Red Lines under EU AI Act: Unpacking the prohibition of emotion recognition in the workplace and education institutions
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” […]
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 […]
The Chatbot Moment: Mapping the Emerging 2026 U.S. Chatbot Legislative Landscape
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 […]
Common Chatbot Provisions — Future of Privacy Forum (5)
Common Chatbot Provisions Febru ary 2 026 Chatbot legislation includes one or mor e core requirements: transparency, age verification & access controls, content safety & harm prevention, professional licensure & regulated services, data protection, and liability & enforcement. Ju stin e G lu ck & Raf al Fr yc This document groups substantive chatbot provisions […]
Digital Digest: FPF’s Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers
We are pleased to introduce FPF’s 16th annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers. Each year, we invite privacy scholars and authors to submit scholarship for consideration by a committee of reviewers and judges from the FPF Advisory Board. The selected papers are those judged to contain practical analyses of emerging issues that policymakers in Congress, in […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding Manipulative Techniques and the Exploitation of Vulnerabilities
Blog 2 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the second of a series that explores prohibited AI practices under the EU AI Act and their interplay with existing EU law. You can read the first episode here and find the whole series here. Harmful manipulation and deception through AI systems […]
Q&A With FPF Vice President for U.S. Policy, Matthew Reisman
In a new Q&A, our Vice President for U.S. Policy, Matthew Reisman, takes a deeper look at the privacy landscape, particularly his interests in the space, what to look forward to in the U.S. and AI sector, and what is key for stakeholders to pay attention to. What brought you into the privacy and data […]
From Proposal to Passage: Enacted U.S. AI Laws, 2023–2025
Over the past three years, lawmakers across the United States have increasingly enacted AI-related laws that shape the development and deployment of AI systems. Between 2023 and 2025, the Future of Privacy Forum tracked 27 pieces of enacted AI-related legislation across 14 states, along with one federal law (the TAKE IT DOWN Act) that carry […]
Paradigm Shift in the Palmetto State: A New Approach to Online Protection-by-Design
South Carolina Governor McMaster signed HB 3431, an Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) -style law, on February 5, adding to the growing list of new, bipartisan state frameworks fortifying online protections for minors. Although HB 3431 is dubbed an AADC, its divergence from past models and unique blend of requirements that draw upon a variety of other […]
Paradigm Shift in the Palmetto State: A New Approach to Online Protection-by-Design
South Carolina Governor McMaster signed HB 3431, an Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) -style law, on February 5, adding to the growing list of new, bipartisan state frameworks fortifying online protections for minors. Although HB 3431 is dubbed an AADC, its divergence from past models and unique blend of requirements that draw upon a variety of […]