📢 April’s EU Tech Policy Brief is out now! 👁️ End of “Chat Control 1.0” ⚖️ Concerns around the AI Act omnibus & the need for stronger oversight 🛡️ Why the EU Age Verification App isn’t a standalone solution for protecting minors … and more 👇 Read the full newsletter: cdt.org/insights/eu-...

Such a gutting day. I feel for the staff of @accessnow.org, all their partners and staff in Africa who have been pushing for a RightsCon to be held on the continent, and for human rights broadly. We're ready to support and show up whenever we get the chance next: www.404media.co/rightscon-hu...

📩 The latest edition of our #AIBulletin is out now! This month: 🔹 AI Omnibus saga’s final steps 🔹 Anthropic’s Mythos model sparking concerns 🔹 Dutch court prohibiting NCII and CSAM on X & Grok … and more! 👇 Read & sign up: cdt.org/insights/cdt...

🚀 … and another one! We welcome a new member to the CDT Europe’s team. @lisabeatrice.bsky.social is our new Security, Surveillance & Human Rights Policy & Research Officer, supporting our work on #surveillance accountability, #encryption, #privacy and rule of law. Excited to have her on board!

📌Online workshop "A global look at Tech Deregulation", April 14, 2:30 CET. We will discuss the Digital Omnibus, OBBB etc. With Asha Allen @cdteu.org, Julien Rossi @cemti.bsky.social, @arturpericles.art & Kyoko Yoshinaga Register here : framaforms.org/workshop-reg... Re-shares appreciated! 🙏

We are at the final countdown to the AI omnibus, regulatitsz need to ensure that AI systems are indeed governed and that obligations in the AI Act are enforceable

🚀 The CDT Europe team keeps on growing! We welcome our new Online Expression & Civic Space Programme Director, Christian Cirhigiri! Previously at Search for Common Ground Europe, he will now lead our policy advocacy around the implementation of the #DSA and online fundamental rights protection.

📢 In the context of the ongoing trilogue negotiations on the #AI Omnibus proposal, together with 32 other organisations and individuals, we contributed to an open letter to EU institutions, expressing our concerns about current proposals that could weaken the scope and effectiveness of the AI Act.

🛑 CDT Europe welcomes last week’s European Parliament’s vote not to extend #ChatControl 1.0, which should serve as an important opportunity to reset the direction of the #CSAM trilogue negotiations. 👇🏻 Read our full statement: #Privacy #Surveillance

📢 March’s edition of our EU Tech Policy Brief is out now! In this issue: 👁️ First meeting of the Community of Practice on Human Rights Defenders Protection for Europe. 💬 Our brief on EU law to combat #deepfakes. ⚖️ #AI Act Explainer on GPAI models. 👉 Read more & sign up: cdt.org/insights/eu-...

📩 March’s edition of the #AIBulletin is out now! This month: 🔹 The EP and Council finalising their #AI Omnibus positions 🔹 Recommendations by the EP on protecting copyrights from AI 🔹 2nd draft of the AI Act’s CoP on AI-generated content labels 👇 Read more & sign up:

Excited to join the @cdteu.org team and to continue working with the brilliant civil society ecosystem that has been pushing for years to expose the harms of spyware and surveillance technologies, and bring about accountability! Deeply grateful for almost 4 amazing years @accessnow.org. Onward!

📢 A new colleague joins the CDT Europe team! 🌟 @randham.bsky.social is the new Director of the Security, Surveillance and Human Rights Programme. Previously at @accessnow.org, she is an expert on #spyware, targeted #surveillance and the protection of human rights. Excited to have her on board!

After X’s Grok new feature led to floods of non‑consensual deepfakes, targeting mostly women and minors, our new brief explores how EU laws - from the AI Act to the DSA - can curb AI‑generated #NCII & #CSAM. A multi‑pronged, enforced approach is crucial. 👇🏻 Read the full brief on our website:

📢 February’s edition of our EU Tech Policy Brief is out now! 👁️ CSOs letter against #ePrivacy directive’s derogation 💬 Our participation to events on the #DSA and #gender ⚖️ Our new report on effective remedies for #AI harms 👇 Read more & sign up:

📩 February’s edition of the #AIBulletin is out now! This month: 🔹 European Parliament’s amendments to the AI Omnibus 🔹 Whatsapp’s AI update potentially breaching EU competition law 🔹 European Ombudswoman’s inquiry on AI use in EU funding proposals’ evaluation 👇 Read more & sign up:

⚖️ When #AI systems cause harm, where can people turn for redress? 📢 In our new report, CDT Europe examines whether the EU legal framework truly delivers effective remedies for AI-related harms, and what needs to change.

A stellar line-up to kick things off at the 2026 @dsaobservatory.bsky.social conference in Amsterdam, featuring @hutko.bsky.social, @rachelgriffin.bsky.social, @knightgtown.bsky.social, @cdteu.org, and Roberto Spano 👏

📢 ✍🏻 Today, with a group of 60 CSOs and experts, we signed an open letter by @accessnow.org and EDRi, to urge the EU to reject the deletion of the AI Act’s Article 49(2) transparency safeguard for high-risk #AI systems, proposed in the recent AI Omnibus. 👇🏻 Read the full letter here:

No more AI Act loopholes! We demand that EU co-legislators reject attempts to remove a key transparency safeguard from the AI Act. Read more in our open letter ⬇️

🗓️On 19 Feb, join us for a webinar co-organised with Hermes Center on “Effective Redress for #AI Harms in Europe: Charting a Path Forward”. 👉🏻 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/effective-...

📢 Our first EU Tech Policy Brief of the year is out! 👁️ Defending end-to-end encryption in the EU CSA Regulation 💬 New analysis on tech-facilitated gender-based violence ⚖️ Gender equality & rights in #AI governance 🛑 Why weakening the #GDPR puts privacy at risk 👇🏻 Read more and subscribe

Happy (?) European Data Protection Day! 10 years after its adoption, the GDPR remains the backbone of the EU’s digital rulebook. But the proposed Digital Omnibus risks weakening its very core: the definition of personal data. 🛑 To co-legislators: Hold the line on the GDPR. cdt.org/insights/hol...

📩 Our first 2026 edition of the #AIBulletin is out now! This month: 🔹 Draft Code of Practice on labelling AI-generated content 🔹 Grok deepfake scandal on X & calls to ban nudification apps 🔹 Resistance to the AI omnibus with pushback from EDPB & EDPS 👇 Read here cdt.org/insights/cdt...

Big news, we’re designing a new website and we need your input! 👇🏻 Take a short survey to let us know what you want to see on our new website: www.surveymonkey.com/r/SP6WY2X

🎁 Just before the holidays, the EU Commission granted Big Tech its Christmas wish-list: an unprecedented attack on our digital rights. Together with @lobbycontrol.bsky.social we have mapped how the Digital Omnibus closely matches Big Tech lobby demands. 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...

✨ CDT Europe wishes you happy holidays! ✨ As 2025 ends, we reflect on progress and challenges in a shifting political landscape. We are proud of our continuous work safeguarding fundamental rights under EU #digital laws, and looking forward to an impactful 2026! 🌟

Glad to see this article published! This follows the work done by our team on a brief on the way pornographic platforms tackle Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in their DSA Risk Assessment Report. You can read it here: cdt.org/wp-content/u...

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here! 👁️ Our research on the EU Dual-Use Regime for #spyware 💬 Brief on #GBV on pornographic platforms in the #DSA RA reports ⚖️ New Tech Talks podcast episode on fair & accountable #AI ✂️ Analysis of the Digital Omnibus 👇 More about EU tech policy:

📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out! This edition covers: 🔹 The Digital Omnibus’s timeline 🔹 EDPS’s mapping of high-risk #AI systems used by EU authorities 🔹 The new AI Act Whistleblower Tool Read more & subscribe 👇

🟣 To mark Human Rights Day and the end of the 16 days of Activism, we’re publishing a brief on “Gender-Based Violence on Pornographic Platforms: A Gendered Reading of DSA Risk Assessments Reports” 👇🏻 Read more here: #TFGBV #GBV #DSA #16Days

📢 Last but not least, here is the final member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 Dr @abeba.bsky.social founded and leads the AI Accountability Lab, while being an Assistant Professor of AI at the School of Computer Science and Statistics in @tcddublin.bsky.social 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

A new @cdteu.org report looks into export licensing systems in 🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇳🇱 & finds that existing frameworks are not ⚠️fully equipped to address challenges related to #spyware trade, incl. current market dynamics (e.g. complex corporate structures) that prevent oversight & control. cdt.org/wp-content/u...

CDT Europe is releasing its first report on how the EU’s current approach to spyware is failing to protect democracy. Spyware is being used across the Union to target journalists, activists, political opponents and public officials. The risks keep escalating. 🧵

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 Dr. Sabine K. Witting, co-founder and CEO Africa&Europe of Tech Legality, with a background in the intersection of human rights, children’s rights, and digital technologies. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

🟣 During the #16Days of Activism, on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day (Nov 29), we spotlight online gendered disinformation targeting women rights activists & politicians, aimed at silencing women’s voices and pushing them out of public life. Read more: cdt.org/insights/an-...

Last Friday we hosted our annual roundtable with the #DSA CSO Coordination Group in Brussels 🎉 Civil society organisations, academics, policymakers and regulators joined us for a full day focused on Year Two of the Digital Services Act. It was an energising and thoughtful exchange 👇

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

📢 The latest EU Tech Policy Brief is here: 👁️ New proposal on #CSAR 💬 The annual #DSA Civil Society Roundtable 🟣 16 Days of Activism ⚖️ Policy brief on the AI Act obligations vs other EU laws ✂️ The Digital Omnibus Package rolling back on key protections 👇 More about EU tech policy:

✍🏻 On day 2 of the #16Days, we are glad to join UN Women’s campaign “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”. 🟣 At CDT Europe, we focus on several aspects of Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence #TFGBV 👇🏻 Learn more #NoExcuse #ACTtoEndViolence

🟣💻 For the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we’re proud to bring CDT Europe’s long-standing work on #TFGBV into the spotlight, starting with a new webpage gathering all our research and advocacy. 👇🏻 Check it out: bit.ly/3Xh6Cxa #NoExcuse #16Days

📩 The latest #AIBulletin is out! This edition covers: 🔹 The Digital Sovereignty Summit 🔹 The Digital #Omnibus Package 🔹 The EP pushing for more regulation on #AI in the workplace Read more & subscribe 👇

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! Charlotte Webb is Associate Director at Unthinkable, helping organisations reimagine technology’s role in creating equitable impact. She is also a co-founder of the collective Feminist Internet. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!

Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

CDT Europe joins 126 orgs in warning the EU not to dismantle core rights online. Plans to “streamline” laws like the AI Act risk gutting protections & opening the door to wider deregulation of the GDPR, DSA & ePrivacy. Europe must defend, not dilute, its digital rulebook. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! @jvh.bsky.social is Professor of Information Law at @ivir-uva.bsky.social He works on law and digital infrastructure, including the intersection of fundamental rights protection & platform governance. 🌟 Excited to have him on board!

📆 Happening today! 👇 Join us if you're also at @mozilla.org Festival. #MozFest

As the European Commission moves to simplify the EU’s digital rulebook, CDT Europe urges policymakers to protect and swiftly implement the AI Act. It’s the cornerstone of Europe’s human rights–based approach to AI and already strikes the right balance. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! Oyidiya Oji Palino is the Policy and Advocacy Advisor for Digital Rights at @enareurope.bsky.social. With a background in data science, she focuses on welfare automation, migration control & EU law enforcement.

✍🏻 CDT Europe responded to the public consultation on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act #DFA It is important to bring clarity on existing legislation & identify potential gaps on issues such as dark patterns and addictive design practice that may harm users. 👇🏻 Read more on our website: