Center for Democracy and Technology Grants

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Center for Democracy and Technology Technology in the Public Interest and Human Rights Established in 1994, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to ensure technology is developed and used in a way that protects people’s rights and interests.

CDT advances laws, policies, and practices that empower people to use technology for good, while protecting against invasive and discriminatory uses. The award supports the organization’s general operations as it continues to advance its work on artificial intelligence.

Technology in the Public Interest The Center for Democracy and Technology is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and freedom of expression. The award supports the development of policymaking educational resources on artificial intelligence.

Technology in the Public Interest The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization fighting to advance civil rights and civil liberties in the digital age. It works to promote democratic values by shaping technology policy and architecture, with a focus on the rights of the individual.

CDT informs the work of policymakers and the courts in the US and Europe, engages with companies to improve their policies and product designs, and seeks to help shape public opinion on major tech policy issues. In addition to advocacy work, CDT’s research team produces deep-dive original scholarship to explore novel solutions to pressing issues in technology policy.

The organization has seven areas of focus: commercial privacy and data, free expression, security and surveillance, internet architecture and standards, elections and democracy, and competition. The award provides general operating support to CDT. Technology in the Public Interest The Center for Democracy and Technology is Washington, DC-based nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and freedom of expression.

The award supports a research project focused on procurement reforms governing the United States federal government’s acquisition of artificial intelligence-related technologies. The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is a leading Washington DC-based NGO working to advance public policies that keep the Internet open and innovative.

The award supports CDT’s Internet Architecture Project as it works within Internet standards bodies to ensure the technical and legal underpinnings of the Internet protect and promote openness and human rights, while also raising these forums’ profile as arenas of concern and engagement for the human rights field.

The award also supports CDT’s efforts to cultivate more effective and regular participation of technologists and technology leaders in public policy debates in Washington, while providing accessible technical analysis to government officials on critical issues related to privacy, security and free expression to ensure that policy decisions in these areas are informed by technological considerations.

The Center for Democracy and Technology is a Washington, D. C. -based NGO working to advance public policies that keep the Internet open and innovative.

The grant will support its Internet Architecture project, which aims to ensure that the technical architecture of the Internet remains supportive of free expression by design. To support the Internet, Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility initiative (over two years).

In support of a series of convenings of industry representatives, scholars, and human rights advocates to explore the responsibilities of U.S. Internet companies operating in countries with authoritative governments (over two years). In support of the Security, Freedom and Technology Project.

Related Content for Center for Democracy and Technology Technology in the Public Interest Strengthening oversight and innovation in the governance of artificial intelligence. Grantmaking supported strengthening human rights protections, advancing government accountability, and improving the reach and quality of justice.