Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! We’re doing things differently for this 2026 rentrée: our team will still be updating you on the most pressing techn...

At an EU-level, the environmental footprint of AI is addressed in a number of recent legislative proposals, including the AI Act. As we show in this blog post, existing legal obligations largely sides...

Welcome back to the AI Bulletin! Rentrée season is in full swing in Brussels, with the State of the Union address, significant developments in the Digital Omnibus process, and crucial implementation m...

At an EU-level, the environmental footprint of AI is addressed in a number of recent legislative proposals, including the AI Act. As we show in this blog post, existing legal obligations largely sides...

Europe is a world “laboratory” for technology regulation. It is known globally for its bold regulatory experimentation in protecting user privacy and…

Europe is a world “laboratory” for technology regulation. It is known globally for its bold regulatory experimentation in protecting user privacy and…

Christian Cirhigiri and Sabine Witting unpack France’s ruling against an under-15 social media ban and what it means for future bans across Europe.

Christian Cirhigiri and Sabine Witting unpack France’s ruling against an under-15 social media ban and what it means for future bans across Europe.

CDT Europe's Christian Cirhigiri and Marie Seck consider the Special Panel on Child Safety Online's July report.

Welcome to the last edition of the AI Bulletin before the summer break! As Brussels starts emptying for the summer, the risks of frontier AI models continue to capture the attention of policymakers as...

CDT Europe's latest paper on gendered disinformation and the EU's response to this growing democratic challenge.

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

Parliament president and EU countries are playing procedural politics to pass a law to scan internet services for child abuse material.

On 3 July, 2026, a forensic analysis by the Citizen Lab revealed that Stelios Kouloglou, former Member of the European Parliament and investigative ...

Access Now joins more than 20 human rights organizations and individuals in condemning Pegasus spyware attack against Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist and then-Member of the European Parliament

After various months of delays in the AI Act implementation, June saw major milestones in the constitution of oversight bodies and publication of guidance, as well as the publication of the European U...

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

CDT Europe's AI Bulletin is a monthly newsletter on all things AI in the EU.

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

RightsCon was delayed by Zambia's Ministry of Information for "thematic issues" and problems with speakers.

April saw Europe’s AI policy debate reach a critical juncture, with final negotiations on the AI Omnibus underway and key disagreements still unresolved around scope and safeguards. Rapid technologica...

CDT Europe joined civil society organisations and individuals in a public letter raising concerns about proposed changes to Annex I of the AI Act.

On Thursday, 26 March, the European Parliament voted not to extend the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, also referred to as Chat Control 1.0 (EU 2021/1232), thereby permitting the cur...

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

CDT Europe’s March AI Bulletin keeps you up to speed on the latest EU AI governance developments.

In late December 2025, X rolled out a new AI-based picture-editing feature in its interface. Users could now edit pictures posted to the website by simply addressing X’s AI-chatbot Grok in a response ...

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

The shortest month of the year was a busy one for Europe’s policymakers, with several European Parliament groupings showing their cards in relation to the AI Act omnibus and overall position regarding...

The Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) aims to ensure a high level of protection of fundamental rights against the harmful effects of AI systems. Due to its recent nature, the law’s potential to ach...

CDT Europe, together with 60 organisations, signed an open letter to reject the deletion of the AI Act’s Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk AI systems as proposed in the recent AI Omni...

We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, urge you in the strongest possible terms to reject the deletion of the Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk AI systems that is…

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! This edition covers the most pressing technology and internet policy issues under debate in Europe and gives CDT’s per...

The start of 2026 is marked by mounting pressure points in EU AI policy: new rules on labelling AI-generated content, a deepening debate over sexual deepfakes, and sustained resistance to the Commissi...

In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...