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...
- The stakes are high as agencies explore action on content moderation & “bias.” Kate will join others in unpacking where the First Amendment draws the line—and what that means for future policy. Don’t miss it! 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.
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View full threadIn a new @foreignpolicy.com piece highlighting this report, co-authors @aliyabhatia.bsky.social and @monaelswah.bsky.social dive deeper into the authorities and channels governments can use to influence moderation. foreignpolicy.com/20...
- Read more and share our new CDT research, in partnership with Centre for Internet and Society and supported by @isocfoundation.org.web.brid.gy here: cdt.org/insights/mod...
- The new report finds that most platforms employ a universal or “coverage” model, with few resources going towards language or region-specific moderation, and an increased reliance on machine translation tools which are particularly error prone in non-English languages.
- Many users reported feeling suspicious due to what they perceived to be government overreach in influencing private content moderation. Platform staff also reiterated this. cdt.org/insights/mod...
- The case study interviewed content creators, activists, content moderators, and platform representatives to understand the unique challenges in moderating Tamil content on social media services – and is part of a larger series examining #ContentModeration in the #GlobalSouth:
