{"id":100669,"date":"2023-11-03T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=100669"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:48:07","slug":"full-text-cdt-president-ceo-alexandra-reeve-givens-tech-prom-2023-remarks","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/full-text-cdt-president-ceo-alexandra-reeve-givens-tech-prom-2023-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Text: CDT President &#038; CEO Alexandra Reeve Givens&#8217; Tech Prom 2023 Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 2, 2023, CDT Hosted Tech Prom, the annual social event bringing together policymakers, educators, civil society advocates, government representatives, corporate partners, and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following is the full text of CDT President and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/staff\/alexandra-reeve-givens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandra Reeve Givens<\/a>, as delivered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>On behalf of all of us at CDT, welcome! We couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to have you with us during yet another landmark week for tech policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The U.S. laid out an ambitious, whole-of-government approach to the responsible development of AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OMB issued binding guidance for federal agencies\u2019 use of the technology.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 leading foundations committed over $200 million to strengthen civil society\u2019s engagement on AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The US Senate continued its bipartisan insight forums&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The G7 issued its AI Governance Code of Conduct<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global leaders convened at the UK AI Safety Summit to chart a course for research &amp; risk-based policies. (I\u2019m thrilled to be with you after leaving that UK Summit just this morning.)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This busy AI cycle illustrates the value of the community that\u2019s gathered in this room tonight. Throughout the UK Summit, participants called for concrete steps to address AI risks and advance responsible innovation. No company is going to do that work alone \u2013 and government can\u2019t regulate in a vacuum. We need a robust community of experts, civil society voices, and policymakers working together to develop standards, norms, and legislative and regulatory protections to build a future we can trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At CDT, we\u2019re committed to driving that collaborative engagement \u2013 and to advancing actionable solutions for the effective governance and regulation of AI. Last week, we announced a new AI Governance Lab to do exactly that \u2013 and we\u2019re thrilled that the Lab\u2019s new team is here with us tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We bring this ethos across all of our work, and we\u2019re honored to do it with this community at a momentous time across tech policy areas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Supreme Court has now granted cert in <em>three<\/em> cases involving the future of online speech. Each case grapples with the relationship between government and social media services in online content moderation and trust &amp; safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CDT is making clear the need for social media services to be able to moderate content on their platforms without governments chilling those decisions \u2013 from addressing hate speech to harassment, to election disinformation and more. At the same time, we\u2019re stressing the essential need for the government, independent researchers and social media companies to be able to share information about online threats &#8211; the issue at the heart of the <em>Murthy v. Missouri <\/em>case \u2013 even as the government cannot cross a First Amendment line and coerce companies into removing content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, independent researchers who study mis- and dis-information are under attack, including people in this room: facing Congressional subpoenas, lawsuits, and online threats. As a tech policy community \u2013 <em>everyone<\/em> here tonight \u2013 we <em>must<\/em> condemn these attacks. We must also reject the current trend of devaluing trust &amp; safety functions, which remain an essential tool to building internet services that users want. The timing couldn\u2019t be more urgent. We are heading into one of the most consequential election years in modern history, with 2 billion people going to the polls next year. We\u2019ve seen the playbook of malicious actors&nbsp; \u2013 and we must do better than we did in the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we fight for an internet that users want, CDT remains laser-focused on protecting people\u2019s privacy. Even in this AI hype cycle, CDT is keeping up its fight for meaningful consumer privacy laws! We\u2019re also leading new work imagining a future where online advertising protects people\u2019s privacy while allowing news sites and other online businesses to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re keeping up the fight to defend end-to-end encryption and the promises of privacy and security that it brings for journalists, human rights defenders, and ordinary people around the world. We\u2019re working to limit unchecked government surveillance, as Congress moves to reauthorize Section 702.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, our civic technology team is reshaping the dialogue about how the technology used in government services and in schools must support &#8211; and protect the rights of &#8211; the people those programs are meant to serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re proud to do this &amp; so much more in community with all of you. In addition to our phenomenal U.S. team, some of CDT Europe\u2019s staff is here this evening! We\u2019re proud to have doubled CDT Europe\u2019s size this year as the EU\u2019s legislative activities reshape tech practices not only in Europe but around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re honored to have CDT alumni here this evening (in their own CDT lounge!) \u2013 along with our Board, Advisory Council, and Fellows!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the diverse foundations, corporate and individual donors who make our work possible, we\u2019re deeply grateful to you.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to being a fun party, Tech Prom is a benefit that raises over 10% of CDT\u2019s budget for the year to fuel the good work we do \u2013 so thank you all for being part of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now back to the Prom!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":98662,"template":"","content_type":[7251],"area-of-focus":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/100669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insight"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/100669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100673,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insight\/100669\/revisions\/100673"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content_type?post=100669"},{"taxonomy":"area-of-focus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdt.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area-of-focus?post=100669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}