Our EU Tech Policy Brief is out 📨 🇪🇺 The #DSA has recently come into force - we report from the IViR & The DSA Observatory conference in Amsterdam ⚖️ The ECHR CEDH landmark judgement on Russian Telegram case & much more... Read it here for the latest 👇 cdt.org/insights/eu-te…

Iverna departs our office having created a strong legacy, an indelible mark on EU tech policy & digital regulation and will be missed! In the meantime, our Asha Allen will step in as interim EU Office Director. Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…

Elections threat - Fake news researchers are "under persecution" - article from Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ, feat. Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe's David Klotsonis highlights researchers are struggling to access vital data to investigate issues such as the spread of "fake news". (In GR)👇 kathimerini.gr/society/562951… 🧵

Looking forward to our 5th Civil Society Roundtable Event today with Open Gov Partnership 🙌 The focus: establishing a multi-stakeholder approach to implementation & enforcement of the #DSA. 👇

Excited to welcome our guests from civil society, member states and institutions to our 5th Civil Society Roundtable on establishing a multi-stakeholder approach to implementation & enforcement of the #DSA, in partnership with Open Gov Partnership. Follow this 🧵for live coverage 👇

And now for the “nuts and bolts” 🔧 Participants have joined x5 technical workshops to delve into the detail on specific themes on the #DSA 🇪🇺 Stay tuned for an outcome report with specific recommendations to policy makers...

Today Tim Hughes shared his views on the Digital Services Act, the EU regulation to prevent illegal and harmful activities online and the spread of disinformation. Read more in the thread from our partner Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe 👇

We joined a Ada Lovelace Institute & SaferAI workshop today on how to successfully develop an EU GPAI Code of Practice 🇪🇺 🤖 Great opportunity to share insights on civil society experiences in the development of Codes of Conduct and what lays ahead in the context of the #DSA

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted the 1st ever Directive to combat violence against women. ⛔️ This is a historic step forward in the fight against  #GenderBasedViolence. It also aims to tackle online #GBV & rightly recognises this pernicious form of misogyny and online harm. 🧵

We are thrilled to welcome Aimée Duprat-Macabies (@IAMacabiz) as our new Advocacy and Communications Officer 🎉 She brings experience from both civil society and the public sector, helping us advance our impact with a gender perspective. So happy to have you!

.Center for Democracy & Technology submitted comments in response to Oversight Board’s request, based on cases from the U.S. and India it described as "Explicit AI Images of Female Public Figures." CDT’s Dhanaraj Thakur (@[email protected]) + Asha Allen with more info: cdt.org/insights/cdt-r… #GVB #disinformation

📢 Join us next week on 15 May for an online event addressing the aftermath of the Pegasus spyware scandal & its global impact! Hear from a stellar line up of key institutional representatives & experts moderated by our own Asha Allen 🗣️ Register now 👉 bit.ly/3QCOBXh

Our bumper spring EU Tech Policy Brief is out! Read it for ↩️ 🔵 Last chance to register for our #SpywareEvent 15/05 🔵 #AIAct explainers 🔵 #DSA Civil Society Roundtable 🔵 Our growing team & much more.... cdt.org/insights/eu-te… Center for Democracy & Technology

🎥 Our Acting Director Asha Allen featured on this week's Brussels, my Love? from euronews with Méabh Mc Mahon. With #EUelections2024 less than a month away there couldn't be a more urgent time to discuss online gender based violence targeted at women politicians 🗳 🧵

Today, @UnhumanrightsEU joined Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe's event: Exploring ways forward to combat spyware in the EU. Human rights provide binding legal obligations that have been agreed by states across the globe and should be used to set guardrails around the use of spyware. #Standup4humanrights

📣 Part 3 of our Briefs on the EU #AIAct has been published. It delves into: 🗣 Freedom of expression & how the Act will impact it; 🇪🇺 How it will interact with other EU laws in this respect ❓And key unanswered questions Read it here: cdt.org/insights/eu-ai… 🧵

Starting soon! So excited to be joining this panel on the last day of CPDP Conferences organised by Glitch . Join us for the discussion on #OnlineGBV #Deepfakes and #IntersectionalHarm Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe

Did you know an estimated 85% women globally have witnessed or experienced gender-based cyber violence?    Today, we hosted The Brussels Binder and subject matter experts to better understand the issue and ways to address it.

Our CEO and President AlexandraReeveGivens joined us this week to brainstorm on comms & advocacy strategy for the post-elections period. Exciting times ahead! 🗳️📢

I couldn’t be happier to share that Asha Allen has been named head of CDT Europe! For 3 years, Asha has led Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s work on the #DSA, online gender based violence, political ads and more, forging strong civil society coalitions & building out the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe team. Full info here!