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For (64)Added 31min agoEuropean Parliament Committee on Legal AffairsEuropean Parliament committee responsible for legal affairs and copyright policy.votes For and says:
Rightsholders must have the ability to opt out of having their work used for AI training and data crawling.
AI Verified source (Jan 28, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 9d agoInformation Technology and Innovation FoundationUS innovation policy think tankvotes Against and says:Restricting access to training data, whether through mandatory compensation, expanded opt-out rights, or onerous compliance requirements, can have the effect of restricting AI development itself.
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For (28)Added 31min agoFrank TeruelChief Operating Officer at Arkose Labs, commenting on AI-enabled cyber threats.votes For and says:
Frontier labs can put classifiers in front of these capabilities, but open-weight models a few months behind cannot, and the copies already downloaded never will.
AI Verified source (Jul 28, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 8d agoJaya BalooChief Operating Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Aisle.abstains and says:It is unquestionably both. We can use the frontier models but also open weight models to prove a solution which gives defenders powerful capabilities and on their terms.
Unverifiable source (Jun 22, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (27)Added 1d agoAPECAsia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, intergovernmental forum of 21 member economies.votes Against and says:While respecting security, data protection and intellectual property rights, we encourage member economies to support open-source models and projects that employ strong security assurance through development and deployment.
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For (142)Added 6h agoBill ReadyChief Executive Officer of Pinterest, speaking on AI safety and youth well-being.votes For and says:
As AI becomes a bigger part of everyday life, sound research and clear standards will be essential.
AI Verified source (May 5, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Added 6d agoComputer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)Technology trade associationvotes Against and says:The draft implementing regulation should clearly differentiate between API access, which should be the preferred method for safety evaluations where access to documents and relevant information are deemed insufficient, and “further” means of access, ...
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AI will create more jobs than it destroys
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For (186)Added 6h agoErik BrynjolfssonEconomist, AI & productivity scholarvotes For and says:There's going to be a lot of new jobs created. You got to tell both parts of that story.
AI Verified source (Jun 25, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (88)Added 6h agoCamilla TalamMacroeconomist at the Oxford Martin School, speaking on AI and jobs in Africa.abstains and says:I think what I take from this is there's more questions than answers that we have, which really calls for more data and research to understand how AI and technology and innovation will impact our economies.
AI Verified source (Jun 11, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (73)Added 6h agoMwende MugambiFounder of Mizizi Africa (Mzizi Policy Café), speaking on AI and youth employment in Africa.votes Against and says:It's not going to create jobs for us realistically. I think it's going to actually subtract.
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For (49)Added 7h agoSenate Foreign Relations DemocratsDemocratic members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee issuing official committee statements.votes For and says:
We reiterate bipartisan calls for strict enforcement of export controls and the closure of loopholes that allow AI chips and manufacturing equipment to reach Beijing.
AI Verified source (May 15, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 9d agoMinistry of Commerce of the People's Republic of ChinaChinese government ministry responsible for domestic and foreign trade and commercial policy.votes Against and says:China consistently opposes any practice of overstretching the concept of national security and abusing export controls.
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Governments should fund open-source AI safety tools and red-teaming infrastructure as public goods.
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For (58)Added 11h agoNVIDIAGPU and AI computing companyvotes For and says:Companies and governments should invest in shared open infrastructure for AI defense — datasets, evaluation frameworks, attack simulators and red-teaming tools — much as past generations invested in open source software.
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For (50)Added 11h agoOpenXDigital advertising exchange and ad-tech company that publishes policies for political advertising.votes For and says:
If a Political Advertisement contains an image, video, or audio content that was substantially produced by generative artificial intelligence, the Political Advertisement must display, in legible writing, a disclosure stating “This content generated ...
more AI Verified source (May 4, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 1d agoJennifer PoirierMaine State Representative for Skowhegan.votes Against and says:We should ask ourselves an important question: does the problem require government regulation?
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Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance
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For (82)Added 12h agoGraciela GuzmánIllinois State Senator.votes For and says:Congress must stop that cycle: abolish DHS, end federal data purchases that sidestep constitutional protections, hold corporations accountable, and protect states defending our people.
AI Verified source (Jul 15, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 1mo agoShabana MahmoodUK Home Secretary; Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood; former Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretaryvotes Against and says:When I was in justice, my ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the state can be on you at all times. ...
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For (103)Added 14h agoGovernment of TajikistanNational government of Tajikistan, represented by its Minister for Economy and Trade at a UN AI-development discussion.votes For and says:
Together, through strengthened cooperation and shared commitment, we can ensure that artificial intelligence becomes a powerful tool for sustainable development, innovation, and prosperity for all.
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[🇺🇸 Congress, Mar 2025] Prohibiting deceptive AI-generated media of federal election candidates
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For (48)Added 16h agoEuropean CommissionEU's executive bodyvotes For and says:Transparency obligations will help people recognise when they are interacting with AI or when content has been generated or altered by AI, reducing the risk of deception and manipulation.
AI Verified source (Jul 20, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Added 1mo agoDavid InserraFellow for Free Expression and Technology at the Cato Institutevotes Against and says:A media environment with more false and deceptive information is not a good thing for our society, but it is not the government's job to fix it. [...] Let's trust the American people, not the government, to decide for themselves how AI should be used...
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Require human-in-the-loop oversight for agentic AI systems acting in high-stakes domains
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For (378)Added 20h agoDubai CableEnterprise AI strategy organization participating in the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance.votes For and says:Accountability must be engineered before deployment with the permission, oversight, audit trail need to be designed to build a time-based, not added after an incident.
AI Verified source (Jul 7, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Added 6d agoSteve TidwellSecurity technology writer covering agentic-AI oversight in aerospace and defense.votes Against and says:Industry discourse often presents “Human-in-the-Loop” as the ultimate safeguard for AI deployment, yet this is a dangerous fallacy in high-velocity agentic systems.
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For (70)Added 20h agoPaula Bogantes ZamoraCosta Rican Minister of Foreign Trade and co-chair of the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance thematic discussion on safe, secure and trustworthy AI.votes For and says:
The objective must be minimum practical compatibility across terminology, risk classification, data protection, cybersecurity, documentation, testing, and incident reporting, while allowing countries to sequence implementation according to their inst...
more AI Verified source (Jul 7, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)Added 17d agoChris MeseroleExecutive Director of the Frontier Model Forum; AI policy expert and congressional witness on frontier AI security.votes Against and says:Rather than creating entirely new channels, policymakers should focus on ensuring that existing channels can effectively incorporate information related to frontier models and agents. Building on trusted relationships will be faster and more effectiv...
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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone
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For (164)Added 21h agoJalekim KakkarExecutive Director of the Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University Delhi.votes For and says:We need to replace the onus back on platforms, companies, also governments, parliamentarians, and regulators to set up systems that really truly work safely while allowing for children's autonomy and growth and development.
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For (211)Added 1d agoAlonzo MartinezWriter on employment law, HR technology, and AI governance.votes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 9d agoMinistry of Manpower (Singapore)Singapore government ministry responsible for workforce, employment, and labor policy.abstains and says:
Hence, under the overarching ambit of the National AI Council and together with tripartite partners, we are studying the use of AI tools by businesses and its impact on employment, before deciding the most appropriate approach for Singapore.
AI Verified source (May 5, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (3)Added 10d agoChristopher DavisVice President of Public Policy at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)votes Against and says:The requirement of human review is one of the most burdensome compliance elements for employers, particularly in comparison to states that allow alternative processes rather than human review.
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For (140)Added 1d agoGabriel WeilLaw professor, AI governancevotes For and says:
You want to make them bear that risk. If they do, they’ll have all the incentives they need to reduce risk.
AI Verified source (Jul 13, 2026) 1 of 3DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (3)Added 10d agoMinistry of Digital Development and Information (Singapore)Singapore government ministry responsible for national digital development and information policy, including AI governance.abstains and says:Existing legal principles, such as under tort and contract law, can be applied by our courts to assess and determine liability in appropriate cases. That being said, we share the concerns raised by the Member, and will continue to study this issue, i...
more AI Verified source (May 7, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (19)Added 9d agoThe White HouseExecutive office of U.S. presidentvotes Against and says:States should not be permitted to penalize AI developers for a third party’s unlawful conduct involving their models.
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