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Blog 6 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the sixth of a series that explores prohibited AI practices under the EU AI Act and their interplay with existing EU law. You can find the whole series here. The sixth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI Act” […]

By FPF Legal Intern Rafal Fryc As artificial intelligence gets increasingly deployed across every sector of the economy, regulators find themselves grappling with a fundamental challenge: how to govern a technology that defies traditional regulatory frameworks and changes faster than legislation can keep pace. One increasingly common approach can be found outside the text of […]

[…] “Red lines under the EU AI Act” series focuses on unpacking the Article 5(1)(e) prohibition to place on the market, put into service, or use AI systems that create or expand facial recognition databases through the untargeted scraping of facial images from the Internet or CCTV footage. It is notable how this provision targets specifically […]

FPF recently concluded its 16th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) events, hosting two dynamic virtual ceremonies on March 4 and March 11, 2026. This year’s program centered on the most pressing areas in privacy and AI governance, bringing together global awardees to discuss their research with leading discussants from industry, academia, and civil society. […]

[…] the processing of personal data, and the development and deployment of new technologies. Across the continent, there is a growing consensus among legislators on the need to create a regulatory environment that is responsive and adaptable to a changing technological landscape and a growing digital economy. This blog traces data protection legal and policy […]

Special thanks to Rafal Fryc, U.S. Legislation Intern, for his research and development of the resources referenced. If there is one area of AI policy that lawmakers seem particularly eager to regulate in 2026, it’s chatbots. As state legislative sessions ramp up across the country, policymakers at both the state and federal levels have introduced […]

[…] Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Character Technologies Inc. and Garcia v. Character Technologies Inc. et al. Across lawsuits and investigations2, several recurring concerns appear: Anthropomorphic design features that create emotional dependency, like engagement optimization mechanisms and evocation of human-like qualities; and  Unreliable or non-existent safety features, like lack of age verification or parental controls. Many […]

[…] T ). 6 Liability & Enfor cement Provisions would establish legal consequences for violations. Most would provide AG enforcement authority and civil penalties. A significant subset would create private rights of action while a few laws establish non-disclaimable liability for specific harms to minors. A small number of proposals would introduce criminal liability for […]

Blog 4 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the fourth of a series that explores prohibited AI practices under the EU AI Act and their interplay with existing EU law. You can find the whole series here. The fourth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI Act” series […]