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Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Restricting Real-time Remote Biometric Identification Systems for Law Enforcement Purposes
Blog 8 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the eighth 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 eighth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI Act” series […]
The Rest of the West: Oregon and Washington Build on California Chatbot Law
Introduction The West Coast now has a full set of chatbot laws on the books. Following California’s SB 243 (signed in 2025 and effective January 1, 2026) both Oregon (SB 1546) and Washington (HB 2225) enacted companion chatbot laws that will take effect on January 1, 2027. Together, these laws establish a new framework for […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding the prohibition of biometric categorization for certain sensitive characteristics
Blog 7 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the seventh 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 EU AI Act provides for rules on prohibited AI practices that the […]
2026 Chatbot Legislation Tracker
Co-authored by Rafal Fryc With nearly 100 chatbot-specific bills introduced across states in 2026, a complex and increasingly fragmented compliance landscape is quickly emerging. This tracker helps stakeholders understand that landscape by highlighting chatbot legislation advancing through initial chambers in state legislatures and Congress, and organizing key provisions across proposals to show what is coming […]
Red Lines under EU AI Act: Unpacking the prohibition of emotion recognition in the workplace and education institutions
Blog 6 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the sixth 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 sixth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI Act” […]
Privacy Protections Coming Sooner Rather Than Later to the Sooner State
Oklahoma has become the latest U.S. state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law after Governor Stitt signed SB 546 into law on March 20. This ends two long legislative droughts: First, this is the long-awaited 20th state comprehensive privacy law and the first since the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act was […]
Navigating Autonomy and Privacy in Emerging AgeTech: Insights from the FPF Roundtable
As AgeTech expands into homes across the country—seeking to enable older adults to live independently longer—fundamental questions about autonomy, privacy, and trust are coming into sharper focus. How do we balance caregiver support with individual privacy? Should data pertaining to older adults be treated as “sensitive?” And in a fragmented privacy and consumer protection landscape, […]
Incentives or Obligations? The U.S. Regulatory Approach to Voluntary AI Governance Standards
By FPF Legal Intern Rafal Fryc As artificial intelligence gets increasingly deployed across every sector of the economy, regulators find themselves grappling with a fundamental challenge: how to govern a technology that defies traditional regulatory frameworks and changes faster than legislation can keep pace. One increasingly common approach can be found outside the text of […]
Red Lines under the EU AI Act: Understanding the ban of the untargeted scraping of facial images and facial recognition databases
Blog 5 | Red Lines under the EU AI Act Series This blog is the fifth 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. 1. Introduction The fifth blog in the “Red lines under the EU AI […]
FPF Privacy Papers for Policymakers: Impactful Privacy and AI Scholarship for a Digital Future
FPF recently concluded its 16th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) events, hosting two dynamic virtual ceremonies on March 4 and March 11, 2026. This year’s program centered on the most pressing areas in privacy and AI governance, bringing together global awardees to discuss their research with leading discussants from industry, academia, and civil society. […]