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16 Mar 2008, 7:21 pm
In a brief filed today with the Ninth Circuit of Appeals, the Center for Democracy & Technology asked the court to strike down a provision of the Patriot Act as unconstitutional. [read post]
18 Mar 2009, 7:46 am
In congressional testimony today, the Center for Democracy & Technology cautioned that a growing system for collection and sharing of homeland security intelligence has inappropriately targeted First Amendment and other innocent activity. [read post]
5 Apr 2019, 11:38 pm by Karen Gullo
Center for Democracy & Technology "People have become accustomed to the wide-ranging moderation that social media platforms can do, but government officials cannot act so broadly,” said Emma Llansó, Director of Free Expression at the Center for Democracy & Technology. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 5:34 pm by Rekha Arulanantham
On Friday, the ACLU, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 4:55 pm
Adam Thierer at PFF and The Center for Democracy & Technology's Sophia Cope got hold of a two-year-old transcript of a panel discussion at the National Lawyers Convention. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 7:04 am by Samantha Lai
Brown, Policy Counsel for Disability Rights and Algorithmic Fairness for the Privacy and Data Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, and Director of Policy Advocacy, and External Affairs for the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network; Alex Engler, a Governance Studies fellow at Brookings and adjunct professor and affiliated scholar at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy; and Henry Claypool, Technology Policy Consultant for the American… [read post]
4 Jul 2011, 6:00 am by randal shaheen
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) along with the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog, and the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, filed a complaint with the FTC claiming that Facebook’s use of facial recognition technology constitutes unfair and deceptive trade practices, in violation of Section 5 the FTC Act. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 8:48 am
The Center for Democracy and Technology ("CDT") released a major policy paper today that is intended to move the health privacy debate to consider more effective privacy protection of patient information. [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 6:05 am by Kirk Herbertson
Their hope is to showcase the UAE as a global hub for green technology. [read post]
14 Sep 2023, 9:47 am by NCC Staff
  Panel 1: The Origins of the First Amendment and Its Central Role in Democracy Scholars focused on the origins of the First Amendment and its critical role as a check on the government. [read post]
28 Oct 2007, 4:48 pm
Today the Center for Democracy & Technology filed a "friend of the court" brief in federal appeals court challenging the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) as a violation of the First Amendment. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 2:52 pm by Sergio Stone
Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) and Program on Liberation Technology are creating a database of constitutions searchable by subject. [read post]
2 May 2007, 1:32 pm
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has signed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the federal appeals court in California to allow a case to go forward on alleged illegal wiretapping activities. [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 10:04 am
In letters to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House Rules and Senate Rules and Administration Committees, the groups, organized by the Open the Government Project and the Center for Democracy & Technology urged lawmakers to fix a policy that makes it easy for deep-pocketed lobbyists to obtain the reports but leaves most ordinary Americans unable to take advantage of an important source of government information. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 7:42 pm by Doug
In an open letter, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Center for Democracy and Technology urged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make “instant personalization” opt-in by default and provide more privacy options including allowing users to “control every piece of information they can share via Facebook. [read post]
22 Apr 2008, 9:01 am
The Center for Democracy and Technology today called for judicial oversight of National Security Letters (NSLs); the documents are used by the FBI when seeking records containing sensitive personal information. [read post]
6 Aug 2009, 4:47 pm
With the designation of ten distinguished academics, the Center for Democracy & Technology today announced the creation of a non-resident Fellows Program, designed to bring fresh insight and the latest in academic research to CDT's work. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 8:46 am by brian
Congress is demanding drones in the air over the United States – without considering the civil liberties issues. [read post]
8 Mar 2007, 11:59 am
Gates calls for new privacy law [Bill] Gates repeated past Microsoft calls for a wide-ranging privacy law during a speech at advocacy group the Center for Democracy and Technology’s (CDT) annual gala dinner Wednesday. [read post]
Too often, national security conversations around biotechnology center on weapons applications and biodefense. [read post]