On September 15, 2026, the Center for Democracy & Technology and Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief along with the Wikimedia Foundation in Meta Platforms v. Bonta, challenging California’s SB 976.
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.
As concern about risks and harms related to AI systems continue to grow, a growing chorus of policymakers, industry leaders, and advocates have called for independent AI assessments. This explainer provides an overview of recent proposals for third-party assessment in the United States, including state and federal legislation, executive actions, and industry proposals.
Having third parties assess AI systems might seem like common sense, but crafting effective policies toward this goal can be devilishly tricky. A poorly-constructed ecosystem for third-party assessment could easily fail to consider the most consequential mechanisms of risk, neglect the AI harms that most impact people, or do more to protect AI companies than people.
The shortest month of the year was a busy one for Europe’s policymakers, with several European Parliament groupings showing their cards in relation to the AI Act omnibus and overall position regarding deepfakes.
A Long Road Ahead: Effective Remedies for Artificial Intelligence Harms in the European Union
CDT Europe’s new report delves into the AI Act’s offering for victims of AI harms, and finds that the law on its own cannot guarantee access to effective remedies.
Joint Open Letter on Rejecting the Proposal to Undermine Transparency in the AI Act
CDT Europe, together with 60 organisations, signed an open letter by Access Now and European Digital Rights (EDRi), addressed to the EU institutions, urging them to reject the deletion of the AI Act’s Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk AI systems as proposed in the recent AI Omnibus.
The start of 2026 is marked by mounting pressure points in EU AI policy: new rules on labelling AI-generated content, a deepening debate over sexual deepfakes, and sustained resistance to the Commission’s Omnibus Tech proposal. This month, we track where legal gaps are emerging and where rights protections are being defended.
CDT Europe’s Analysis of the Digital Omnibus Regulation Proposal
Following our initial reaction after the Digital Omnibus simplification package was announced on 19 November, CDT Europe has undertaken further analysis of both proposals and how they relate to artificial intelligence.
CDT Europe Responds to the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus Consultation
CDT Europe was glad to contribute to the European Commission’s consultation on the Digital Omnibus package, which aims to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook. In our submission, we urged caution against proposals that could weaken the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), a cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI governance.
CDT Europe’s Response to the Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment
CDT Europe welcomed the opportunity to respond to the European Commission’s Public Consultation for the Digital Fairness Act Impact Assessment, aimed at gathering citizens’ and stakeholders’ views on potential improvements in EU consumer law to strengthen the protection of consumers in the digital environment.
7th Civil Society Roundtable “Ensuring the Effective Implementation of the AI Act: Charting a Way Forward”
On 22 September 2025, CDT Europe and the Open Government Partnership brought together 50 representatives from civil society, European institutions, Member States and regulatory authorities to discuss the implementation status of the AI Act.
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.
