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The Center for Democracy & Technology. Shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on equity and justice. @CDTEU for our EU-based team.

Joined September 2008
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
Today @CenDemTech released a report on the risks of AI to people with eating disorders. As AI systems become more prevalent, their mental-health impacts can't be ignored. To build safeguards, we must develop risk assessments that reflect how AI impacts people in the real world.
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
#mEnabling25 Session: Incorporating Privacy into Design of Assistive Technologies for Persons with Disabilities @CenDemTech @AAPD @NorthwesternU discuss how privacy-design safeguards sensitive disability, health & location data while driving innovation shorturl.at/ntrXB
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
#mEnabling25 Session Spotlight: Incorporating Privacy into the Design of Assistive Technologies for Persons with Disabilities Assistive tech can raise privacy challenges. Join experts to explore solutions that protect personal data & advance a11y. shorturl.at/sa7QP
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
ICYMI! @AEI and @CenDemTech hosted a joint event discussing the critical issues surrounding federal data consolidation and the protection of civil liberties in the digital age. Here are some of the highlights: aei.org/technology-and-innov…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
NNEDV is proud of our shared work to address image-based sexual abuse, which is often used by abusers to gain power and control in a relationship. Thanks to Becca Branum (@CenDemTech) for presenting on this important topic during #TechSummit! Learn more: buff.ly/IPqRn1z
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
Happy World Kiswahili Day! Last year, #CODI founding member @CenDemTech released a report on social media content moderation in Kiswahili, a language spoken by millions, highlighting the need for improved training data & language representation online. 🔗cdt.org/insights/moderating-…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
I spoke with @Becca_Branum, Deputy Director of @CenDemTech's Free Expression Project, about how bad and awful the 'Take it Down Act' is and how this law will allow for censorship of speech online. Watch the full interview!! youtu.be/FVvea5CcsFc
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
On the latest episode of @CenDemTech's "Tech Talk," Fordham Law Prof. Chinmayi Sharma unpacks the intersection of technology and policymaking by exploring the vital role public interest technologists play in shaping policy. Listen now: soundcloud.com/cdt-tech-talk…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
Listen now to @CenDemTech tech talks about #ContentModeration in the Magrebi Region and the challenges faced due to the lack of interest by #BigTeckCompanies in the region with @EmnaMizouni @monaelswah hosted by @MagbyJamal on.soundcloud.com/Z87cmxjcsU…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
How does the U.S. government buy and use AI tools, and how can it improve? February 24 at 3pm ET, join @AllaSeiffert of @aws_gov & CSET’s @oschinski, moderated by @elizabethan of @CenDemTech. Hosted by @BeeckCenter, and GU's Tech Institute. (RSVP in comments)
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
NDII victims deserve better and Congress can do better. I look forward to continuing to work on this issue and finding functional, privacy-protective, and constitutional solutions to end the nonconsensual distribution of intimate images.
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
I believe that it is fundamentally unfair to promise a takedown mechanism to victims that is unlikely to work as intended, risks their and everyone else's privacy, and is vulnerable to being defeated in the courts.
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
But in its current state, the TAKE IT DOWN Act is an extraordinary risk to privacy and free expression online. cdt.org/insights/ndii-victim…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
To be clear - the TAKE IT DOWN authors' hearts are in the right place, and I firmly believe that there are constitutional, privacy-protective ways for Congress to help victims, like the DEFIANCE Act. cdt.org/insights/cdt-endorse…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
Of the work I've done @CenDemTech, I'm most proud of our efforts to combat the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images. That's why I'm so disappointed the TAKE IT DOWN Act passed today. cdt.org/insights/cdt-and-civ…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
1/2 As #MSC2025 kicks off this weekend, CEO of @CenDemTech @AlexReeveGivens writes tech companies should seize the opportunity to build on the #AI Elections Accord. (link in 2/2)
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
An insightful piece by @Evani_RD that grounds pragmatic recommendations for AI assessment in recent exemplars and the longer history of responsible technology design
Replying to @CenDemTech
CDT’s latest blog by Evani Radiya-Dixit (@Evani_RD), explores how holistic, sociotechnical AI assessments can fill the gap. cdt.org/insights/adopting-mo…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
Check out our new piece on the strengths and limitations of hypothesis testing in AI audits!
CDT’s @AAwinecoff + @MBogen new explainer dives into the fundamentals of hypothesis testing, how auditors can apply it to AI systems, & where it might fall short. Using simulations, we show its role in detecting bias in a hypothetical hiring algorithm. cdt.org/insights/hypothesis-…
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Center for Democracy & Technology retweeted
The Board will be presenting preliminary findings on Artificial Intelligence with our partners @AAPD & @CenDemTech to share outcomes from our Developing #AI Equity, Access & Inclusion for All Series! ♿ Join us January 14 from 2:00 – 3:30 pm (ET) on Zoom: access-board.gov/news/2024/1…
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