Center for Democracy & Technology
The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @CDTEU.bsky.social for our EU-based team.
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- Rescinding proposed rules to protect consumers from misuse of their private data exposes ordinary people to predatory financial offers, fraud, identity theft and threats to their personal safety. news.bloomberglaw.co...
- 🚨 AI agents are evolving fast—and the ones that act on their own are already reshaping tech. CDT’s @chinmay-deshpande.bsky.social and Ruchika Joshi’s new brief, “AI Agents In Focus,” breaks down how these systems work and why they pose urgent policy challenges. cdt.org/insights/ai-...
- TOMORROW: CDT’s Kate Ruane is a ft. speaker at the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s “Burning the House Down to Roast the Pig” event about the constitutional limits of FTC, FCC, and DOJ interference in media and speech. 🗓️ May 15 | 📍Competitive Enterprise Institute, DC cdt.org/event/burnin...
- NEW CDT Research highlights how companies moderate Tamil content, finding that users feel like they face burdensome removals and at the same time experience under-moderation of harassment and hate speech, particularly against women, LGBTQ+ people, and along caste lines.
- 🎉 Today marks 5 years of the Global Encryption Coalition! Since 2020, the GEC has grown from 37 to 466+ members advocating for strong encryption in 93+ countries — and reshaping global policy debates in the process. www.globalencryption...
- Today CDT and allies called on companies that support SNAP to obey the law and refuse the federal government’s illegal request for sensitive personal data. www.npr.org/2025/05/...
- MUST READ: CDT’s @arianaaboulafia.bsky.social in @techpolicypress.bsky.social Press on three key tech policy concerns that are raised as a result of DOGE – which has already cut vital services for disabled people. www.techpolicy.press...
- As CDT has noted before, the Social Security Administrations (SSA) plans to require in-person visits or access to an online account to complete certain phone-based transactions presents significant accessibility risks. 👇
- Earlier this week the Social Security Administration announced it is limiting what beneficiaries can do over the phone, forcing them to use in-person services or an online account. This change raises significant access barriers for SSA’s most vulnerable beneficiaries. blog.ssa.gov/social-...
- CDT’s Elizabeth Laird featured in the 74 Million on how Trump’s massive deportation database puts students at risk. www.the74million.org... cc: Mark Keierleber
- THIS WEEK: CDT’s Nathalie Marechal will join the Knight First Amendment Institute on May 16 for “Surveillance Ascendant, Democracy in Free Fall”—a convening on free speech and consumer protection in an age of commercial surveillance. 📍National Press Club, DC | 🕘 9am–12pm ET | 💻 Livestream available
- 📌We're excited to be hosting a convening in DC next week – on 5/16 at the National Press Club – on free speech and consumer protection in an era of commercial surveillance, an issue exacerbated by rapidly accruing threats to democracy. There's still time to RSVP: knightcolumbia.org/events/surve...
