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- UN Joint Declaration on AI and expression
- India floats AI labeling rules
- Robby Starbuck sues Google
- The Sora 2 Deepfake Controversy

This month’s edition covers:
- New report testing chatbots and laws on free speech
- Dutch probe finds chatbots gave biased election advice
- California and Congress target AI companions for minors

Its goal is to develop policy guidance, grounded in international human rights law, to ensure that emerging technologies—particularly generative AI—protect and promote rather than undermine the right to freedom of expression and democratic discourse.

More info: futurefreespeech.org/call-for-par...

The roundtable is part of a two-year joint initiative led by @futurefreespeech.org , in partnership with Örebro University and supported by The Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation. The project explores the intersection of generative AI and freedom of expression.

(For more on the free speech concerns surrounding the EU’s AI Act, check out @jordicalbad.bsky.social’s piece at @techpolicypress.bsky.social):

🇪🇺 "¿Quién decide qué es bueno para la sociedad?" @jordicalbad.bsky.social argumenta que los esfuerzos de la UE para regular la IA pueden tener consecuencias no deseadas para la libertad de expresión. www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/who-decide...

Link to the piece: www.bedrockprinciple.com/p/who-decide...

I recently had the pleasure of participating in an event in Brussels organized by @thegni.bsky.social and @dtspartnership.bsky.social on DSA systemic risks, which brought together civil society and tech companies. I’ve written up the reflections I shared at the event in this piece.

We have long emphasized the importance of safeguarding freedom of expression in relation to the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), as @jordicalbad.bsky.social and @joanbarata.bsky.social argue in the piece cited by this report: www.techpolicy.press/the-european...