National Nurses United has distinguished itself as one of the earliest and most forceful labor voices against the adoption of artificial intelligence in their members’ workplaces, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.

AI ‘model cards’ are an urgent necessity for child safety, writes @camillefrancois.bsky.social (IGP Tech & Democracy Initiative & @roost.tools) with Margaret Mitchell, @yjernite.bsky.social, Vinay Rao & @natematias.bsky.social Via @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/why-ai-model...

AI tools detect CSAM, grooming and self-harm, but nobody knows how well. Much of the AI industry has adopted 'model cards' for transparency—it's time the developers of child safety tools caught up, write Camille François, Margaret Mitchell, Yacine Jernite, Vinay Rao & J. Nathan Matias.

Three months into Australia's under-16 social media ban, a report from the eSafety Commissioner exposes the gap between regulatory requirements and corporate compliance. Lawmakers and regulators in other countries should take note, write Ramsha Jahangir and Mark Scott.

The White House said its order targeting state AI rules would “ensure that children are protected" along with artists and local communities. But a promise on paper is only as strong as the policy behind it, writes Brad Carson, former congressman and president of Americans for Responsible Innovation.

The EU’s plan to delay key provisions of its AI Act could leave some high-risk AI systems permanently unregulated, reports Joana Soares. While nudifier apps face a ban, sector-specific carve-outs and postponed deadlines raise concerns about weakened oversight.

AI-enabled targeting can allow a military to cause unprecedented civilian death tolls whilst claiming data-driven precision, writes Future of Life Institute head of military AI governance Anna Hehir. We need legally binding national and international rules on the use of AI in warfare, she says.

This is not merely a war of missiles and militias, but a war across networks, supply chains, and digital systems, argues S. Yash Kalash. Its most enduring consequence may be a fractured, contested, and deeply politicized global technological order.

Frontier AI companies are hiring chemical and biological weapons experts to prevent destructive misuse of their platforms, but these mitigation systems have no external oversight — leaving critical risk governance subject to the whims of the companies and market forces, writes Javaid Iqbal Sofi.

Catch up on what happened in US tech policy in March with a roundup from Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and Shirley Frame and Tech Policy Press’s Ben Lennett, including verdicts against Meta and Google, a renewed push for a federal AI law, and debates on AI, privacy, and national security.

The European Union created rules designed to prevent harm before it happens but proposals such as the Digital Omnibus risk moving the EU’s digital rules in the wrong direction, write Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal and Chiara Casati.

Four weeks into the war, Iran is plummeting toward total digital isolation with its internet blocked and communications heavily restricted and monitored, Laura Scherling writes.

Across the Global South, governments are betting on digital labor to grow their economies, yet for women, platform work is creating income without the promised independence, Savannah Taylor writes.

Why did OpenAI shut down Sora, and what does it mean for the future? For forensic researchers battling disinformation, it's both a relief and a stark cautionary tale for an industry moving too fast, write Sarah Barrington and Hany Farid. There are lessons for platforms and policymakers, they say.

EU is moving to ban nudity apps after Grok's rollout triggered non-consensual deepfakes across X. CDT Europe's Marie Seck and Magdalena Maierthe unpack the existing safeguards, opportunities and the challenges that a ban under the AI Act would need to overcome.

Doug Gurr, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority chair, has recused himself from competition cases involving Amazon and its cloud services. Jade-Ruyu Yan spoke to experts about how his background could influence UK’s tech regulatory strategy and oversight.

Money and policy reform alone haven’t rebalanced Europe’s relationship with US Big Tech, writes Tech Policy Press contributing editor Mark Scott. European officials are now turning to antitrust enforcement to reshape the Continent’s relationship with US tech.

Research into job resiliency among military veterans can teach us lessons about the kinds of distress experienced by those working in trust, safety and policy roles at tech companies, Theodora Skeadas, Jenn Louie and Ryan Roberts write.

The EU’s plan to delay key provisions of its AI Act could leave some high-risk AI systems permanently unregulated, reports Joana Soares. While nudifier apps face a ban, sector-specific carve-outs and postponed deadlines raise concerns about weakened oversight.

If civil society is showing courage with so little protection and support, why is the European Commission so afraid to capitalize on its own Digital Services Act wins, writes Alexandre Alaphilippe.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded a three-year cloud computing investigation by accepting non-binding pledges from Amazon and Microsoft — and opening a new probe into Microsoft's corporate software dominance, writes Megan Kirkwood.

AI systems aren’t just supporting decisions—they’re structuring how public authority is exercised, writes Michael A. Santoro. “Human in the loop” isn’t enough. Accountability must be built upstream through guardrails embedded in system design, not added after the fact, he argues.

According to new research from the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center, 89% of known Mongolian-language websites have either been shut down, restricted, or converted into Mandarin Chinese, writes Erika Nguyen. Tech companies must not remain complicit in Chinese censorship, she argues.

National Nurses United has distinguished itself as one of the earliest and most forceful labor voices against the adoption of artificial intelligence in their members’ workplaces, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports.

AI tools detect CSAM, grooming and self-harm, but nobody knows how well. Much of the AI industry has adopted 'model cards' for transparency—it's time the developers of child safety tools caught up, write Camille François, Margaret Mitchell, Yacine Jernite, Vinay Rao & J. Nathan Matias.

We must build an internet designed for an era of rivalry and conflict, climate stress, democratic backsliding, and concentration of power, writes Konstantinos Komaitis.

Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age law has been in effect for three months. The eSafety Commissioner’s first report shows a rough rollout — platforms are missing key obligations and early harm indicators haven’t moved. @markscott.bsky.social and I report: www.techpolicy.press/early-lesson...

The EU’s plan to delay key provisions of its AI Act could leave some high-risk AI systems permanently unregulated, reports Joana Soares. While nudifier apps face a ban, sector-specific carve-outs and postponed deadlines raise concerns about weakened oversight.

AI hype is everywhere. Today’s guests on the Tech Policy Press podcast are studying this phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, building out a line of inquiry they call "Hype Studies." They want to understand the social and political dimensions of tech hype, and what it portends.

Tech Policy Press Contributing Editor Amber Sinha argues that India’s age-verification proposal raises serious privacy concerns that risk eroding anonymity and could reinforce existing social dynamics that narrow who can participate online.

Across the Global South, governments are betting on digital labor to grow their economies, yet for women, platform work is creating income without the promised independence, Savannah Taylor writes.

What is marketed as AI “innovation” is, in practice, a consolidation of global labor hierarchies and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary, drawing on their year-long investigation supported by the Pulitzer Center and published by Africa Uncensored.

As legal challenges mount and courts take a closer look at platform recommendation systems, the question is shifting from whether platforms are allowed to make editorial decisions to whether those decisions foreseeably incentivize behavior toward the edge of real-world harm, writes Dylan Moses.

Anthropic’s Claude Constitution sets out safety and ethical rules, but does not explicitly reference human rights, writes Yuval Shany. Recent clashes with the DoD and reported military use highlight its limits and gaps in safeguards and accountability in high-risk deployments, he argues.

Ph.D. candidate Sarah Barrington & Prof. Hany Farid published a piece in @techpolicypress.bsky.social about OpenAI's Sora closure and what it means. "Sora’s demise proves that a pure AI-slop feed is not only bad for the public, but bad for the bottom line," they wrote.

Olivier Sylvain is a professor at Fordham Law School and the author of a new book titled Reclaiming the Internet: How Big Tech Took Control—and How We Can Take It Back, published by Columbia Global Reports. Justin Hendrix interviewed him at Book Culture, a bookstore on 112th Street in New York City.

Three months into Australia's under-16 social media ban, a report from the eSafety Commissioner exposes the gap between regulatory requirements and corporate compliance. Lawmakers and regulators in other countries should take note, write Ramsha Jahangir and Mark Scott.

Catch up on what happened in US tech policy in March with a roundup from Freedman Consulting’s Rachel Lau and Shirley Frame and Tech Policy Press’s Ben Lennett, including verdicts against Meta and Google, a renewed push for a federal AI law, and debates on AI, privacy, and national security.

Why did OpenAI shut down Sora, and what does it mean for the future? For forensic researchers battling disinformation, it's both a relief and a stark cautionary tale for an industry moving too fast, write Sarah Barrington and Hany Farid. There are lessons for platforms and policymakers, they say.

The EU is moving to ban nudity apps after Grok's rollout triggered non-consensual deepfakes across X. CDT Europe's Marie Seck and Magdalena Maier unpack the existing safeguards, opportunities and the challenges that a ban under the AI Act would need to overcome.

Doug Gurr, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority chair, has recused himself from competition cases involving Amazon and its cloud services. Jade-Ruyu Yan spoke to experts about how his background could influence UK’s tech regulatory strategy and oversight.

Four weeks into the war, Iran is plummeting toward total digital isolation with its internet blocked and communications heavily restricted and monitored, Laura Scherling writes.

The European Union created rules designed to prevent harm before it happens but proposals such as the Digital Omnibus risk moving the EU’s digital rules in the wrong direction, write Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal and Chiara Casati.

A pair of watershed verdicts against tech giants Meta and Google last week could open the door to more lawsuits alleging that social media companies fuel addiction or endanger kids.

The Oversight Board flagged that a global Community Notes expansion in repressive human rights regimes, and conflict and election-sensitive countries could create significant human rights risks and tangible harms that Meta must address, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

The dangers of militarized AI are no longer theoretical—they’re already here. To effectively resist the harms and contain the technology’s human cost, we must look beyond Anthropic’s immediate dispute with the DoD and enforce clear humanitarian obligations, argues Tech Justice Law’s Madeline Batt.

Almost two-thirds of Europeans polled believe that replacing American tech services with European alternatives is a good idea, but those surveyed are divided if that shift is realistic, according to YouGov research shared with Tech Policy Press. Contributing editor Mark Scott details key findings.

Two juries delivered verdicts against Big Tech companies last week. But the most consequential outcome of these trials may not be the damages awarded. It may be the information forced into the public record, and what that evidence now demands of lawmakers, writes Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat.

A Dutch court has ruled Grok must stop generating non-consensual undressing images of Dutch residents worldwide and child sexual abuse material in the Netherlands, with €100,000-a-day fines for non-compliance, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

There is growing conviction among antitrust enforcers that the mobile app economy is being stifled under the iron-fisted control of Google and Apple, the Coalition for App Fairness's Gene Burrus writes.