Technology + democracy. Visit https://techpolicy.press Join our newsletter: https://techpolicy.press/newsletter Opinions do not reflect the views of Tech Policy Press. Reposts do not equal endorsements.https://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muq2bnsoet2cMeta's $17.1 billion settlement's impact will depend on whether a child rights framework, not just US litigation, shapes what tech companies do next, writes Iain Levine @iainlevine.bsky.social buff.ly/QKkEG3Q https://www.techpolicy.press/without-a-child-rights-framework-meta-settlement-will-only-go-so-far/04 Sep 2026 22:47 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq2bnsoet2chttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3munk5mltkr2lThe European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine and Roblox a Very Large Online Platform under the DSA on Aug. 31. Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat on what the obligations require and why implementation is the hard part. buff.ly/jmfZrfW https://www.techpolicy.press/chatgpt-roblox-face-tough-eu-rules-implementation-is-the-hard-part/03 Sep 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3munk5mltkr2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3munb7q5b722fGWU Program on Extremism research fellow Jordyn Abrams says the answer to rising anti-tech extremism isn't more surveillance of activists — it's addressing the grievances driving people toward violence in the first place. https://techpolicy.press/violent-antitech-extremism-has-roots-in-history03 Sep 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3munb7q5b722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mun6w7zcny2lThe EU AI Act's new transparency rules took effect on Aug. 2, requiring disclosure of AI interactions and marking of AI-generated content. Taras Kovalchuk @taraskovalchuk.bsky.social on whether they are enough to strengthen democratic resilience in Europe. buff.ly/pi5TmvO https://www.techpolicy.press/can-the-eu-ai-acts-transparency-rules-strengthen-democratic-resilience/03 Sep 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun6w7zcny2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mun3kijb5u2aAI safety institutes test advanced AI systems to help governments understand their risks. Germany should learn from what has (and hasn’t) worked elsewhere before it builds its own, says Martin Wählisch. buff.ly/phdY1L6 https://www.techpolicy.press/what-germanys-ai-security-institute-could-learn-from-other-countries/03 Sep 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun3kijb5u2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mumfbhl23h2pWhy not strict liability for AI? Darryl Slabe of ERA Cambridge makes the case for a middle path: a criminal offense a careful lab can defend by proving due diligence, turning a prosecution into "a trial of the safeguards, with evidence, in public." buff.ly/fdauKsB https://www.techpolicy.press/make-ai-companies-criminally-liable-for-preventable-harm/03 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumfbhl23h2phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mum37lf7if2eHow can human rights investigators protect their data amid rising authoritarianism? Justin Hendrix speaks with Maheen Khan from the Invisible Institute and Patrick Ball from HRDAG about the new Technology Freedom Cooperative. buff.ly/PXzMBTb https://www.techpolicy.press/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and-justice-groups/03 Sep 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum37lf7if2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mum2yhlc7i2lRegulators aren't treating AI as an exotic category outside privacy law, write Isabel Hahn and Aaron Alva. They're identifying where familiar principles get harder to operationalize as systems infer, remember, and act. buff.ly/rhJaXIX https://www.techpolicy.press/privacy-by-architecture-makes-ai-compliance-work/03 Sep 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum2yhlc7i2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mulkh4omaf2aGermany's cabinet approved a bill in July that would allow AI use in visa, residence and asylum procedures. Natalie Welfens, Josefine Flesch and Bernard Quante unpack the rights and bias concerns it raises. buff.ly/SZWJ2GO https://www.techpolicy.press/germanys-draft-law-on-ai-in-migration-raises-rights-and-bias-concerns/03 Sep 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulkh4omaf2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mulfr73c7g2eTwelve states now have "companion bot" laws aimed at reducing risks, particularly for minors. Danny Tobey, Ashley Carr, and Michael Atleson of DLA Piper analyze the substantive provisions and identify four overarching principles for AI providers. buff.ly/qturQKB https://www.techpolicy.press/what-12-state-companion-bot-laws-demand-of-ai-providers/03 Sep 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulfr73c7g2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mukzoqfzar2pThe August US policy roundup from Freedman Consulting and Tech Policy Press tracks a busy month: a $17.1B Meta teen-safety settlement, a White House AI cyber framework kept secret, and OpenAI's 700-agent "swarm" hack of Hugging Face drawing calls for further investigation. buff.ly/G4eXJiL https://www.techpolicy.press/august-2026-us-tech-policy-roundup/02 Sep 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukzoqfzar2phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mukohetdue2eData workers will lose vital income when Amazon's Mechanical Turk shuts down. Krystal Kauffmann calls for lawmakers to protect AI's hidden workforce. buff.ly/qOfG2tu https://www.techpolicy.press/mechanical-turk-is-closing-the-workers-who-built-ai-are-still-here/02 Sep 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukohetdue2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mukfl2tiy62pA wave of disinformation on social media preceded this summer's mass crossing into Spain's Ceuta. Tech Policy Press fellows Petra Molnar and Liz Carolan on the information failure it revealed and what it means for how migrants access information at borders. buff.ly/SsalixS https://www.techpolicy.press/how-disinformation-fueled-the-latest-ceuta-mass-crossing/02 Sep 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukfl2tiy62phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mukc7pzvbd2tAI hiring tools can reject qualified people "for reasons no one—including the employer—can adequately explain," warns NYU School of Law senior affiliated research scholar and former EEOC chair Charlotte A. Burrows. She says gutting disparate impact law makes it worse. buff.ly/5VZbkM3 https://www.techpolicy.press/a-labor-day-prescription-for-preserving-fair-employment-in-the-digital-age/02 Sep 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukc7pzvbd2thttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mujyzzmdyp2nA wave of disinformation on social media preceded this summer's mass crossing into Spain's Ceuta. Tech Policy Press fellows Petra Molnar and Liz Carolan on the information failure it revealed and what it means for how migrants access information at borders. buff.ly/SsalixS https://www.techpolicy.press/how-disinformation-fueled-the-latest-ceuta-mass-crossing/02 Sep 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujyzzmdyp2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhyrodaxr2aLast week, news stories announcing the shutdown of Amazon's Mechanical Turk were passed between alarmed data workers two days before they received direct notice by email. Krystal Kauffmann @krystalkauffman.bsky.social calls for lawmakers to protect AI's hidden workforce.  buff.ly/qOfG2tu https://www.techpolicy.press/mechanical-turk-is-closing-the-workers-who-built-ai-are-still-here/01 Sep 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhyrodaxr2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhmf3evxs2xThe August US policy roundup from Freedman Consulting and Tech Policy Press tracks a busy month: a $17.1B Meta teen-safety settlement, a White House AI cyber framework kept secret, and OpenAI's 700-agent "swarm" hack of Hugging Face drawing calls for further investigation. https://www.techpolicy.press/august-2026-us-tech-policy-roundup/01 Sep 2026 14:18 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhmf3evxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhiyn6yhq2lTwelve states now have "companion bot" laws aimed at reducing risks, particularly for minors. Danny Tobey, Ashley Carr, and Michael Atleson of DLA Piper analyze the substantive provisions and identify four overarching principles for AI providers. buff.ly/qturQKB https://www.techpolicy.press/what-12-state-companion-bot-laws-demand-of-ai-providers/01 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhiyn6yhq2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhheadabp2z"Data center discontent" is now a statehouse force. Tim Bernard tracked nearly 400 bills in 12 months as lawmakers stopped courting developers and started demanding decommissioning bonds, NDA bans, and moratoria. https://www.techpolicy.press/data-center-discontent-drives-state-legislation-surge/01 Sep 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhheadabp2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhedo3wle2wAxiomatic AI CEO Jake Taylor, who established the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, argues US AI policy needs a key pillar: powerful systems require consistent verification against safety benchmarks that are public and interpretable. https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-systems-are-getting-more-powerful-the-ability-to-verify-must-keep-pace/01 Sep 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhedo3wle2whttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muhbcqlzuw2jGermany's cabinet approved a bill in July that would allow AI use in visa, residence and asylum procedures. Josefine Flesch, Bernard Quante, and Natalie Welfens @nwelfens.bsky.social, unpack the rights and bias concerns it raises. buff.ly/SZWJ2GO https://www.techpolicy.press/germanys-draft-law-on-ai-in-migration-raises-rights-and-bias-concerns/01 Sep 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhbcqlzuw2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muh2br6wl42wRegulators aren't treating AI as an exotic category outside privacy law, write Isabel Hahn and Aaron Alva. They're identifying where familiar principles get harder to operationalize as systems infer, remember, and act. https://www.techpolicy.press/privacy-by-architecture-makes-ai-compliance-work/01 Sep 2026 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh2br6wl42whttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3muh22n5mwi2pAs K-12 students head back to school across the United States, Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo reports they're unlikely to find consistent, clear rules on AI use. Many districts have set guardrails but avoided system-wide rules, leaving choices to individual teachers. https://www.techpolicy.press/in-the-us-caution-rules-on-ai-ahead-of-k12-school-year/01 Sep 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh22n5mwi2phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mugjjcejtw2kHow can human rights investigators protect their data amid rising authoritarianism? Justin Hendrix speaks with Maheen Khan from the Invisible Institute and Patrick Ball from HRDAG about the new Technology Freedom Cooperative. https://www.techpolicy.press/technology-freedom-cooperative-to-build-infrastructure-for-human-rights-and-justice-groups/01 Sep 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugjjcejtw2khttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mugetgxcw22pDaniel Arias Rivera, a Colombian lawyer and human rights specialist, explains how Bill 025 copies the EU AI Act's risk-based architecture without the institutional capacity, technical expertise, or enforcement mechanisms to make it work in Colombia. https://www.techpolicy.press/colombia-is-preparing-a-poor-copy-of-the-eus-ai-act/01 Sep 2026 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugetgxcw22phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mufyqvhakp2qFrance's Constitutional Council struck down the country's under-15 social media ban on Aug. 14. Christian Cirhigiri and Sabine Witting unpack the ruling and what it means for Europe's approach to social media bans. https://www.techpolicy.press/frances-constitutional-council-ruling-tests-the-limits-of-social-media-bans/31 Aug 2026 22:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufyqvhakp2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mufnjiw5lc2pWith US debt past $40 trillion and Treasury interventions failing, the Stand Up for Science Foundation’s Cole Donovan argues fiscal consolidation is coming—and experts keen to rejuvenate science and technology policy need to pay attention. https://www.techpolicy.press/what-the-bond-market-disruption-means-for-rebuilding-american-tech-policy/31 Aug 2026 19:33 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufnjiw5lc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3mufen72yxt22After a massive exam scandal triggered mass protests, India's government responded with a plan to make its examination system more technology-driven. Tech Policy Press contributing editor Amber Sinha on why that response misses the deeper crisis. https://www.techpolicy.press/technocracy-wont-debug-indias-education-crisis/31 Aug 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:k3sjdodbk2cofbfzxucculeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufen72yxt22