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The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The EU’s Digital Omnibus could roll back key parts of the GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy rules — laws that set global standards for privacy and AI. Leaked drafts suggest companies could get more leeway on data use and slower enforcement, reports Ramsha Jahangir.
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Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
How Political Power is Capturing Knowledge Systems and Manufacturing Structural Ignorance | TechPolicy.Press
We're witnessing the simultaneous capture of knowledge-producing institutions and the elimination of independent verification mechanisms, writes Renée DiResta.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Public health depends on citizens accepting scientifically-grounded guidance. When official institutions produce politically-determined science and independent verification infrastructure is eliminated, the capacity for evidence-based health policy collapses, writes Renée DiResta.
US knowledge infrastructure is under attack, write Dean Jackson and Sam Woolley, as part of a series of provocations ahead of a symposium at the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) on threats to knowledge and democracy. The assault is complex and multidirectional.
The United States is on the Cusp of a Digital Dark Age | TechPolicy.Press
The first in a series of provocations, Dean Jackson and Sam Woolley write that the current assault on knowledge infrastructure is complex and multidirectional.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
US knowledge infrastructure is under attack, write Dean Jackson and Sam Woolley, as part of a series of provocations ahead of a symposium at the University of Pittsburgh's Communication Technology Research Lab (CTRL) on threats to knowledge and democracy. The assault is complex and multidirectional.
With the EU’s GDPR simplification package leaked last week, questions remain about what that means for digital rights protections in Europe. Read Itxaso Domínguez de Olazába's piece for Tech Policy Press to learn more:
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Why the EU’s GDPR ‘Simplification’ Reforms Could Unravel Hard-Won Protections | TechPolicy.Press
Rather than weaken GDPR for corporate interests, the EU should strengthen it to protect rights and support responsible innovation, writes Itxaso Dominguez.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
With the EU’s GDPR simplification package leaked last week, questions remain about what that means for digital rights protections in Europe. Read Itxaso Domínguez de Olazába's piece for Tech Policy Press to learn more:
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Across the United States, communities are weighing the costs and benefits of data centers. Local responses, both reactive and proactive, fall into a few distinct patterns, from outright rejection to securing concessions, write Christopher Jordan and Kate Stoll.
Local Governments are Learning How to Negotiate With Data Center Developers | TechPolicy.Press
Christopher Jordan from the National League of Cities and Kate Stoll from the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues consider examples.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Across the United States, communities are weighing the costs and benefits of data centers. Local responses, both reactive and proactive, fall into a few distinct patterns, from outright rejection to securing concessions, write Christopher Jordan and Kate Stoll.
Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.
Why Platform Data is Essential to Public Health Efforts in Tobacco Control | TechPolicy.Press
Social media platforms are a key avenue for tobacco control research, but as George Pearson argues data access barriers hinder efforts to monitor impacts.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Think platform data from social media only matters for election or disinformation research? Think again. George Pearson, a researcher at the Truth Initiative, shows it’s vital for public health—revealing how tobacco companies can target youth, dodge regulations, and influence policy.
There’s more online election talk than ever—but researchers see less. As part of a new series, Josephine Lukito & Kaitlyn Dowling show how shrinking platform data hinders understanding of the digital political sphere.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There’s more online election talk than ever—but researchers see less. As part of a new series, Josephine Lukito & Kaitlyn Dowling show how shrinking platform data hinders understanding of the digital political sphere.
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The US national strategy to prevent suicide failed to address the risks posed by social media and AI, Erich Mische writes. That's why he's come to regret signing it — and calling for a new plan.
The US Needs a New Suicide Prevention Plan That Tackles Social Media and AI | TechPolicy.Press
Our national suicide prevention largely treats technology as a tool to be managed, not a threat to be confronted, Erich Mische writes.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The US national strategy to prevent suicide failed to address the risks posed by social media and AI, Erich Mische writes. That's why he's come to regret signing it — and calling for a new plan.
From identity to payments to data exchange, digital public infrastructure can be developed inclusively and governed transparently, write Emrys Schoemaker and Siddharth Peter de Souza. If diverse stakeholders shape decisions, DPI has the potential to be an instrument of dignity and equity.
Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure Expands Public Power and Value | TechPolicy.Press
Alongside the Global DPI Summit in South Africa, Emrys Schoemaker and Siddharth Peter de Souza consider how to build systems that serve the public interest.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
From identity to payments to data exchange, digital public infrastructure can be developed inclusively and governed transparently, write Emrys Schoemaker and Siddharth Peter de Souza. If diverse stakeholders shape decisions, DPI has the potential to be an instrument of dignity and equity.
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, argues Jake Laperruque.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, argues Jake Laperruque.
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Many emerging AI safety challenges closely parallel problems the trust and safety community spent two decades learning to address, yet conversations between the communities often happen in parallel rather than in dialogue, writes Antonina Vikhrest.
What the AI Safety Debate Can Learn from the Techlash | TechPolicy.Press
Many AI safety challenges closely parallel problems the trust and safety community spent two decades learning to address, Antonina Vikhrest writes.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Many emerging AI safety challenges closely parallel problems the trust and safety community spent two decades learning to address, yet conversations between the communities often happen in parallel rather than in dialogue, writes Antonina Vikhrest.
There are many ways individuals and organizations can resist oppression, including technologists and tech policy advocates, who must use their skills to identify and interrupt the use of technology in service of authoritarianism, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali.
It’s Time for Technologists and Tech Policy Advocates to Get Radical in Fight Against Authoritarianism | TechPolicy.Press
Dia Kayyali says in the face of the authoritarian threat, the fight for justice and rights for all is systemic, and requires creativity and coordination.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There are many ways individuals and organizations can resist oppression, including technologists and tech policy advocates, who must use their skills to identify and interrupt the use of technology in service of authoritarianism, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali.
A new paper analyzes the “production-consumption gap” on social media, where a small subset of users produce most of the content, and considers its implications for the study of phenomena such as political polarization, and for the design of policy interventions. @Prithvi Iyer considers the results:
What a New Study Reveals About the Production-Consumption Gap on Social Media | TechPolicy.Press
Prithvi Iyer considers new research on how online content reveals the tip of the iceberg, leading to incorrect inferences about online public opinion.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new paper analyzes the “production-consumption gap” on social media, where a small subset of users produce most of the content, and considers its implications for the study of phenomena such as political polarization, and for the design of policy interventions. @Prithvi Iyer considers the results:
By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
By resisting surveillance and extraction and pursuing goals such as affordability, dignity, and justice, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can show how technology can truly serve people, writes Rebecca Williams. The first step, she says, is to protect immigrants.
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India's IT Act Amendments expand state control over online discourse, imposing vague duties on intermediaries without clear limits, writes Sarthak Gupta. What’s framed as a check on misinformation risks becoming a tool for preemptive censorship.
India’s New IT Rules on Deepfakes Threaten to Entrench Online Censorship | TechPolicy.Press
The IT Act Amendments, by design and scope, extend the State's regulatory arm into online discourse, Sarthak Gupta writes.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
India's IT Act Amendments expand state control over online discourse, imposing vague duties on intermediaries without clear limits, writes Sarthak Gupta. What’s framed as a check on misinformation risks becoming a tool for preemptive censorship.
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📣 New series alert: @knightgtown.bsky.social + @techpolicypress.bsky.social teamed up to unpack the state of access to public platform data.
➡️ Why this is needed: public data is driving the AI gold rush, but there’s no collective framework to use it for research in the public interest.
➡️ Why this is needed: public data is driving the AI gold rush, but there’s no collective framework to use it for research in the public interest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
📣 New series alert: @knightgtown.bsky.social + @techpolicypress.bsky.social teamed up to unpack the state of access to public platform data.
➡️ Why this is needed: public data is driving the AI gold rush, but there’s no collective framework to use it for research in the public interest.
➡️ Why this is needed: public data is driving the AI gold rush, but there’s no collective framework to use it for research in the public interest.
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"Conditioning funding on commitments to public service values would help to ensure decentralized social networks safeguard democracy, fundamental rights, and other public interests over the long term."
“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press
Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Conditioning funding on commitments to public service values would help to ensure decentralized social networks safeguard democracy, fundamental rights, and other public interests over the long term."
“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
Public Service Social Media as a Democratic Safeguard | TechPolicy.Press
Christine Galvagna proposes an EU fund to support decentralized, public service focused social media networks to protect digital rights and democracy.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Given the severity of the threats social media companies pose to democracy and fundamental rights, policy responses cannot merely tinker around the edges,” writes Christine Galvagna. The EU must act now—fund decentralized, public service social media to protect democracy and digital rights.
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Our founder @alixdunn.com is co-hosting this session on data centers with @justinhendrix.bsky.social CEO + Editor of @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Together we’ll hear from Paz Peña, Mozilla Fellow; @pjarandia.bsky.social, Pulitzer Fellow; and @tpang.bsky.social, Impact Editor at Lighthouse Reports.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our founder @alixdunn.com is co-hosting this session on data centers with @justinhendrix.bsky.social CEO + Editor of @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Together we’ll hear from Paz Peña, Mozilla Fellow; @pjarandia.bsky.social, Pulitzer Fellow; and @tpang.bsky.social, Impact Editor at Lighthouse Reports.
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Our series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social explores why access to public platform data is under threat, why it matters for research and democracy, and how we can build a more transparent digital public sphere.
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Our series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social explores why access to public platform data is under threat, why it matters for research and democracy, and how we can build a more transparent digital public sphere.
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📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
📣Announcing our new series with @techpolicypress.bsky.social "Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data". Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? How businesses target consumers? How politicians communicate? These qs depend on access to public platform data. 👇
Check out another installment of the Global Digital Policy Roundup for October 2025 from the experts at Digital Policy Alert. Maria Buza and Tommaso Giardini highlight tech policy developments in content moderation, artificial intelligence, competition, and data governance.
Global Digital Policy Roundup: October 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
Drawing from the Digital Policy Alert’s daily monitoring of G20 countries, the roundup summarizes the highlights in four core areas of digital policy.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Check out another installment of the Global Digital Policy Roundup for October 2025 from the experts at Digital Policy Alert. Maria Buza and Tommaso Giardini highlight tech policy developments in content moderation, artificial intelligence, competition, and data governance.
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, writes CDT surveillance expert Jake Laperruque.
ICE’s Reckless Reliance on Facial Recognition Puts Us All In Danger | TechPolicy.Press
Jake Laperruque raises the alarm on ICE’s reckless use of facial recognition and its risks for wrongful detainment.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Could errors from an AI surveillance tool cause ICE to grab and detain you? The agency’s use of facial recognition — and alarming new details on its reckless procedures for doing so — make that sci-fi-sounding nightmare an all too real risk, writes CDT surveillance expert Jake Laperruque.
Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.
There is More Online Election Discourse than Ever, But Researchers See Less | TechPolicy.Press
Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explore why public social media data is vital for transparent elections and accountability in the digital campaign era.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Another in our series, Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data. This week’s elections show how central social media has become to campaigns with politicians on nearly every platform. But as Josephine Lukito and Kaitlyn Dowling explain, access to this data is shrinking.