We asked the AIs who to vote for — see what they answered, even though they were prohibited from taking a position.
The BBC News Brazil tested AI responses to questions about candidate preferences in the 2026 elections. Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, explained that the risk goes beyond people asking directly who to vote for, but also in how they search with AI-generated summaries in internet searches, which do not always provide correct information or sufficient context.
Deepnudes, AI, and digital violence: what changes for the platforms?
Experts point to progress in combating cybercrime, but raise doubts about the oversight and structure of the ANPD (National Data Protection Authority). Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc points out that cases such as slander and injury continue under the previous regime of the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, which still depend on a court order for removal.
What changes with the new federal government decrees on digital platforms?
Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, shared an analysis of the impacts of decrees regulating the Civil Rights Framework for the Internet, pointing out that the text prioritizes transparency mechanisms and procedural duties instead of focusing on the removal of specific content.
Algorithms as Institutions of Online Gender Violence
In a recent article, Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, discusses how algorithmic systems can amplify and monetize online gender-based violence, and analyze what due diligence obligations arise from international human rights law for companies and the Brazilian state.
How to report digital violence? Platforms have up to 2 hours to remove sexual deepfake content.
A new decree establishes stricter rules for big tech companies and now includes images generated by artificial intelligence in the fight against digital violence against women. Yasmin Curzi, DTD Lab postdoc, points to a structural problem in big tech, which increasingly bets on the use of AI for the moderation of posts and complaints.
The State of Data Center Policy in the United States
The regulatory landscape for data centers in the U.S. has shifted in recent years from a period of aggressive economic incentives to a phase of intense scrutiny, restriction, and community-led resistance. To track these changes, the data center policy database aims to bring transparency around zoning, permitting, and regulating data centers and their impacts on communities.
David Nemer selected for 2026 CIP Award for Impact & Excellence
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public is pleased to announce the University of Virginia’s David Nemer as the winner of the 2026 CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, which recognizes an individual or organization that has made outstanding contributions, achievements, or bodies of work that mitigates major information challenges that impact our civic health.
The case for the Student Technology Council
A committee-review model like the STC would offer the agility and adaptability needed to navigate the evolving AI frontier at the University. A partnership between the Sloane Lab and Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, the STC initiative is meant to act as a legislative body of students elected by peers to perform technology advocacy on behalf of the student body.
The next World Cup won’t be only about passion for soccer. It will also be about betting obsession
For most of soccer’s history, fans all around the world cheered for goals and other skillful moves, but now online betting platforms have broken the game into hundreds of small financial bets, changing what soccer means emotionally for many of its fans. In a recent article, David Nemer, DTD faculty co-lead, explored this shift which raises urgent questions about fandom, identity, and the social costs of turning soccer into a marketplace.
Predicted: Mona Sloane’s Debut Book Explores AI’s Social Power
In her new book, DTD Lab faculty co-lead Mona Sloane unpacks how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work, interact, and make decisions — often without us noticing. Drawing on years of research at the intersection of AI and society, Sloane invites readers to think of AI not as an unstoppable force, but as something society still has the power to guide.
