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|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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|known_for = AI policy, Privacy advocacy, Internet law, chess
| education = [[Harvard College]]
|occupation = President, [[Center for AI and Digital Policy]]; adjunct professor of law, [[Georgetown Law]]
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'''Marc Rotenberg''' (born April 20, 1960) is president and founder of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, an independent non-profit organization, incorporated in Washington, D.C.<ref>[https://www.caidp.org Center for AI and Digital Policy]</ref>
== Center for AI and Digital Policy ==
The Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP) aims to promote a better society, more fair, more just — "a world where technology promotes broad social inclusion based on fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law." CAIDP began as a project of the [[Michael Dukakis Institute.]] CAIDP has provided AI policy advice to many organizations around the world, including the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, the
In 2020, CAIDP published "Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values,"
By the Spring of 2024, CAIDP had established a research network of more than 1,100 participants in 100 countries. There were over 1,200 applicants to the Spring 2024 AI Policy Group. The 2023 Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values Index covered 75 countries and ran over 1,200 pages.<ref>[https://www.caidp.org/reports/aidv-2022/ ''Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values'' (2023)]</ref> There are now more than 51,000 subscribers to the weekly CAIDP Update and 43,000 followers on LinkedIn. According to LinkedIn, CAIDP ranked behind only the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI among the leading AI Policy organizations in the world.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/company/68799019/admin/analytics/competitors/ ''CAIDP, Competitor Analysis'' (March 5, 2024)]</ref> CAIDP is establishing regional hubs and planning new offices in Europe and Asia.
== EPIC ==
Marc Rotenberg was president and executive director of the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]] (EPIC), an independent, public interest research center in Washington, D.C., which he co-founded in 1994. EPIC was involved with a wide range of civil liberties, consumer protection, and human rights issues. EPIC pursued several successful [[consumer privacy]] complaints with the US Federal Trade Commission, concerning Uber (collection of location data), Snapchat (faulty privacy technology), WhatsApp (revised privacy policy after acquisition by Facebook), Facebook (changes in user privacy settings), Google (roll-out of Google Buzz), Microsoft (Hailstorm log-in), and Choicepoint (sale of personal information to identity thieves). EPIC prevailed in significant Freedom of Information Act cases against the CIA, the DHS, the Dept. of Education, the FBI, the NSA, the ODNI, and the TSA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/foia/|title = Freedom of Information Act}}</ref> EPIC filed many "friend of the court" briefs on law and technology, including [[Riley v. California]] (U.S. 2014)(concerning cell phone privacy), and litigated important privacy cases, including [[EPIC v. DHS]] (D.C. Cir. 2011), which led to the removal of the x-ray body scanners in US airports, and [[EPIC v. NSA]] (D.C. Cir. 2014), which led to the release of the NSA's formerly secret cybersecurity authority. EPIC also challenged the NSA's domestic surveillance program in a petition to the US Supreme Court, In re EPIC (U.S. 2013), after the release of the "Verizon Order" in June 2013.<ref>[https://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/13-58.htm "In Re Electronic Privacy Information Center, Petitioner"]</ref> One of EPIC's cases concerned the obligation of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]] to establish privacy regulations prior to the deployment of commercial drones in the United States. EPIC v. FAA (D.C. Cir. 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/privacy/litigation/apa/faa/drones/|title=EPIC v. FAA}}</ref>
In 2017, EPIC launched a project on Democracy and Cybersecurity to determine the extent of Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential election and to prevent future attacks on democratic institutions.<ref>[https://epic.org/democracy/ "Democracy and Cybersecurity: Preserving Democratic Institutions"]</ref> EPIC pursued four Freedom of Information Act lawsuits. In EPIC v. ODNI, EPIC sought the public release of the report of the Intelligence Community on the Russian interference with the 2016 election. In EPIC v. FBI, EPIC sought records concerning the Bureau's response to an attack by a foreign government on the political institutions of the United States. In EPIC v. IRS, EPIC sought the release of Donald Trump's tax returns. In EPIC v. DHS, EPIC helped determine the role of DHS in election integrity. At the 2017 EPIC Champion of Freedom Awards Dinner in Washington, DC, EPIC honored former world chess champion, author, and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov <ref>[https://epic.org/june5/ "2017 EPIC Champions of Freedom Awards Dinner"]</ref> In EPIC v. Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epic.org/privacy/litigation/voter/epic-v-commission/|title=EPIC v. Presidential Election Commission}}</ref> EPIC successfully blocked the "Kobach Commission" from obtaining state voter data. EPIC charged that the
== Advisory
Marc Rotenberg has served on many national and international advisory panels, including the expert panels on Cryptography Policy and Computer Security for the [[OECD]], the Legal Experts on Cyberspace Law for [[UNESCO]], and the Countering Spam program of the [[ITU.]] He is a former
In 2021,
== Support for Civil Society ==
Marc Rotenberg has helped establish several organizations that promote public understanding of computer technology and encourage civil society participation in decisions concerning the future of the Internet. These include the Public Interest Computer Association (1983),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/26/us/new-tool-for-public-affairs-lobbies.html|title=New Tool for Public Affairs Lobbies|newspaper=The New York Times|date=26 August 1983|last1=Burnham|first1=David}}</ref> Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (1985), the conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (1991),<ref>http://www.cfp.org/</ref> the Public Voice Coalition (1996), the [[Public Interest Registry (2003)]], the Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council to the OECD (CSISAC) (2009),<ref>http://www.csisac.org</ref> and the EPIC Public Voice Fund (2018).
== Publications ==
Marc Rotenberg is co-editor of ''Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions'' (The New Press 2015), a collection of articles on the future of privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://epic.org/privacy-book/|title=
== Education and honors ==
== Personal ==
Marc Rotenberg grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. His brother [[Jonathan Rotenberg]] founded the [[Boston Computer Society]] at age 13. Marc is married to Anna Markopoulos Rotenberg, a former economist and now ESL teacher in the District of Columbia and Alexandria Public Schools. A tournament chess player,
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