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Professor ICT Law at KU Leuven
@citip.bsky.social
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Daphne Keller
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@aleksandraq.bsky.social
and
@jpquintais.bsky.social
have put out what is sure to be the definitive work on must-carry laws in the EU.
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‘Must-carry’, special treatment and freedom of expression on online platforms: a European story | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
‘Must-carry’, special treatment and freedom of expression on online platforms: a European story
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-law-open/article/mustcarry-special-treatment-and-freedom-of-expression-on-online-platforms-a-european-story/0A1E5B2512C3145E9B8DD61BFCD9D4F6
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CiTiP KU Leuven
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🚨 New Blog Post by
@msas25.bsky.social
From Australia’s bans to Europe’s push for mandatory age verification, lawmakers are reshaping how children access social media. But do these measures truly protect children or risk excluding them from vital online opportunities?
#ChildRights
#OnlineSafety
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Please let me in! Should children be banned from social media? - CiTiP blog
This blogpost is the part. 1 of a trilogy. It provides an overview of the current legislative initiatives imposing age restrictions on social media and evaluates them from a children’s right perspecti...
https://shorturl.at/TMl0d
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Graham Smith
21 days ago
Significant new CJEU decision on online marketplaces, GDPR, eCommerce Directive liability shields and the relationship between them.
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https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2025-12/cp250150en.pdf
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Nathalie A. Smuha
2 months ago
I wrote a blogpost about the use of Generative
#AI
in
#education
and how it might adversly affect
#democracy
in three ways: cognitively, socially and politically. You can read it on the
@icon-s.bsky.social
Blog:
www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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Daphne Keller
4 months ago
Ahead of tomorrow's hearing on European "censorship" of Americans under the Digital Services Act, I have a new blog post explaining why that is not a thing. You can get the gist in about two minutes of skimming the bold text, or stay for the details. 1/
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A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/a-primer-on-cross-border-speech-regulation-and-the-eus-digital-services-act/
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Mark Lemley
5 months ago
To be clear, for teenagers this is basically the equivalent of banning them from watching television or reading the news
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption
Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-youtube-scraps-exemption-2025-07-29/
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Luca Bertuzzi
7 months ago
EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said the Commission doesn’t “rule out” postponing parts of the AI Act, citing the need for standards before rules apply. Czechia called for a 2-year delay, Germany expressed openness, & Spain warned against deregulation.
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EU’s Virkkunen doesn't 'rule out' postponing parts of the AI Act | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Standards and guidelines must be in place to support the implementation of the AI Act before its rules take effect, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said today, acknowledging that she does not “rule o...
https://www.mlex.com/mlex/artificial-intelligence/articles/2350256/eu-s-virkkunen-doesn-t-rule-out-postponing-parts-of-the-ai-act
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Back at
#CPDP
this year to discuss the DSA as a Tool in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence. And
#EthicalPorn
. Organised & moderated by Prof
@ggf.bsky.social
, together w/ Elisabetta Stringhi,
@ashaoallen.bsky.social
& Farieha Aziz. See the recording
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn6Q...
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CPDP.ai 2025 - The DSA as a tool in the fight against gender based violence
YouTube video by CPDPConferences
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn6QCictBQg
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Thomas REGNIER
7 months ago
Children should not have access to pornographic content. Today, the Commission opens DSA probes into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX & Xvideos. They should: - prevent kids from accessing their services. - assess and mitigate risks Minor protection online remains our top priority.
europa.eu/!Y9488W
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Lilian Edwards
7 months ago
Gikii 2025 in lovely Amsterdam has extended its CfP till May 31. Sept 11-12 th at IViR. Get your geek on and set your geek clogs tapping! No i don’t know what i mean either 😂
www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...
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Gikii 2025: Amsterdam CfP
GiKii 2025 – Call for Papers Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 11-12 September 2025 Technology in its villain era Has technology’s slouch towards everm…
https://www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-amsterdam/
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Rebekah Tromble
7 months ago
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/
expertvoicestogether.org
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Weizenbaum-Institut
9 months ago
✨ Join us on June 4 & 5, 2025 for the 7th Weizenbaum Conference “Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies” ✨ 👉 🔗 Register now:
www.weizenbaum-conference.de
#Democracy
#Empowerment
#Community
#Power
#DigitalResearch
#WIConf25
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
8 months ago
⚡ Applications are now open for our next internship round. Join ECPMF for three months in Leipzig and work on real-world media freedom and human rights projects:
ecpmf-sce-mbh.jobs.personio.de/job/1433706?...
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vera.ai
8 months ago
Read more at
@ebu.ch
about our webinar series. And view all editions on demand if you like!
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Series of veraAI webinars highlights research on AI against disinformation
Since September 2022, the EBU has been participating in veraAI, a Horizon Europe project that develops AI-based tools against disinformation. Join us in our webinar series about the research behind th...
https://tech.ebu.ch/news/2025/04/series-of-veraai-webinars-highlights-research-on-ai-against-disinformation
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Claes de Vreese
8 months ago
Sadly needed. Initiative (pilot) to support counter-disinformation professionals: fact checkers, journalists, researchers. Assistance for fx legal aid, digital security, psychological support, emergency training, and other urgent needs.
gulbenkian.pt/emifund/news...
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EMIF launches SAFE Initiative
The initiative SAFE: Support and Assistance Facility for Experts is open permanently for applications until 27 Feb 2025.
https://gulbenkian.pt/emifund/news/emif-launches-safe-initiative/
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Techmeme
8 months ago
A French law requiring adult sites to run age checks and block users under 18 became applicable to sites based in France and outside of the EU on April 11 (Politico)
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Alvaro Oleart
9 months ago
Sick & tired of tech oligarchs & how disinformation is monetised? Check out the paper by Julia Rone (and follow her on Bluesky!) & I published today in
@cogitatiomac.bsky.social
: “Reversing the Privatisation of the Public Sphere: Democratic Alternatives to the EU’s Regulation of Disinformation” 👇
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Center for Democracy & Technology
9 months ago
CDT Europe is hiring in Brussels! We’ve got two open roles and we’d love your help spreading the word. 👇
cdt.org/careers/
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Careers
Do the possibilities presented by an innovative, open, and free internet inspire you? Do you find yourself engaged in passionate discussions about privacy policies? If so, you might be a great fit for our team.
https://cdt.org/careers/
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CiTiP KU Leuven
9 months ago
📣New blog post! Flavia Giglio discusses the legal implications of the Paragon case, concerning the alleged involvement of the Italian government in the surveillance of journalists and other members of civil society by means of a military spyware.
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The Paragon case: Walking the fine line between press freedom and national security in Italy and the EU - CiTiP blog
The Italian government has recently been at the center of a controversy, due to its alleged role in surveilling journalists and other members of the civil society with military spyware. This blog post...
https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/the-paragon-case-walking-the-fine-line-between-press-freedom-and-national-security-in-italy-and-the-eu/
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Rosamunde Van Brakel
9 months ago
Come and work with me in Brussels
@crisresearch.bsky.social
! I’m looking for a postdoc specialised in children’s rights and digital
#criminology
. Please repost& send to anyone who might be interested. Deadline 9th of May
#digitalcriminology
#surveillance
jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
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Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
https://jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-Postdoctoral-Researcher-Children's-Rights-and-Online-Child-Sexual-Abuse-Investigations/1189453801/
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Evelyn Douek
9 months ago
I wrote about the surreal experience of teaching the First Amendment right now on a green card, teaching lofty doctrine while the government is rounding up people like me for things they say
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?
Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/free-speech-deportation-crackdown/682258/
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Melissa Gomez
9 months ago
The lawsuit, reviewed by The Times, alleges Oliver and “Last Week Tonight” producer Partially Important Productions linked Morley to a drastic decrease in Medicaid services and accused him of thinking “it’s ok if people have s— on them for days.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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John Oliver sued by healthcare boss he rebuked on air over 'bowel movement' comments
A former health insurance boss has taken legal action against 'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver, filing a defamation lawsuit against the Emmy winner.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2025-04-02/john-oliver-defamation-lawsuit-healthcare-boss-last-week-tonight
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Verfassungsblog
9 months ago
"Silencing Greenpeace" A North Dakota jury has ruled that Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars over pipeline protests. CHRISTINA ECKES and PHILLIP PAIEMENT argue: The Greenpeace case is a significant test for the EU's Anti-SLAPP Directive.
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Mary Anne Franks
9 months ago
My written testimony for yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the so-called "censorship industrial complex," which is more detailed than my opening statement, can be downloaded here:
www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/202...
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Download File: 2025-03-25_Testimony_Franks | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/2025-03-25_testimony_franks
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Nathalie A. Smuha
9 months ago
Join us for a discussion on the Ethics of
#GenerativeAI
in Research and its societal implications! The event takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 25/03, 12:00-14:00 (with a sandwich lunch) at KU Leuven Heverlee campus. Info:
www.kuleuven.be/ethics-kuleu...
Registration:
www.kuleuven.be/ethics-kuleu...
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Cristina Caffarra
9 months ago
Last Monday 100 CEOs of European digital/tech companies wrote to EC to offer support for a
#digital_sovereignty
strategy. This the time to move.
#EuroStack
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CiTiP KU Leuven
9 months ago
📣A New CiTiP Working Paper on the regulation of AI liability in the EU is online! The paper consists of 6 research briefs that discuss some issues and solutions to move forward, to inform non-expert readers/a broader audience and interested stakeholders after the withdrawal of the AILD Proposal.
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Briefs on Artificial Intelligence and Liability - Some Points of Attention and Future Perspectives
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives and so is academic research on its impact on various legal domains. One of th
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5183304
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CiTiP KU Leuven
9 months ago
Reacting to the geopolitical turmoil triggered by the Trump administration, Europe is tempted to follow a deregulatory agenda and to ‘simplify’ its legislative arsenal. This has prompted the question whether we need less regulation. Charlotte Ducuing argues that this is not the right question. 👇
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More or less regulation: This is (not) the question - CiTiP blog
As part of what commentators increasingly refer to as a turn to techno-fascism (see here and there and also there among many others), the US new Trump administration notably deploys a severe deregulat...
https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/more-or-less-regulation-this-is-not-the-question/
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Sylvie Lomer
9 months ago
Academics travelling to the US need to be aware of this - if hotel costs count as illegal work, any paid for speaking invitations could put us at risk.
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European Centre for Press and Media Freedom
9 months ago
Trump puts hundreds of journalists at US-funded media like Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe on leave, barring them from offices and revoking press passes.
www.lemonde.fr/en/united-st...
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Trump puts journalists at US-funded media outlets on leave
Hundreds of staff at Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email saying they will be barred from their offices and should surrender press passes and...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2025/03/15/trump-freezes-us-funded-media-outlets-goodbye-white-house-says_6739195_133.html
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CiTiP KU Leuven
9 months ago
#AI
#liabiliy
has recently attracted a lot of attention at the EU level with the withdrawal of the proposal for an AI Liability Directive. The Robotics & AI Law Society,
@citip.bsky.social
and the Knowledge Centre Data & Society organise a webinar on 18 March 2025 on the topic. More information 👇
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18.03.2025 – AI Liability: Where Should the European Union (Not) Go? (Webinar) - Robotics & AI Law Society - RAILS
https://ai-laws.org/2025/03/05/18-03-2025-ai-liability/
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DSA Observatory
10 months ago
The DSA Observatory Newsletter is live! Our latest edition recaps DSA developments of 2025 so far—from the impacts of Trump 2.0 to the German federal elections and recent enforcement measures. 👉 Find the link to our newsletter and sign up for future editions here:
mailchi.mp/uva/dsa-news...
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michael veale
11 months ago
Now hiring in law & tech
@ucllaws.bsky.social
! Lecturer/Assoc Prof in IP & IT law: intersection of platform reg, emerging tech, copyright/designs. Join me
@bernardkeenan.bsky.social
Orla Lynskey
@alinatrapova.bsky.social
Ilanah Fhima, Matt Fisher, Robin Jacob & friends
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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It’s here! It’s here! The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics & Policy of AI, edited by our brilliant
@nathaliesmuha.bsky.social
. Full open access! Check out the chapter on
#AI
& Media written by
@lidiadutkiewicz.bsky.social
,
@noemiekrack.bsky.social
, myself & Prof. Peggy Valcke
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CiTiP KU Leuven
10 months ago
CiTiP is at KU Leuven Inside celebrating 600 years of KU Leuven! Get to know our work and discuss various topics with our researchers, incl.
#disinformation
,
#AI
glasses,
#cybersecurity
,
#influencers
& more today until 16.00! 📍 Where? De Valk, Tiensestraat 41, Leuven
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Come visit us tomorrow! Together with my fantastic colleagues we will be happy to tell you more about our IT law research ⬇️⬇️
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CiTiP KU Leuven
11 months ago
In December, we hosted Agustina Del Campo & Nicolás Zara from
@celeup.bsky.social
to discuss their upcoming paper on systemic risks and fundamental rights in the Digital Services Act, discussed with
@aleksandraq.bsky.social
&
@jvh.bsky.social
. See the read-up:
www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/r...
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Risks and Rewards: CELE and CiTiP cohost roundtable on systemic risks and fundamental rights in the Digital Services Act - CiTiP blog
On December 4, 2024, the Center for IT and IP Law at KU Leuven (CiTiP) and the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information (CELE) at Universidad de Palermo co-hosted an in-pe...
https://www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/blog/risks-and-rewards-cele-and-citip-cohost-roundtable-on-systemic-risks-and-fundamental-rights-in-the-digital-services-act/
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Nathalie A. Smuha
11 months ago
Delighted to announce the 5th(!) edition of the KU Leuven
#SummerSchool
on the Law, Ethics & Policy of
#AI
. - Dates: 30 June - 9 July - Apply: 10 Feb - 17 March - Info:
www.law.kuleuven.be/ai-summer-sc...
We'll celebrate this jubileum with some special activities which we hope you'll join!👇 (1/2)
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