Digital Content

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The Kids are Online: Research-Driven Insights on Child Safety Policy

This report summarizes the key discussions and insights from an in-person symposium held in September 2024 on the topic of children’s online safety policy. During the symposium, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) attempted to foster meaningful dialogue, identify areas of consensus and disagreement, and chart actionable paths forward. Key themes from the symposium include:

Musk’s X Agrees to Pay About $10 Million to Settle Trump Lawsuit

Elon Musk’s X has agreed to pay about $10 million to settle a lawsuit that President Donald Trump brought against the company and its former chief executive. The agreement makes X the second social-media platform to settle litigation that Trump filed when the companies deplatformed him over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Some federal health websites restored, others still down, after data purge

Scientists and public health leaders are taking stock of the Trump administration's abrupt decision to pull down web pages, datasets and selected information from federal health websites.

Elon Musk’s X Becomes Weapon in Government Cost Cutting

As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own giant social media platform to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone who stands in his way.

Zuckerberg reassures Meta staff about company values after dramatic policy shifts

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sought to reassure his workforce that the social media company’s values haven’t changed despite a slew of policy shifts that included ending its diversity and fact-checking programs. In a companywide meeting, Zuckerberg told employees that 2025 would be a “big year for resetting our relationship with governments around the world.” But he specified that Meta would not forsake its values. The message appeared to be an attempt to reassure employees after dramatic ch

The federal workforce's growing digital anxiety

Federal workers are on edge after the Trump administration spent its first days dismantling long-held protections for career staffers. There’s another safeguard that government employees worry the Trump administration will kneecap before it even gets off the ground: protecting them from online harassment.

Rep. Lofgren Introduces Targeted Legislation to Combat Foreign Online Piracy That Preserves the Open Internet

Rep Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) introduced H.R. 791, the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), to prevent foreign-run piracy sites from exploiting loopholes in existing law. The introduction of the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act follows months of roundtable discussions and negotiations involving the content and tech communities to ensure the bill does not include undue liabilities and is both feasible and constitutional. The bill: 

Here’s How President Trump Shifted Policy in His First Week

President Trump’s blunt message after a whirlwind week of executive orders and presidential proclamations may boil down to this: Take me at my word. During four years in political exile after his first term, President Trump vowed to radically reshape American life, culture and politics if he got another chance.

Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence

It is the policy of the United States to sustain and enhance America’s global artificial intelligence (AI) dominance in order to promote human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security. Within 180 days of this order, the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (APST), the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), in coordination with the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB

Google won't add fact checks despite new EU law

Google has told the European Union it will not add fact checks to search results and YouTube videos or use them in ranking o