MUST READ: New blog from former CDT Fellow Varun Nagaraj Rao (Princeton University) + UC Boulder’s @samanthadalal.bsky.social, investigating how opaque AI and algorithmic decisions impact rideshare drivers. https://cdt.org/insights/the-need-for-transparency-in-ai-and-algorithmic-rideshare-platform-decisions/

🚨 New Orleans secretly ran a mass facial recognition dragnet—circumventing city law and scanning faces without public knowledge or consent.This reckless surveillance program puts innocent people at risk of being misidentified and wrongfully arrested. https://cdt.org/insights/new-orleans-dragnet-facial-recognition-program-threatens-innocent-people/

Last week, CDT joined a coalition of more than 50 civil rights and consumer advocacy groups opposing the AI moratorium in the reconciliation package. https://cdt.org/insights/joint-letter-to-congress-opposing-ai-moratorium/

CDT’s Hannah Quay-de la Vallee explores the uses of AI, by DOGE or across the broader federal government, for combating fraud & waste in a new blog: https://cdt.org/insights/ai-for-combating-fraud-and-waste-flyswatters-or-sledgehammers/

Check out @cdt.org guide on best practices for your electronic devices when facing warrantless searches at the U.S. border: https://cdt.org/insights/protecting-electronic-devices-when-crossing-u-s-borders/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]

CDT’s @isabelalinzer.bsky.social presented before the Council of Europe’s 2025 prodigous Octopus Conference on cybercrime: “Effective responses to cyber interference with democracy requires reconciliation with the principles of human rights, democracy, & rule of law.” https://cdt.org/insights/cdts-isabel-linzer-speaks-on-cyber-interference-with-democracy-panel-insights-from-the-2025-octopus-conference/

Traveling to or from the U.S. with your devices? Be aware: Border agents have broad search authority. Our latest blog by Jacob Smith, CDT Intern, reveals crucial privacy risks & how your digital life can be exposed. https://cdt.org/insights/protecting-electronic-devices-when-crossing-u-s-borders/

Former CDT Fellow Varun Nagaraj Rao and Samantha Dalal investigate how opaque AI and algorithmic decisions impact rideshare drivers. Read more: https://cdt.org/insights/the-need-for-transparency-in-ai-and-algorithmic-rideshare-platform-decisions/

Unchecked facial recognition programs threaten civil liberties and community trust. New Orleans should reject attempts to legitimize secret surveillance that lacks accuracy, oversight, and accountability. Learn more about the risks and what’s at stake: https://cdt.org/insights/new-orleans-dragnet-facial-recognition-program-threatens-innocent-people/

Earlier this week, ​​CDT joined more than 140 groups to submit a letter to Senate leadership opposing the revised AI moratorium. https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-joins-140-organizations-to-oppose-updated-ai-moratorium/

Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence. https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-drops-proposed-moratorium-on-state-ai-laws-in-budget-vote/

The overwhelming vote to strike the AI moratorium reflects just how unpopular it is among voters and state leaders of both parties. Americans deserve sensible guardrails as AI develops. If Congress isn’t prepared to step up to the plate, it shouldn’t prevent states from addressing the challenge. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

This week, a Texas judge struck down the rule prohibiting sharing patients’ abortion records with law enforcement when the procedure was lawfully provided. CDT previously supported the rule & commended HHS for passing it. 1) https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-submits-comments-to-hhs-supporting-its-proposed-rule-limiting-law-enforcement-access-to-reproductive-health-records/ 2) https://cdt.org/press/hhs-adopts-vital-new-rule-protecting-patient-data-about-lawful-reproductive-care/

A conference in the NYT v OpenAI case today impacts the privacy of 400m+ ChatGPT users. No matter the case’s merits, there’s no way the chat outputs of *all* users should be saved without constraint. CDT’s @bankston.bsky.social on why the judge must craft a nuanced approach: https://cdt.org/insights/in-chatgpt-case-order-to-retain-all-chats-threatens-user-privacy/

Early Tuesday morning, the United States Senate voted 99-1 to pass an amendment to the budget bill removing the proposed 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state laws on artificial intelligence. https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-drops-proposed-moratorium-on-state-ai-laws-in-budget-vote/

Connecticut has joined the growing list of states giving consumers the #RightToRepair electronic equipment at their chosen service provider, without manufacturers throwing obstacles in the way -- improving #competition and convenience. #CDT encourages other states to follow. https://www.bodyshopbusiness.com/connecticut-governor-signs-anti-steering-bill-2/

The overwhelming vote to strike the AI moratorium reflects just how unpopular it is among voters and state leaders of both parties. Americans deserve sensible guardrails as AI develops. If Congress isn’t prepared to step up to the plate, it shouldn’t prevent states from addressing the challenge. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

CDT is proud to support the reintroduction of the My Body, My Data Act — landmark legislation led by @wyden.senate.gov to establish a national standard protecting reproductive & sexual #HealthData. https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-colleagues-reintroduce-bill-to-protect-reproductive-and-sexual-health-data

A court order handed down in New York Times Co. v. OpenAI implicates the privacy of hundreds of millions of users. https://cdt.org/insights/in-chatgpt-case-order-to-retain-all-chats-threatens-user-privacy/

#Texas consumers lasso passage of law giving them the #RightToRepair electronic equipment at their chosen service provider, without manufacturers throwing obstacles in the way -- improving #competition & convenience. CDT encourages other states to follow. https://environmentamerica.org/texas/updates/right-to-repair-now-law-in-texas/