Senior Analyst/Counsel – AI Governance
Please note: We will begin reviewing applications on April 3rd and continue until this position is filled. Overview of FPF Center for Artificial Intelligence: FPF works to advance responsible data practices. Staffed with experts in law, technology, and public policy, FPF operates on the belief that technological innovation and new uses of data can help […]
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
Special thanks to Rafal Fryc, U.S. Legislation Intern, for his research and development of the resources referenced. FPF developed two one-pager resources summarizing key trends in chatbot legislation. The first highlights some of the definitional patterns beginning to appear, identifying eleven legislative frameworks used to define chatbots. The second maps the six most common regulatory […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 direct […]
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 […]