The Trump administration is trying to bully broadcasters into censorship. Congress must pass the JAWBONE Act and protect our freedom of speech and freedom of press.

Denying First Amendment protection to AI outputs sounds like a rule about machines. In practice it could burden human speech online.

Executive Summary Systems that generate text, images, and audio on demand (or “chatbots”) have become both an important medium of communication and a primary target of regulation. Whether, and on what...

Today, CDT submitted comments opposing the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed overhaul of the rules governing federal financial assistance. The proposal would replace independent scientific ju...

That viral image of the Pope wearing a dripped-out white coat may have been AI-generated, but its swag was the real deal.

Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology joined Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), ACLU, Knight First Amendment Institute, Public Knowledge, and others in endorsing the Justice Against Weaponized Bureaucratic Overreach to Networked Expression, or JAWBONE Act. The bipartisan legislation, led by Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden, creates a federal cause of action […]

New rating system public notice seeking comments issued on April 22

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[ PDF version ] A social media creator gave gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars to Donald Trump during a livestream ahead of the 2024 presidential election. A progressive influencer ranted in a v...

Creating and sharing knowledge are defining traits of humankind, yet copyright law has grown so restrictive that it can require acts of civil disobedience to ensure that students and scholars have

On Tuesday, CDT led a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing concerns with the NO FAKES Act. Alongside civil society partners including ACLU, Copia Institute, Defending Rights & Dissent, ...

Platforms must invest the time and effort necessary to protect users and meaningfully respond to image-based sexual abuse, writes CDT's Becca Branum.

On Monday, CDT and EFF sought leave to submit an amicus brief urging the U.S. District Court of the Middle District of Florida to grant an interlocutory appeal to the Eleventh Circuit to ensure adequa...

Anti-porn laws can't stop porn, but they can stop free speech. In the meantime, people will continue to get off to anything and everything.

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These comments were co-authored by CDT Intern Jacob Smith. Today, CDT submitted comments opposing USCIS’ initiative to routinely collect social media identifiers from applicants for a wide variety of ...

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez is launching a “First Amendment Tour” to spotlight what she sees as growing threats to press freedom under the Trump administration. Partnering with civil society groups,

Symposium Date: April 10-11, 2025 Symposium Time: 9:30 AM – 3:25PM EDT On April 10-11, 2025, the Knight Institute will host a symposium to examine the risks that advanced artificial intelligence systems pose to democratic freedoms, to discuss sociotechnical as well as technical interventions to mitigate these risks, and to identify ways in which these […]

The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.

Today, CDT filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the recently reinstated complaint alleging that CBS violated its public interest obligations by committing “news di...

House leaders say they're ready to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act.

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(WASHINGTON) — Late yesterday, President Trump released a fact sheet on “rein[ing] in independent agencies” and an executive order claiming complete control over nearly all federal independent agencie...