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10.07.2026
Improving Existing EU Policy to Preserve Cognitive Agency
Policy Brief part I of the series on Democracy in AI-Mediated Information Enviroments
Improving Existing EU Policy to Preserve Cognitive Agency argues that social media and generative AI are transforming our information environments in ways that make it increasingly difficult to determine what is credible, what is trustworthy, and whether content is human or AI generated. As a result, citizens' cognitive agency, their ability to independently assess and revise their beliefs, is increasingly under threat - and with that, so are democratic processes.
Rather than calling for entirely new legislation, we argue that existing European frameworks, including the Digital Services Act (DSA), the AI Act, and the Democracy Shield Initiative, can be strengthened in targeted ways to better address these emerging challenges.
Jacqueline Bellon Jacqueline Bellon from the Center for Ethics (IZEW) contributed to the letter.
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