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A professional association for congressional staff focused on artificial intelligence policy and practice.
Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP)
Canada 🇨🇦CAMP is a think tank dedicated to addressing the issue of monopoly in Canada.
European Technological Sovereignty Package
European CommissionThe European Commission today presented the European Technological Sovereignty Package, a set of measures to strengthen Europe's digital autonomy and resilience.
Funding The Web
BrusselsThe Web is slow-motion collapsing for multiple reasons, but at the heart of it all is a little known system: the Search/Browser Levy.
Democratic Tech Alliance (DTA)
BrusselsThe Democratic Tech Alliance is a coalition of members from different political groups in the European Parliament, with civil society actors, think tanks, experts and European businesses working to create an EU tech ecosystem that supports democratic values and the public interest.
Digital Policy Alert (DPA) Activity Tracker
Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera) 🇨🇭The DPA Activity Tracker provides our latest information on developments in legislatures, judiciaries and the executive branches of G20, EU member states and Switzerland.
City AI-Policy Toolkit
United States of America 🇺🇸A public toolkit of templates, prompts, workflows, examples, and evaluation checks for municipal AI governance.
OpenForum Europe (OFE)
RPM Tribunal de l’Entreprise Francophone de Bruxelles Bd. Charlemagne 96, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumOpenForum Europe is a not-for-profit, Brussels-based independent think tank which explains the merits of openness in computing across Europe.
Developers Alliance
Washington, DCThe Developers Alliance helps policymakers and industry leaders understand how rules work in practice so decisions reflect the realities of the people who build the digital economy.
Stand With Crypto Alliance is a grassroots advocacy organization dedicated to uniting global crypto advocates.
I4T Global Knowledge Network
UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris, FranceA group of more than 50 international think tanks and research centers in areas of digital and data policy. This Network serves as a trusted interface, offering independent research and observations on the implementation of the Guidelines, and ensuring a human-right respecting and multistakeholder approach on the governance of digital platforms.
Modular Legislative Components to Help Spur Algorithmic Feeds that Put People First – Knight-Georgetown Institute
Washington, DCA new legislative toolkit from the Knight-Georgetown Institute equips lawmakers with modular components to support the development of legislation that encourages algorithmic feeds that put people first.
Responsible AI with Rebekah Tweed
New York City (NYC / New York, NY)Twice-monthly Substack on: Regulation & policy, Resources & tools, Model & product news, Societal impacts
At a moment when diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives face mounting political backlash and institutional retrenchment, this research asks a question that is both urgent and foundational: Who gets to shape technology policy, and what determines who stays long enough to lead?
Aspen Policy Academy
Bay Area, CaliforniaWe equip experts and community leaders with the resources they need to speak up, be heard, and have an impact.
Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act)
New York stateNY State Assembly Bill 2025-A6453A has become law,
Wi-Fi Caucus
Capitol HillInitially founded in 2018, the Wi-Fi Caucus is dedicated to assisting Members of Congress in better understanding how Wi-Fi benefits the American public, consumers, economy, and the larger geopolitical standing of the United States.
The Connectivity Policy Corps
Columbus, OHThe National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) and Public Knowledge are excited to announce the launch of the Connectivity Policy Corps (CPC), a groundbreaking program designed to shape broadband and digital inclusion policies nationwide.
AI Office
European Union (EU)The European AI Office is the centre of AI expertise across the EU, that promotes the development and deployment of AI solutions that benefit society and the economy.
This document contains guidance aimed at supporting providers of VLOPs and VLOSEs to ensure that, where appropriate, they comply with their obligation to mitigate specific risks linked to electoral processes.
Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act and its implementation
Tech and Society Summit
BrusselsFirst ever tech policy summit in Brussels led entirely by non-profit organisations
EU AI Act Article 57: AI Regulatory Sandboxes
European Union (EU)Legislation requiring Member States to establish AI regulatory sandboxes
Stanford Cyber Policy Center
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CAStanford University's research center for the interdisciplinary study of issues at the nexus of technology, governance and public policy
Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance
United States of America 🇺🇸This Blueprint on Prosocial Tech Design Governance lays out actionable recommendations for governments, civil society, researchers, and industry to design digital platforms that reduce harm and increase benefit to society
The Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi (CCG) is a research centre within NLU Delhi and is meant to ensure that the Indian legal education establishment engages more meaningfully with communication law and policy, and offers academic contribution to communication policy making.
Das neue Ministerium wird Motor sein für konkrete, sichtbare Fortschritte bei der Digitalisierung und eine moderne, handlungsfähige Verwaltung.
Observatorio Regional: Legislación en Libertad de Expresión en América Latina
Social Media Election Policies Tracker
Pittsburgh, PAThe Social Media Election Policy Tracker is a tool created to broadly chronicle a timeline of selected social media companies’ evolving policies which have impacted the information environment related to U.S. elections and campaigns from 2016 – the present.
Tech Policy Press is tracking laws and regulations, along with government investigations and litigation, that will shape the rules and accountability for tech companies.
The Sunday Show is the weekly (and sometimes more often) podcast from Tech Policy Press.
A nonprofit media and community venture intended to provoke new ideas, debate and discussion at the intersection of technology and democracy.
Science Secretary launches new Regulatory Innovation Office to speed up public access to new technologies
Concurso Nacional de Estudiantes Universitarios
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 🇻🇪Moot court competitions about intellectual property in Venezuela
Tech Policy Institute at Cornell
Cornell University, Ithaca, New YorkBrooks School of Public Policy
the EU’s largest interdisciplinary network to counter disinformation.
State-level Digital Transformation Policy Scan: Executive Orders
Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057In Fall 2023, the Digital Service Network kicked off its digital transformation policy scan by documenting executive orders (EO) enacted since 2013 that shape the digital transformation of government across states and territories.
Internet Law and Policy Jobs
Washington, DCUnlike other job boards, Foundry Jobs is focused solely on Internet law and policy jobs.
Internet Law & Policy Foundry
Washington, DCThe Foundry is a collaborative organization for Internet law and policy professionals who are passionate about disruptive innovation
Research ICT Africa
Cape TownAfrican think tank that has operated for over a decade to fill a strategic gap in the development of a sustainable information society and network knowledge economy.
Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI)
Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC 20057Georgetown has partnered with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to invest $30 million in a nonpartisan institute that helps policymakers and tech industry leaders address pressing issues related to technology, policy and ethics and make informed decisions on how technology is used to shape, produce and share information across platforms.
Digital Platform Commission Act of 2022
Washington, DCLegislation introduced in the 117th Congress, "To establish a new Federal body to provide reasonable oversight and regulation of digital platforms."
Israel Tech Policy Institute
Tel-AvivTech policy leadership and scholarship, advancing ethical practices in support of emerging technologies
Core science and tech policy trainings open to US government staff
This Coursera course aims to help learners understand how inequity and injustice can become embedded in technology, science, and associated policies, and how this can be addressed.
United States Department of State's Office of the Special Envoy for Critical and Emerging Technology
Washington, DCSecretary Blinken established the office as part of the wider modernization agenda because the constellation of critical and emerging technologies reshaping the world is now an integral part of the conduct of U.S. foreign policy and diplomacy.
Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation UK (CDEI)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧The CDEI is a UK government expert body enabling the trustworthy use of data and AI.
Biden Administration Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington, DCNon-binding guidance from the White House
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