(WASHINGTON) — The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is pleased to welcome Lisa Rice and Dominique Shelton Leipzig to its Board of Directors. Rice is the President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). Shelton Leipzig is a partner …
On May 6, 2024, CDT joined an amicus brief with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), ACLU of Montana, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and Reason Foundation in Alario v. Knudsen in the Ninth Circuit. The brief explains …
On May 1, CDT submitted written testimony to the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the intersection of civil rights and AI in education. Our testimony provides a summary of CDT’s legal analysis of student civil …
Earlier this week, CDT filed comments on a “Know Your Customer” rule that the Department of Commerce (DOC) proposed to help the federal government track, prevent and prosecute malicious use of internet infrastructure in the United States. While we voice …
On April 30, CDT submitted a response to issues raised by the Oversight Board’s request for public comments regarding cases from the U.S. and India it described as “Explicit AI Images of Female Public Figures.” The cases touch upon key areas of rights- …
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Foundation model developers have made impressive claims about how well their models work in languages other than English. Upon closer examination though, these claims often fall short of their promise, especially in “low resource” languages — that is, …
The Center for Democracy and Technology joined the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition (GEC-SC), and other civil society organizations, in an important statement to the ongoing discussions at the United Nations (UN) concerning the …
EU AI Act Brief–Privacy and Surveillance. Blue and green gradient background, white and yellow text. NEW AI ACT SERIES! Over the coming weeks CDT Europe will be publishing a series of blog posts and briefing papers on the EU AI Act and what it means for …
CDT report, entitled “The Federal Government’s Power of the Purse: Enacting Procurement Policies and Practices to Support Responsible AI Use.” Illustration of an open blue change purse with drawstrings, and two purple coins falling inside. Executive …
Alexandra Reeve Givens, Center for Democracy and Technology CEO, joined technology and civil rights leaders, academics, & policymakers as an inaugural board member of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) inaugural Artificial Intelligence Safety …
On February 29, CDT testified in front of the Connecticut Senate’s General Law Committee on Senate Bill 2, An Act Concerning Artificial Intelligence. CDT thanked the committee for its and the sponsor’s work on the wide-ranging bill, while offering a number …
On April 19, 2024, CDT filed comments with the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to their advance notice of proposed rule making on the bulk sale of data about U.S. individuals by data brokers to countries of concern. CDT supports the DOJ’s goals in …
Leading technology advocacy organizations urge Congress to support National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) funding request for responsible AI innovation. More than 80 organizations, companies, and universities joined a letter asking …
(WASHINGTON) — Today, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Civil Rights issued a new rule to support reproductive health privacy under HIPAA. The rule protects patient privacy by prohibiting, in certain situations, the disclosure of …
Also authored by CDT Europe’s AI Policy Fellow Jonathan Schmidt. Policymakers in Europe are hard at work on all things artificial intelligence, and we’re here to keep you updated. We’ll cover laws and policies that relate to AI, and their implications for …
On Wednesday, April 17, 2024 CDT VP of Policy Samir Jain is testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee in a hearing titled “Legislative Solutions to Protect Kids Online and Ensure Americans’ Data Privacy Rights.” A …
The Center for Democracy and Technology joined the ACLU, Brennan Center for Justice, Demand Progress, Electronic Privacy Information Center, FreedomWorks, and Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability in crafting a Q&A that summarizes the …
(WASHINGTON) — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a two-year extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA 702”), a controversial warrantless spying authority, and in an extremely narrow tie vote, rejected …
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) joined the Brennan Center and other civil liberties, free speech, and New York organizations in a letter urging Congress to protect protesters in the United States by opposing any reauthorization of Section …
