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A grounded conversation about keeping AI open, usable, and under meaningful user control.
This CDT Tech Talks episode frames the open-web argument around a practical question: how much choice and control people should have as AI moves into browsers and everyday tools.
A careful policy discussion of Grok-related harms, consent, free expression, and launch-ready AI safeguards.
Grok AI's rollout comes across as a warning about what happens when a platform ships a powerful feature before its safeguards and response systems are ready.
A transatlantic discussion of protecting minors online while preserving rights, privacy, and control over feeds.
Online protection for minors is treated here as a policy problem with no clean border between safety, rights, privacy, and regulation. CDT Tech Talks frames the question through a transatlantic conversation, with David Klotsonis of CDT Europe and Alia Batia of CDT US comparing…
Washington’s tech fights, explained with precision.
Foundry fellows question the practitioners and scholars of tech law.
An interview with Mozilla and CDT leaders discussing AI governance, privacy, and building an open internet.
This episode discusses the Grok AI controversy involving non-consensual intimate imagery and the broader implications for AI safety and free expression.
Policy experts from CDT Europe and CDT US discuss online protection of minors and the balance between rights and harm prevention.
A special episode from TechProm 2025 featuring interviews with leaders in tech policy discussing the future of technology in service of democracy and human rights.
A special episode from Tech Prom 2025 featuring interviews with policymakers and leaders shaping technology policy for democracy and human rights.
Miranda Bogan defines AI agents as automated decisions wrapped in language models.
Umang Bhat describes AI documentation as a "breadcrumb trail" into corporate training data, workflows, guardrails, and testing.
This episode discusses how social media platforms' content policies affect democracy, featuring an interview with a legal scholar about his new book.
Discussion of AI systems' impact on society and the legislative efforts to regulate them.
This episode discusses two Supreme Court cases challenging social media content moderation laws in Texas and Florida, with experts analyzing their impact on free expression online.
This episode discusses a proposal to reject discriminatory language in internet standards documents, featuring experts from CDT and the University of Amsterdam.
Interview with the chair of the U.S.