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Amy Winecoff

Senior Technologist

Amy Winecoff is the Senior Technologist at the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University. Her work focuses on developing technically informed, empirically grounded approaches to strengthen technology policy and governance, with particular attention to protecting individuals affected by digital technologies.

She has extensive expertise in AI governance, especially in the areas of transparency, evaluation, and mental health. Her research has appeared in academic venues such as RecSys, CHI, AIES, and First Monday, as well as in policy publications including Tech Policy Press and Compiler. She has also served as a responsible technology advisor to startup accelerators. Earlier in her career, as a data scientist, she developed and deployed production-scale recommendation systems for e-commerce companies.

Previously, she was a researcher at the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP), and an assistant professor at Bard College. She holds a PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from Duke University, bringing a social science perspective to her work on technology policy and governance.

The Latest From Amy Winecoff

As Age Assurance Moves Into Practice, What Can Policymakers Learn From New York?

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As Age Assurance Moves Into Practice, What Can Policymakers Learn From New York?

Age assurance is entering a new phase. From the recent multistate Meta settlement and California legislation to New York’s final SAFE for Kids Act rules, broad requirements to protect youth online are now being translated into concrete requirements for how companies determine users’ ages, measure whether their systems work, and demonstrate compliance. As these implementation frameworks take shape, New York’s approach offers important early lessons for policymakers across jurisdictions developing their own age assurance rules.

Amy Winecoff

Age Assurance Rules: An Implementation Guide

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Age Assurance Rules: An Implementation Guide

KGI’s Age Assurance Rules provides practical recommendations for designing age assurance rules that support youth online safety while appropriately accounting for tradeoffs involving privacy, service availability, competition, and openness.

Amy Winecoff, Alissa Cooper

Assigning Responsibility for Age Assurance: Recommendations for Youth Online Safety

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Assigning Responsibility for Age Assurance: Recommendations for Youth Online Safety

KGI’s Assigning Responsibility for Age Assurance examines how policymakers can allocate responsibility for age assurance across the digital ecosystem. It provides practical recommendations for assigning age assurance obligations in ways that support youth online safety while appropriately accounting for tradeoffs involving privacy, competition, accessibility, and openness.

Amy Winecoff, Alissa Cooper

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