CDT Europe's Christian Cirhigiri and Marie Seck welcome the EU panel's focus on children's rights and platform responsibility—but argue "safety by design" is left undefined, with no clarity on who decides when a platform is actually safe.

Does the EU's Special Panel Succeed in Charting a Third Path for Child Safety?

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

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📩 New edition of the #AIBulletin out now! This month features: 🔹 Discussions on frontier #AI models 🔹 New EC guidelines on transparency obligations under the AI Act 🔹 EU leaders agreeing to talk about AI & safety at the next summits … and more! 👇 Read more & sign up: cdt.org/insights/cdt...

CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: July 2026

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...

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Gendered disinformation is more than misinfo. It's a coordinated effort to silence women, trans, non-binary, & other gender-diverse people participating in public life, threatening democracy & free expression. @cdteu.org's Giulia Papapietro examines how the EU can do better.

Silenced by Design: Gendered Disinformation and its Threat to Democracy

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

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📢 The EU Tech Policy Brief’s summer edition is out now! In this issue: 👁️ News on Pegasus reviving calls for #spyware accountability 💬 EU Parliament’s hearing on online protection of minors #OPM ⚖️ #AI Omnibus final text analysis … and much more! 👇 Read more & sign-up:

EU Tech Policy Brief Summer 2026

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...

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🔻 Today's vote on #ChatControl 1.0 marks a disappointing step backwards. The European Parliament has approved the revival of the interim #ePrivacy derogation, despite having rejected a virtually identical proposal only a few months ago.

‼️ Today, MEPs will vote on whether to fast-track #ChatControl 1.0 back into law. The renewed push for an urgent procedure to reinstate the interim ePrivacy derogation follows an unprecedented intervention by Roberta Metsola, who urged the Council to move the file forward.

Metsola heads for clash with her own Parliament over child abuse bill

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

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5/ @accessnow.org and 30+ civil society orgs & individuals, incl. @cdteu.org & EDRi, are calling on the EU to: 🔹 Launch an independent investigation 🔹 Provide effective remedies to victims 🔹 Fully implement the EU PEGA Committee recommendations Read our full PR and recommendations below:

A forensic analysis by Citizen Lab revealed that former 🇬🇷 MEP & investigative journalist Stelios Kouloglou was infected with #Pegasus in 2022/23. This latest revelation should be treated as a #RuleOfLaw emergency: EU must act now to ensure #spyware abuse is met with accountability, not impunity.

Pegasus in the European Parliament, the EU must act now

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

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Pegasus strikes again! Access Now alongside more than 30 human rights orgs + individuals demand a full investigation into the hacking of Stelios Kouloglou, a Greek journalist and former Member of the European Parliament. Read more: www.accessnow.org/press-releas...

Same government, more victims: Access Now calls for an urgent investigation into hacking of MEP - Access Now

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

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⚠️Following @citizenlab.ca's revelations that Stelios Kouloglou was surveilled with NSO Group's #Pegasus, a coalition of leading civil society organisations has published a joint statement calling on the 🇪🇺EU institutions to regulate #spyware technologies & strengthen protections against their abuse.

@citizenlab.ca's Pegasus revelations show the EU's spyware crisis is far from over. CDT Europe, alongside 38 CSOs, is calling for an independent investigation, implementation of the PEGA recommendations, remedies for victims, stronger enforcement, and an end to EU support for spyware companies.

📩 New edition of the #AIBulletin out now! This month features: 🔹 New AI Act oversight bodies and guidance on AI-generated content 🔹 EU Commission’s Tech Sovereignty Package, including CADA & Chips Act 2.0 🔹 Irish Presidency’s programme and forthcoming AI Summit and more! 👇 Read more & sign up

CDT Europe’s AI Bulletin: June 2026

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...

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📢 May’s edition of our EU Tech Policy Brief is out now! In this issue: 👁️ Discussions on #CSAM, age-verification & #OPM 💬 The #DSA against #TFGBV ⚖️ Exchanges on the #AI Omnibus … and much more! 👇 Read more & sign-up:

EU Tech Policy Brief: May 2026

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...

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📩 New edition of the #AIBulletin out now! This month: 🔹 EU Parliament and Council reach a deal on the AI Omnibus, including a ban on “nudifying” #AI 🔹 Commission drafts AI Act implementation guidelines 🔹 Pope Leo XIV addresses AI in his first encyclical letter 👇 Read more & sign up:

CDT Europe's AI Bulletin: May 2026

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

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🗓️ "Fight for Us, not for Them: A public interest vision for EU tech policy” summit is going to take place on 23 June 2026! 📢 With 10 other CSOs, we will convene European regulators, journalists & civil society to discuss the EU’s deregulation agenda and its impact on fundamental rights.

📢 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-...

EU Tech Policy Brief: April 2026

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...

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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...

World’s Largest Digital Human Rights Conference Suddenly Canceled

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

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📩 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...

CDT Europe's AI Bulletin: April 2026

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...

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🚀 … 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

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📢 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.

🚀 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.

Joint Open Letter: Preserving the Scope and Integrity of the AI Act

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

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🛑 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

CDT Europe’s Response to the European Parliament Rejection of the Chat Control 1.0's Extension

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...

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📢 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-...

EU Tech Policy Brief: March 2026

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...

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📩 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:

CDT Europe's AI Bulletin: March 2026

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

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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!

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📢 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!

📢 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:

From Risk Mitigation to App Bans: Assessing EU Legislation’s Potential to Combat AI-generated Image Abuse

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 ...

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📢 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:

EU Tech Policy Brief: February 2026

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...

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