Center for Democracy & Technology

While the protection of fundamental rights is one of EU AI Act’s stated goals, it only provides for a limited number of remedies against the harmful impact of AI systems or models. Instead, it largely relies on the existence of effective pathways to redress for AI-related harms in other areas of EU law.

CDT and Americans for Responsible Innovation led a broad, bipartisan coalition of over two dozen civil society groups in calling on the White House to release its Framework for review of frontier AI models. The Administration in August rolled out its voluntary framework for review of frontier AI systems, but this process for review remains broadly unknown.

Graphic for CDT’s podcast, entitled “CDT’s Tech Talks.” Hosted by Jamal Magby, and available on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Dark grey text and app logos, as well as light blue text, on a white background. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, communicate, and make decisions—but as these technologies become more deeply integrated into our lives, they also raise important questions about fairness, accountability, civil rights, and the public interest.

Earlier this year the Supreme Court ruled in Chatrie v United States that the Fourth Amendment protected all cell phone location information, which CDT lauded as a landmark decision, but sent the case back down to the Fourth Circuit to assess the propriety of the geofence warrant at issue.

CDT joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation and EPIC in opposing CA SB 1013, which will expand the period during which location information collected by use of Automated License Plate Readers is retained. The new retention period is so long it would exceed current industry practices. It also allows public agencies conducting criminal investigations to access archived data without a warrant.

On August 27, 2026, the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed an amicus brief in the case of Patterson v. Meta. CDT filed this brief to bring to the court’s attention the broader impacts on free expression that weakening Section 230 will have on speech that is constitutionally protected but controversial.

The British public overwhelmingly believe they have the right to private conversations online and broadly oppose allowing law enforcement to access encrypted messages. Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released nationally representative polling data revealing that a significant majority of the British public oppose or want meaningful constraints on their government’s surveillance powers.

The UK government and its regulators are steadily expanding state surveillance over private, encrypted communications.

CDT joined a set of 30 civil society organizations in calling on leaders of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees to highlight a new multi-year agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and Thomson Reuters for access to Americans’ sensitive data, calling on Congress to close the data broker loophole.

On August 14, CDT submitted comments in response to the House Financial Services Committee’s request for information on the application of current federal laws and regulations related to the use of AI in the financial marketplace and any proposed reforms to provide for an appropriately modernized and comprehensive federal financial AI framework.