Not All Guardrails Are Created Equal: Comparing Content Safety and Copyright Filtering
As courts and policymakers work through questions about chatbot liability, they should be wary of analogies that flatten meaningful technical differences. Copyright filtering and safety intervention share real challenges around ambiguity and evasion, but they diverge in what each control must assess, how each manifests over the course of a conversation, and how much can be verified from the outside.
The norms of conversational advertising are being written right now by companies. Policy should be written alongside them, and it should start with recognizing that surreptitious manipulation at scale built on intimate information is itself a privacy harm, and a privacy law can, in part, solve some of those issue
Talking Tech with Roy Austin & Alex Givens on The Future of AI Governance
In this episode of CDT’s Tech Talks, Roy L. Austin, Jr., inaugural director of Howard University School of Law’s AI Initiative, joins Alexandra Givens, President and CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology, to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of AI.
CDT-led Coalition Calls for Transparency for White House AI Framework
CDT and Americans for Responsible Innovation led a broad, bipartisan coalition of over two dozen civil society groups in calling on the White House to release its Framework for review of frontier AI models.
“A Union of Equality” – An Analysis of the European Commission’s New Strategies in the Digital Age
CDT Europe analysed the new EU Equality strategies for 2026 to 2030 in light of their objectives to address gender-based cyber-violence as well as online hatred against racial and ethnically minoritised persons and the LGBTIQ+ community.
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 and gives CDT’s perspective on the impact to digital rights.
May was a defining month for EU AI governance, as the European Parliament and Council reached agreement on the AI Omnibus ahead of key AI Act obligations taking effect. Alongside the deal, the European Commission advanced implementation efforts with new draft guidance on high-risk AI systems and transparency obligations, while debates around AI security, copyright and competition continued to intensify across Europe.
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 and gives CDT’s perspective on the impact to digital rights.
Joint Call for the Urgent Establishment of the AI Act Advisory Forum
Alongside thirty-four civil society organisations and researchers, CDT Europe is calling on the EU AI Office to provide clarity on the establishment of the AI Act Advisory Forum.
April saw Europe’s AI policy debate reach a critical juncture, with final negotiations on the AI Omnibus underway and key disagreements still unresolved around scope and safeguards. Rapid technological developments, such as Anthropic’s Mythos model, are also intensifying pressure on EU institutions to ensure their governance framework can keep pace. CDT Europe’s April AI Bulletin keeps you up to speed on the latest EU AI governance developments.
Response to the OHCHR’s Call for Inputs on Protection of Human Rights Defenders in the Digital Age
CDT and CDT Europe welcome the opportunity to provide input into OHCHR’s drafting process of the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to HRC resolution 58/23 on “Human rights defenders and new and emerging technologies: protecting human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, in the digital age”.
CDT Europe’s Response to the European Parliament Rejection of the Chat Control 1.0’s Extension
CDT Europe's response to the European Parliament's vote not to extend the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, also referred to as Chat Control 1.0, thereby permitting the current legal basis to expire on 4 April 2026.
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 and gives CDT’s perspective on the impact to digital rights.
March brought major developments in Europe’s AI policy landscape, with policymakers advancing positions on the AI Omnibus, copyright in the age of generative AI, and new rules on AI-generated content. From trilogue preparations to fresh consultations, CDT Europe’s March AI Bulletin keeps you up to speed on the latest EU AI governance developments.
Joint Policy Paper: Fighting against tech-facilitated gender-based violence faced by women in Europe’s public life
CDT Europe, as part of the Forum for Gender Equality in Europe (FORGE), contributed to the first policy paper of the coalition, setting out recommendations to complement and support the implementation of the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026–2030, which identifies women’s participation in political life, economic decision-making, and public debate as essential for strengthening democratic legitimacy and inclusive governance in the European Union.
EU AI Act Brief – Pt. 5, General-Purpose AI Models
CDT Europe has been publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the EU AI Act and what it means for human rights. Here is the fifth post of the series where we examine General Purpose AI models (GPAI) and how they are regulated under the AI Act and additional processes and documents.
From Risk Mitigation to App Bans: Assessing EU Legislation’s Potential to Combat AI-generated Image Abuse
Following the Grok scandal in late December 2025, CDT Europe assessed the potential of key EU legislation (i.e., DSA and AI Act) in combating the proliferation of "nudifying" tools and AI-generated image abuse, which mostly targets women and minors.
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 and gives CDT’s perspective on the impact to digital rights.
