids Online Safety Act in New Letter With Other Leading Civil Society Organizations | Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology joined other leading civil society organizations, including the ACLU, EFF, Fight for the Future, and New America’s Open Technology Institute, to urge the Senate to continue negotiations to im... |
| 17.05.2024 | CDT Joins Open Tech Institute in Open Letter Opposing the Kids Off Social Media Act | On May 16, Center for Democracy and Technology signed an open letter, spearheaded by New America’s Open Tech Institute, in opposing the Kids Off Social Media (S. 4213) introduced by Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chr... |
| 17.05.2024 | CDT Europe Hosts Online panel event: Exploring Ways Forward to Combat Spyware in the EU | On May 15, CDT Europe hosted an online panel event: Exploring Ways Forward to Combat Spyware in the EU. The high-level panel brought together speakers from institutions, academia and policy makers to discuss the nefarious practice of spywar... |
| 16.05.2024 | Over Two Dozen Labor Unions, Civil Rights Groups, and Public Interest Advocates Endorse New York’s BOT Act | (ALBANY, NY) – Today, a coalition of more than two dozen organizations announced support for New York Senate Bill 7623/Assembly Bill A.9315, the Bossware and Oppressive Technologies (BOT) Act. This bill, sponsored by Senator Brad Hoylman-Si... |
| 14.05.2024 | CDT Joins Letter to Attorney General to Declassify Service Provider at Issue in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | On May 9, CDT joined other leading civil society groups in a letter urging the declassification of the service provider at issue in the recent Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) case.
From the letter:
The undersigned organizatio... |
| 10.05.2024 | Supporting Internet Privacy from the Ground Up | Sometimes even simple online actions can have serious consequences. A link in your email could be malware. Your cellphone plan provider might be tracking all of the websites that you visit. And in some countries, it might not even be possib... |
| 03.05.2024 | Department of Commerce “Know Your AI Customer Rule” Must Protect Privacy | Earlier this week, CDT filed comments on a “Know Your Customer” rule that the Department of Commerce (DOC) proposed to help the federal government track, prevent and prosecute malicious use of internet infrastructure in the United States. W... |
| 02.05.2024 | CDT Response to the Oversight Board’s Call for Public Comments on: “Explicit AI Images of Female Public Figures” | On April 30, CDT submitted a response to issues raised by the Oversight Board’s request for public comments regarding cases from the U.S. and India it described as “Explicit AI Images of Female Public Figures.” The cases touch upon key area... |
| 02.05.2024 | CDT Submits Comments to OMB on the Responsible Procurement of AI by the Government | CDT works to strengthen individual rights and freedoms by defining, promoting, and influencing technology policy and the architecture of the internet that impacts our daily lives.
The content throughout this website that originates with CDT... |
| 30.04.2024 | EU AI Act Brief – Pt. 2, Privacy & Surveillance | EU AI Act Brief–Privacy and Surveillance. Blue and green gradient background, white and yellow text.
NEW AI ACT SERIES! Over the coming weeks CDT Europe will be publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the EU AI Act and what... |
| 24.04.2024 | CDT Environmental Technology Investment Holdings Limited Announces New Wastewater Treatment Services Contract Valued at Approximately $11.7 Million | - |
| 23.04.2024 | HHS Adopts Vital New Rule Protecting Patient Data about Lawful Reproductive Care | (WASHINGTON) — Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights issued a new rule to support reproductive health privacy under HIPAA. The rule protects patient privacy by prohibiting, in certain situations, t... |
| 20.04.2024 | CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: April 2024 | Also authored by CDT Europe’s AI Policy Fellow Jonathan Schmidt.
Policymakers in Europe are hard at work on all things artificial intelligence, and we’re here to keep you updated. We’ll cover laws and policies that relate to AI, and their i... |
| 15.04.2024 | CDT Joins Others in Publishing Q&A about the Security and Freedom Enhancing (SAFE) Act of 2024 | The Center for Democracy and Technology joined the ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FreedomWorks, and Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability in crafting a Q&A that su... |
| 12.04.2024 | U.S. House Vote Narrowly Allows Rampant Abuses of Warrantless Spying Authority to Continue | (WASHINGTON) — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a two-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”), a controversial warrantless spying authority, and in an extremely narrow tie vote,... |
| 09.04.2024 | Deprecating third-party cookies: a small step towards a more private web | For the past four years, Google has been talking about its Privacy Sandbox project: a shift away from existing online tracking mechanisms towards more specific online advertising tools intended to be more respectful of privacy. In brief, Go... |
| 04.04.2024 | Brief – Unintended Consequences: Consumer Privacy Legislation and Schools | [ PDF Version ]
The United States needs to enact comprehensive privacy legislation that limits the collection, use, and sharing of personal information to protect everyone, including children. Although such a bill has yet to be enacted at t... |
| 22.03.2024 | CDT Signs Joint Statement Noting Concerns Regarding the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) expresses joint concerns about the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill. While the Home Office has briefed interested parties on the Bill, the discussion has been limited to the amendments an... |
| 21.03.2024 | CDT Joins Others in Letter Supporting Increased Funding for Antitrust Enforcement | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined with other organizations commending Senator Klobuchar for her continued efforts to sustain increased funding for antitrust enforcement, consistent with the bill she and Senator Grassley... |
| 15.03.2024 | Tech Talk: Talking Tech with Kate Ruane & K.J. Bagchi on Moody v. NetChoice & NetChoice v. Paxton | Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.... |
| 14.03.2024 | CDT Files Comments with FTC in Response to COPPA Updates | On March 11, CDT filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission in response to their proposed updates to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. In the comments, we make several arguments:
The COPPA Rule should include ... |
| 12.03.2024 | CDT Comments in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Proposed Rulemaking on Advanced Impaired Driving Prevention Technology | On March 5, 2024, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) recently filed comments in response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on Advanced Impaired Driving... |
| 12.03.2024 | CDT Defends Encryption Against Broadside Attack from Nevada AG | Late last night, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined other organizations in urging a Nevada district court to reject the effort of the Nevada attorney general to prevent people in Nevada from using an end-to-end encrypted... |
| 11.03.2024 | CDT Europe Reacts to EU Directive on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) – New Rules to Tackle Online GBV Create Free Expression Concerns | On February 6 2024, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the Directive to combat violence against women and domestic violence. The law sets minimum standards for the criminalisation of certain forms of gender-based violence (GBV), ... |
| 28.02.2024 | CDT Joins Letter Endorsing the Invest in Child Safety Act | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined 11 other organizations in support of the Invest in Child Safety Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Anna Eshoo and Brian Fitzpat... |
| 28.02.2024 | CDT Europe Joins EPD and Civil Liberties Union for Europe in Outlining Still-Needed Improvements for EU Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising | The Centre for Democracy & Technology (CDT Europe) has joined the European Partnership for Democracy and the Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) in a joint statement in light of the adoption of the EU Regulation on Transparency... |
| 28.02.2024 | CDT Joins Coalition Letter to the Biden Administration on Protecting the Free and Open Internet | In advance of global leaders meeting at the 13th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined ITIF and a coalition of civil rights, civil liberties, open Internet advocates, ... |
| 24.02.2024 | Miranda Bogen is creating solutions to help govern AI | To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish seve... |
| 23.02.2024 | The European Court of Human Rights Concludes Encryption Backdoor Mandates Violate the Right to Private Life of All Users Online | On 13 February the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a ground-breaking judgment in the case of Podchasov v Russia. The case concerned the statutory requirements that Russia imposed on the online messaging platform Telegram to au... |
| 06.02.2024 | Open Letter from Security Experts Voices Concerns Over the Proposed Changes to UK Investigatory Powers Act’s Notices Regime | The proposed amendments to the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) have prompted a powerful open letter addressed to the UK Home Secretary from security experts united in their commitment to a secure, reliable, and inclusive internet. Their... |
| 02.02.2024 | CDT and Civil Society Partners Urge Congress to Protect Artists, Creators, and Free Expression as it Examines Possible Misuse of AI Technologies | On February 1, 2024, CDT joined EFF, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, TechFreedom, Fight for the Future, and R Street Institute sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee praising the Committee’s examination of ways ... |
| 31.01.2024 | Microsoft, X throw their weight behind KOSA, the controversial kids online safety bill | On the eve of Wednesday’s Big Tech hearing (both Big Tech and a big hearing — five CEOs are testifying as we speak), Microsoft stepped up to back a controversial bill that aims to protect children from the dangers of social media. In the ea... |
| 27.01.2024 | Civil Rights Organizations Identify Priorities for OMB Memo on Agency Use of AI | In November, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released draft guidance for governance and risk management for federal agencies’ use of AI, as required under Executive Order 14110 and prior executive actions and legislation. Numerous... |
| 22.01.2024 | CDT Comments to FCC on Re-Imposing Net Neutrality | CDT submitted comments supporting the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to re-impose net neutrality rules on broadband providers.
In these comments, CDT argues that the FCC should re-impose th... |
| 13.01.2024 | Talking Tech with Nabeel Gillani on The Black Box of AI in Education | Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.... |
| 22.12.2023 | Authors & Copyright Scholars Back ‘Internet Archive’ in Landmark Legal Battle | The Internet Archive (IA) is a non-profit organization that aims to preserve digital history for generations to come.
The digital library is a staunch supporter of a free and open Internet and began meticulously archiving the web over a qua... |
| 08.12.2023 | CDT Warns of ‘Trojan Horse’ Expansion of FISA Surveillance Hidden in Intelligence Bill | (WASHINGTON)–The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) today is warning that the House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI) bill (HR 6611) to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”) would dramatical... |
| 06.12.2023 | CDT Applauds House Judiciary Vote on Landmark FISA 702 Surveillance Reform Bill | (WASHINGTON) — The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) welcomes today’s broad bipartisan 35-2 vote by the House Judiciary Committee to advance the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act (H.R. 6570). This bill would clo... |
| 28.11.2023 | CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: November 2023 | Also authored by CDT Europe’s Rachele Ceraulo.
Policymakers in Europe are hard at work on all things artificial intelligence, and we’re here to keep you updated. We’ll cover laws and policies that relate to AI, and their implications for Eu... |
| 28.11.2023 | ‘Eaten by the Internet’: A New Publication on Infrastructure | In a new book out with Meatspace Press under a CC-BY-NC-SA license, Eaten By the Internet explores the paradoxically understated yet ubiquitous impact of the internet’s infrastructure on our society. Seventeen authors, including Ashwin Math... |
| 22.11.2023 | Tech Talk: Talking Tech with Sharon Bradford Franklin On FISA 702 | Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Google Play, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background.... |
| 21.11.2023 | FISA Section 702: Key Takeaways From PCLOB Report | The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) recently released its report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA 702), a surveillance authority that permits warrantless monitoring of non-US persons loca... |
| 21.11.2023 | Auditing in the Dark: Guidance is Needed to Ensure Maximum Impact of DSA Algorithmic Audits | With contributions from Emma Llansó and Jared Katzman
On October 20, the delegated acts on independent audits under Article 37 of the Digital Services Act were adopted by the European Commission. The delegated act aims to lay down the ‘rule... |
| 17.11.2023 | Online Advertising is Broken & We Need a Plan to Fix It: Introducing CDT’s Future of Online Advertising Project | CDT Google Policy Fellow Cami Goray also contributed to this post.
The online advertising ecosystem is at an inflection point: too broken and politically contentious to continue in its current form, yet too important to publishers, small bu... |
| 17.11.2023 | CDT Comments to NTIA Task Force on Kids Online Health & Safety Urge Protection of Rights | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) submitted these comments in response to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) request for comments regarding efforts to protect youth mental health, safety, a... |
| 10.11.2023 | CDT Joins Letter in Support of Access to Vehicle-Generated Data for Repairs | CDT joined with US PIRG in sending a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce in support of H.R. 906, the REPAIR Act, to require auto manufacturers to give car owners and their designated repair... |
| 25.10.2023 | Insiders say latest closed-door Senate AI meeting was ‘encouraging’ | VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed - An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More
AI leaders who attended yesterday’s second closed-door Senate AI Insight Forum told VentureBeat... |
| 28.07.2023 | Senado dos EUA cria projetos de lei para tornar Internet mais segura para crianças | O Congresso dos Estados Unidos estuda a aprovação de dois projetos de lei para tornar a Internet mais segura para as crianças, na última quinta-feira, 27, os legisladores votaram a favor da sua aprovação. Os projetos de lei – Kids Online Sa... |
| 22.07.2023 | How businesses can shape the (safer) future of social media | Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here
“A profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.” This was the verdict of the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murt... |
| 29.05.2023 | Запрет ТикТока в США: китайское влияние против американской цензуры | Возможность запрета «ТикТока» в медийных и политических кругах США обсуждается уже несколько лет. Тема, которая совсем недавно была более привычна по российским новостям: бан зарубежного интернет-сервиса по политическим мотивам — показывает... |
| 26.05.2023 | Запрет ТикТока в США: китайское влияние против американской цензуры | Возможность запрета «ТикТока» в медийных и политических кругах США обсуждается уже несколько лет. Тема, которая совсем недавно была более привычна по российским новостям: бан зарубежного интернет-сервиса по политическим мотивам — показывает... |
| 15.05.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, May 15, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET: The Wilson Center hosted a virtual event to discuss how G7 leaders can lead by example and demonstrate unity and a respect for international law, ahead of the summit meeting in Jap... |
| 08.05.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, May 8, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a conversation about how great power competition has affected U.S. international development programs. The discussio... |
| 04.05.2023 | The Three-Body Problem: Platform Litigation and Absent Parties | Disputes about platforms’ responsibilities for online speech almost always involve three competing interests. But in typical litigation, only two parties are represented. As a result, courts don’t hear from absent people or groups who may b... |
| 04.05.2023 | Apple and Google team up to curb stalking and unwanted tracking enabled by AirTags and other Bluetooth devices | Apple and Google released a proposal with software fixes to unwanted tracking by Bluetooth devices.
The system would alert a user's phone if it detects a nearby tracker that has been separated from its owners device.
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| 03.05.2023 | Apple and Google team up to curb stalking and unwanted tracking enabled by AirTags and other Bluetooth devices | Apple and Google announced a new proposal to stop unwanted tracking with Apple AirTags and other Bluetooth devices. Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images
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| 01.05.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, May 1, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. ET: The Brookings Institution will host a webcast to discuss how the possibility of Chinese military action against Taiwan has affected U.S.-Taiwan relations. The event will begin with r... |
| 24.04.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, April 24, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET: The Brookings Institution hosted a virtual discussion about the upcoming election in Turkey and the likelihood that voters will reject President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The event b... |
| 17.04.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, April 17, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. ET: The National Security Law Program at the George Washington University Law School hosted a discussion about creating a U.S. national cybersecurity strategy. The event featured Chr... |
| 10.04.2023 | The Week That Will Be | Event Announcements
Monday, April 10, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. ET: The Wilson Center hosted a webcast to review the first 100 days of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s tenure. The event featured keynote remarks by Tatiana Prazeres,... |
