Update from Our CEO: CDT Leads Breakthrough Work on Gender Justice
This week marked the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case that overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitution’s federal protections for abortion.
That ruling put a bright spotlight on the importance of digital privacy in defending gender justice.
This week, CDT published a series of resources assessing the landscape for health privacy two years after Dobbs. In that time, CDT has helped inform new state laws and federal regulatory protections, while leading our Dobbs Task Force which brought together leading tech companies, reproductive rights groups, health and privacy experts from around the country.
Already, we’ve received feedback from reproductive care providers that our Shield Law Guide will help them make informed decisions about their obligations in various states.
But that’s not all.
On Tuesday, CDT, in partnership with the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI) and the National Network to End Domestic Violence, announced a new multistakeholder working group tackling one of the thorniest challenges online today: the creation and distribution of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery.
When sexual images are shared without consent — or even threatened to be shared — the impacts can be profound; financially, psychologically and emotionally. This new working group brings together representatives of tech companies, trust and safety practitioners, experts in gender based violence, organizations representing impacted communities, and digital rights experts to develop new solutions to this profoundly difficult challenge.
These efforts are a prime example of CDT’s unique role in making change by leveraging our wide-ranging expertise, our deep commitment to civil rights and civil liberties, and our ability to gather stakeholders together for productive, important conversations.
In this brief, CDT Europe delves into the disadvantages that a criminalisation approach may have when it comes to TFGBV and explore the opportunities non-criminal redress mechanisms offers for redress.
Coalition Urges Senate Not to Let Companies Waive Financial Regulations for AI
CDT joined AI Now Institute, American Civil Liberties Union, and several organizations dedicated to tech policy, consumer protection, and civil rights in a letter to Senate leadership and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee opposing the “AI Innovation Labs” language in Sec. 10509 of the CLARITY Act.
Potential Avenues for Redress for AI-related Harms under EU Equality and Non-Discrimination law: A Visual Explanation
In this third instalment of the series, we look at the opportunities afforded by EU equality and non-discrimination law in providing redress for AI-related harms.
CDT and Partners Urge Passage of the California Location Privacy Act of 2025 (AB 322)
Location data is particularly sensitive, and when collected across time it can reveal a broad range of intrusive insights such as medical conditions, sexual orientation, political activities, and religious beliefs.