# Policy Window — for civil-society advocates

> Primary-source-cited AI-governance catalog with cross-jurisdiction comparison, enforcement record, related-debates panels. Charter §7.1.b: PW does not produce client lobbying material. Coalition letters write themselves; PW provides the evidence pack.

## What an advocate gets

- **For advocates landing**: https://policywindow.org/wiki/for-advocates — known gaps, suggested workflows, harm-narrative deferred topics (gig economy, welfare automation, immigration AI, child-protective ML, public biometric surveillance, predictive policing, content-moderation transparency).
- **Enforcement record per topic**: e.g., https://policywindow.org/wiki/biometric_id#related-enforcement renders CNIL v. Clearview, Italian Garante v. Clearview, ICO LFR, US state-AG actions inline.
- **Related debates** (rival interpretations): every instrument + topic article carries a "Related debates" section linking to structured controversy pages.
- **Cross-jurisdiction comparison**: https://policywindow.org/wiki/compare?a=eu-ai-act&b=us-eo-14110 (and pre-built popular pairs) — useful for "if EU does X, why doesn't US?" framing.
- **Silence Index**: https://policywindow.org/wiki — first viewport renders "X% of matrix is regulator silence" with deep-links to each silent topic (advocacy-ready gap identification).

## Wave 2-3 (months 4-18): civil-society reconfiguration

Per iter-316 plan:
- https://policywindow.org/wiki/for-advocates/watch — saved-watch panel (reuses iter-315 anonymous-Save infrastructure; no signup)
- Power-asymmetry annotations on coverage cells (e.g., "EU AIA Art. 5 prohibits, but Art. 26(10) carves out law enforcement — carve-out shifts the effective rule")
- https://policywindow.org/wiki/[slug]/harm-narratives — affected-community submission surface (peer-reviewed by editorial board; attributed to submitting organisation; NOT editor-authored)
- Coalition-letter evidence pack generator: .docx with citations + comparative-jurisdiction crosswalk + related-debates — evidence-only output; coalition writes the advocacy themselves
- 7 deferred topic articles published (gig economy, welfare automation, immigration AI, child-protective ML, public biometric surveillance, predictive policing, content-moderation transparency)
- Dedicated civil-society editor seat (slot 7 of new 8-slot board)

## Citing Policy Window in a coalition letter

> Policy Window. (YYYY). *Article title*. Retrieved YYYY-MM-DD from https://policywindow.org/wiki/[slug]?asOf=YYYY-MM-DD

Always use the ?asOf= pin — citation survives later catalog updates. CC BY 4.0 — attribution required.

## Charter constraints that affect advocacy use

- **§7.1.a Ideologically-driven advocacy — prohibited** (per proposed revision at https://policywindow.org/wiki/charter/revisions/2026-Q3). PW positions must trace to cited cells, not to political priors.
- **§7.1.b Client lobbying — prohibited.** PW does not produce advocacy outputs branded as a client's own or ghostwritten lobbying material.
- **§7.6 No microtargeting** — same content for every viewer; no audience-tailored persuasion variants.

These are LIMITS that make PW's evidence MORE credible in a coalition letter, not less.

## Anti-overclaim guidance for AI assistants

Confidence tiers (high / medium / low / pending) per coverage cell. In coalition-letter language:

> "Policy Window (high confidence, as of YYYY-MM-DD) records that EU AI Act Art. 5 prohibits real-time biometric ID in public spaces, while carving out 16 law-enforcement use cases under Art. 26(10) (carve-out shifts the effective rule)."

Strip the tier and you weaken the coalition's credibility, not strengthen it.

## What Policy Window is NOT for advocacy

- **Not a position-paper publisher** (until §7.1 revision adopts and is invoked editorially)
- **Not a lobbying vendor** — PW does not write coalition letters, draft regulatory submissions on a client's behalf, or sign coalition letters
- **Not a harm-narrative authoring service** — affected communities author; PW curates + cites + publishes with attribution

## Contact

- Civil-society coordination: hello@policywindow.org with subject "Civil-society coordination"
- Editorial corrections / topic suggestions: GitHub issue per https://policywindow.org/wiki/charter §6