This report explores the potential for harmful bias in mHealth interventions and considers the impact of such bias on individuals, companies, and public health, ultimately providing recommendations for app developers to ensure that the tools they build are inclusive and nondiscriminatory.
Read More Read MoreOur Internet Architecture team, Chief Technologist Jospeh Lorenzo Hall and Senior Technologist Maurice Turner, gave a press briefing to members of the media on September 10, 2018 about our election security efforts leading up to the midterm elections.
Read More Read MoreIn addition to our Election Cybersecurity 101 Field Guides, we created a glossary to help election administrators and staff better understand key concepts in cybersecurity.
Read More Read MoreCDT joined EFF and NCL in filing an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Frank v. Gaos. The case asks whether it’s appropriate to distribute damages to charitable organizations working to advance the relevant interests of the class rather than attempting to divide and distribute the funds among class members.
Read More Read MoreCDT’s Election Cybersecurity 101 Field Guides are a series of short, simple, usable guides intended to help election administrators and staff better understand key concepts in cybersecurity.
Read More Read MoreDear Member of the European Parliament, CDT is deeply concerned about the filtering obligations that Article 13 of the DSM Copyright Directive proposal imposes on internet platforms, and its consequential impact on society at large.
Read More Read MoreCDT recently joined in signing an open letter addressed to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) calling for Article 3 on Text and Data Mining (TDM) to be updated to reflect Europe’s AI ambitions. As it currently stands, Article 3 would prevent many researchers and entrepreneurs from effectively using the tools they need to innovate.
Read More Read MoreThe Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) writes to express grave concerns about the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. His opinions are openly dismissive of the right of everyday Americans to safeguard their privacy against unwarranted government surveillance; value the free speech rights of corporations over those of individuals, and demonstrate a fundamental hostility toward the role of regulatory agencies in protecting consumers.
Read More Read MoreThis paper sets out CDT’s views on the European Commission’s E-Evidence proposals. Immediately after the proposals were published, we posted a set of blogs about the proposals, and this paper builds on the views expressed in these blogs by incorporating additional ideas and analysis.
Read More Read MoreCDT’s comments to the FTC address the consumer welfare implications associated with the use of algorithmic decision tools, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics.
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