Center for Democracy & Technology

1 month ago | cdt.org

Ariana Aboulafia leads the Disability Rights in Technology Policy Project at the Center for Democracy & Technology. This project focuses on the ways in which certain technologies — including automated employment decision systems used in hiring, as well as algorithmic tools used in benefits determinations, healthcare, and more — impact disabled people. Above all, CDT’s Disability […]

2 months ago | cdt.org | Eric Null

Fighting for privacy rights has always been an uphill battle, perhaps now more than ever. Despite periodic moments of public outcry over abuses of state and corporate power enabled by egregious data practices (and decades of bipartisan lip service to the importance of “protecting privacy”), Congress has repeatedly failed to pass comprehensive privacy legislation.

Jan 15, 2025 | cdt.org | Isabel Linzer

The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the upcoming thematic report on freedom of expression and elections in the digital age by the United Nations special rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression. Protecting freedom of expression is critical to ensuring access to the ballot.

Jan 15, 2025 | cdt.org | Elizabeth Laird

With immigration enforcement likely to intensify this year, it is critical that school administrators comply with existing privacy and civil rights laws with respect to the data they collect and the technology that they use. CDT research suggests that some schools are currently using data and technology to play a role in immigration enforcement. For example, 17 percent of teachers report that their school has shared student information with immigration enforcement in the past school year.

Jan 15, 2025 | cdt.org

Since the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) began polling school stakeholders in 2020 about their experiences with educational data and technology (edtech) in classrooms, the sheer number of edtech products and use cases has skyrocketed. Many of the tools being proactively implemented in K–12 schools across the country and adopted by kids in their […]