Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding the ban of the untargeted scraping of facial images and facial recognition databases
Blog 5 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the fifth 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. 1. Introduction The fifth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI […]
Africa’s Data Protection Reforms: A Continental Perspective on the Drivers of Change in Legal Frameworks
1. Introduction Within an evolving digital landscape, several African jurisdictions have proposed a variety of reforms to existing and novel legal frameworks that regulate 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 […]
The Chatbot Moment: Mapping the Emerging 2026 U.S. Chatbot Legislative Landscape
[…] 2025, the scale of legislative interest in 2026 represents a significant expansion. In both volume and policy focus, chatbot legislation is emerging as one of the most active areas of AI policymaking. Interest is also broadly bipartisan, with 53 percent of the chatbot bills tracked by FPF introduced by Democrats and 46 percent introduced […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Unpacking the Prohibition of Individual Risk Assessment for the Prediction of Criminal Offences
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 […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Unpacking Social Scoring as a Prohibited AI Practice
Blog 3 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the third 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 prohibition of AI-enabled social scoring is among the red lines established by […]
Digital Digest: FPF’s Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
[…] dark patterns have emerged, skeptics have countered that motivated consumers can and will protect themselves against these manipulative interfaces, making government intervention unnecessary. This debate occurs alongside active legislative and regulatory discussion about whether to prohibit dark patterns in newly enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws. Our interdisciplinary paper provides experimental evidence showing that consumer […]
FPF-Age-Assurance-v2.0
The age credential is cryptographically bound to Miles’ device passkey. This ensures that if Miles shares his phone with James, a 15-year-old friend, James cannot access 16+ features. The age signal is only released when a PIN, pattern, or local biometric is successfully entered. ID USER ACTIVITY 01 / 02 / 2009 BIRTHDATE In this […]
Enacted AI Legislation Chart
E N AC TE D AI LE G IS LA TIO N O ve rv ie w C hatb ots : C A SB -2 43 (2 0 25 ) , M E LD -1 7 2 7 (2 0 25 ), N H HB-1 4 3 (2 0 25 ), N Y S-3 0 […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding ‘Prohibited AI Practices’ and their Interplay with the GDPR, DSA
[…] outlined in Article 5(1)(c). While not specifically mentioned by the Guidelines in this context, it is worth noting that Courts and DPAs across the EU have been active in cases involving automated credit scoring practices under Article 22 GDPR on automated-decision making (ADM), as well as in cases that may amount to “profiling”. The […]
[FPF Legislation] South Carolina Comparison Chart
S ou th Caro lin a AAD C-S ty le Act Com paris o n Chart P re p a re d by: Danie l Hale s, Polic y Counse l, US Le g is la tio n O ve rv ie w : On Fe b ru ary 5, 20 26 , South Caro […]