Expert opinions on Digital Rights

The Commissioner’s position on AI companionship is unambiguous: children should not be turning to AI systems for emotional support under any circumstances. Children's emotional needs must be met by trusted adults, by families, by schools, and where n...

Children have given us a clear diagnosis of the problem. They aren't asking us to block AI innovation, but it shouldn't be a case of cleaning up the mess after harm has happened either.

No company should deploy an AI system accessible to children without child-specific safety testing and independent oversight.

By banning AI-generated or manipulated sexual deepfakes and AI-generated child sexual abuse material, we are sending a clear message that technological progress must always go hand in hand with the protection of our fundamental values.

A handful of bills introduced this year seek to categorically ban “deepfakes.” In other words, these bills would make it unlawful to create or share AI-generated content depicting someone saying or doing something that the person did not in reality s...

For years we’ve been stuck with intrusive cookie banners, a clumsy solution that frustrates users and offers little real control. Now, the EU’s Digital Omnibus Regulation proposal, though disappointingly slow to implement, finally sets a clear direct...

The standards for how this works haven't been written yet. And that implementation detail will determine whether this actually works for people, or just replaces one broken system with another that serves the same advertising interests.

Cookie banners will definitely remain — for better or worse.