We're so grateful for the continued support of Microsoft Ireland. Via their partnership we have been able to continue to support research & education in digital policy that has benefitted researchers educators & stakeholders alike! Excited for what the next five years will bring!✨

We're ✨delighted ✨ to welcome to the Centre @michaelgeers.bsky.social Assistant Professor at @ucdsmurfitschool.bsky.social We're thrilled to welcome you, Michael, and look forward to celebrating your future projects and works🎉 Read more on Michael's work at the link below! 👇

EU terror update highlights increase in young extremists as recruiters target digital addiction and isolation [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] policinginsight.com/feature/anal...

We're so excited to start this new fall semester! 🍂 What are you most excited about this new academic year??

Do our members ever take a break? Nah! Dr Alexandros Minotakis has recently published an article on generative AI and news media, "Concerned, Unprepared and Burdened by the Past: Generative AI in Greek Newsroom." Read the full piece at the link below ⬇️

Interesting public lecture series organised by @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social! If you want to learn more about #AI 's impacts on different aspects of human life, make sure to add these dates to your calendar! 👉 www.tcd.ie/news_events/... #Ethics #Democracy #Economy

Centre member and AI Accountability Lab founder @abeba.bsky.social and colleauges have published a new, open access article, "Computer-vision powers surveillance technology." Read the full fascinating piece at the link below!

🍂 Autumn is here! Time for books, jumpers, and the return of the Dublin Book Fairs! Join us on Sunday 14th September at Merrion Parish Community Centre for a full house of Irish book dealers offering treasures for every reader and collector.

A new journal and call for papers?! 😀 Dr Alexandros Minotakis has joined the editorial board of the new academic journal Workers and Capital We're thrilled to share this informationm and a CfP "Historical Materialism: Workers and Capital" Read more about the CfP and journal at the link below 👇

Great to hear ADAPT & TU Dublin's Dr Dympna O’Sullivan on RTE Radio 1’s Reignite with Áine Kerr discussing why #AI must be accessible & relevant for older adults. Catch up here 👉 agefriendlyai.ie/age-friendly... @researchireland.ie | @wearetudublin.bsky.social | @rte.ie | @rteone.rte.ie

"The Online Safety Act gained widespread attention for the first time last month following the introduction of age verification requirements," X has since identified the Act Act an "overreach” and "a threat to free expression." What are your thoughts on the recent uptakes of the OSA?

New dashboard! 🔎 Explore 30+ years of Digital Bills of Rights 📊 Track trends in digital rights, from privacy & AI to platform governance. The dashboard helps explore how values have shifted over time, region & stakeholder type. 🔗 Try it here: lnkd.in/d_dXZNpG #DigitalRights #REMIT

ICYMI, our newest report on 'Gore and Violent Extremism' is now available #openaccess on our website. Go to voxpol.eu/publications/. Missed the launch webinar? Drop a line to [email protected] from your institutional email address and we'll share the link. #PleaseRS

What are your thoughts on this? Is it surprising given Meta's new crowdsourced content moderation policies and abandonment of factchecking? "A survey of environmental activists found that nearly all of them have experienced harassment on social media, and a majority have feared for their safety."

A new book titled 'Enhancing LLM Performance: Efficacy, Fine-Tuning, and Inference Techniques' has been released today by ADAPT researchers at DCU. Learn more and find out where you can get a copy here: adaptcentre.ie/news-and-eve...

A powerful piece from Ciarán Seoighe, @researchireland.ie, that reinforces why responsible governance and investment are essential to shaping an ethical AI future: www.linkedin.com/pulse/resear...

📢 Call for Short Talks – DAHRSE Midlands 2025 A day of digital humanities + research software! 🎯 Theme: Exploring the Digital Landscape 🗣️ Submit a short or lightning talk by 31 Aug 💸 Travel bursaries available! 🔗 dahrse-midlands.github.io/events/dahrs... #DAHRSE #RSEng #DigitalHumanities #Midlands

The Centre is delighted to welcome our new Advisory Board member, Ian Chambers, to the cohort! 🙌 Ian joins us as Deputy Commissioner for @dpcireland.bsky.social and has been a long-time guest lecturer in our MSc course. We're thrilled to have him joning our expert board 🎉

Looking for help managing your #ResearchData? Join our Research Data Librarian on Fri 25th July for a live demo using #DMPonline to create a Data Management Plan. This session is suitable for researchers needing help navigating DMPonline. Book your place at Library Training: bit.ly/dmpo2507

🎙️👂We're listening @aphrak.bsky.social!

Don't miss the exciting upcoming webinar hosted by Dr @bjjuette.bsky.social "Regulating Innovation in the Digital Environment: Towards a Digital Knowledge Agenda." 📅 10 July 🕓 9.30-11.30 📍 Strasbourg and Online For further information and to join the webinar, following the link below

Important questions here! We wonder: what are you thoughts on children's use of digital platforms and the protections that are in place?

New paper hot off the press www.nature.com/articles/s41... We analysed over 40,000 computer vision papers from CVPR (the longest standing CV conf) & associated patents tracing pathways from research to application. We found that 90% of papers & 86% of downstream patents power surveillance 1/

How should we treat the environmental footprint of #AI supply chains from a policymaking perspective? FORSEE researchers contributed to the public consultation on Apply AI Strategy of the #EU with their take here: forseeproject.eu/embedding-the-environment-into-ai-policy/

Final Book Fair before summer! 📅 Sun 22 June, 10am–4pm 📍 Mount Merrion Parish Centre (A94 R2Y4) 🎟️ €2 entry | Free parking | Accessible Rare + signed books, Irish history, ephemera & more. Hosted by Eddie & Kay. ☕ Drop in for a browse & chat!

We're very proud to celebrate Centre member @kylzjarrett.bsky.social , and colleague Barry Wardell, on the reception of these incredible ERC awards! 👏🔥 Read more at the LinkedIn post below 👇 @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social

An investigation into ethical AI and fair algorithms begs the question, "what does it actually mean for an algorithm to be deployed fairly?" What are your thoughts on this? Comment below 👇 #DigitalPolicyIE #UCDDigitalPolicy

🔍 Meet the 20 new grantees selected through our 2024 global open call! After reviewing over 300 applications, Safe Online has chosen 20 organizations from around the world to receive funding for their approaches to fighting online child sexual exploitation and abuse 🌟 Learn more: lnkd.in/gw2SjxCy

The Digital Authoritarianism Research Lab (DARL) has put out a CfP: Confronting Technofeudalism and Digital Authoritarianism: Challenges and Solutions for the European Regulation, taking place 17 Oct 2025 in Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest Due: June 17, 2025

We were delighted to have supported @anthonypkelly.bsky.social 's recent symposium "Reaction(ary) Media)" on situating influencers, audiences, and antagonisms. Read more on the event and its findings at the blog link below 👇 digitalpolicy.ie/reactionary-...

The Centre was thrilled to support @anthonypkelly.bsky.social's recently hosted symposium "Reaction(ary) Media" which welcomed a day of insightful and timely conversation on situating influencers, audiences and antagonisms. Read more about the event and findings at our new blog post linked below!

A recent IE-NARR workshop from Pat Brodie, Treasa de Loughry & Tomas Buitendijk was hosted in Tallagh, Co. Dublin, and with their follow-up blog, highlighted local community responses to the energy demands of large-scale digitalisation in the area. Read more at link below 👇

We were delighted to support this timely and insightful symposium, brilliantly organised by @anthonypkelly.bsky.social and welcoming expterise from academics, stakeholders, and CSOs. Check out Anthony's thread to read more on the disucssions and findings from the day!

We are so delighted to be supporting today's symposium on Reaction(ary) Media, organised by @anthonypkelly.bsky.social and with @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social welcoming stakeholders, academics & civil society orgs in a policy roundtable on Audience Engagement with Reactionary Media as a Policy Conern

Global developers' insights into Child Rights by Design 📢New #DigitalFutures4Children report by Kruakae Pothong and Sonia Livingstone. 🔎What will it take for digital businesses to respect #ChildRights? For #UNDP we asked them… eprints.lse.ac.uk/128187/1/Pot... @MediaLSE @5RightsFound

⏰ 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭! The next webinar is on Wednesday – and you won’t want to miss it. Kamila Koronska and Shiva Shah will break down how disinfo, hate speech and political rage spilled from X and Facebook into the streets during the 2024 UK riots 🔥 🎟️ Sign up to join live: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

One of our researchers, Dr. Marta Lasek-Markey, recently featured on an episode of the Brains for Business podcast. The episode discusses taking a human rights-based approach to AI governance. You can listen to the whole episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/0jvS...

Yesterday, The Centre collaborated with Coimisiún na Meán to deliver a packed workshop on the vetted researcher application process under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act. Naoise McNally and @kirstypark.bsky.social briefed the room on the status of the forthcoming application process.

@ucdresearch.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdslcl.bsky.social @ucdcs.bsky.social @ucdscience.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucdtl.bsky.social

Another exciting project coming out of @adaptcentre.bsky.social and @ucdischool.bsky.social with our own Brendan Spillane working alongisde ADAPT's Dr Iker Erdocia. Congrats to all involved; we can't wait to see the outcomes! 🎉

⚖️🔎Workshop: Vetted Researcher Access– Navigating Article 40 DSA 🎤Hosted by @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social & Coimisiún na Meán 🗓️Wednesday 21 May- 2:30pm–4pm 📍D101 Newman Building #UCD 📧RSVP: [email protected] to ensure your seat We look forward to welcoming you! #UCDdigitalpolicy #UCDiSchool

Any thoughts to share on this case before the ruling is released?

Welcome @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social!

🌍 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 What’s fueling the climate disinfo wave in 2025? Don't miss this wake-up call webinar! 🗓️ 15 May, 14:30 CEST 🎙️ Ava Lee (@globalwitness.org) 🎙️ Ira Pragnya Senapati (@rippleresearch.bsky.social) 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We're very excited to be supporting this upcoming symposium, "Reaction(ary) Media: Situating Influencers, Audiences and Antagonisms" taking place May 29 in UCD!

Hi folks! I’m very excited to announce details of a one-day international symposium I’m hosting on Thursday 29 May 2025 (09:00–17:30) at @ucddublin.bsky.social. You can find more information on @ucdischool.bsky.social’s website: www.ucd.ie/ics/events/r... 🧵

More exciting updates from our Centre Members! @paraickerrigan.bsky.social & Marguerite Barry have released an entry on Facial Recognition Technology to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, highlighting their intersection with gender and sexual minorities. Read more at the link below!

Don't forget to follow - and submit to! - @dialoguesdigsoc.bsky.social, with @kylzjarrett.bsky.social as Editor in Chief, this journal centres critical debate and reflections on digital societies and cultures See more at the link below journals.sagepub.com/home/DDS

🚨Publication alert🚨 In an important and insightful piece, @susanly.bsky.social and colleagues have released a paper entitled "Europe has a unique chance to establish local social media platforms, to counter the new US technopolitics" Read more below 👇 informationdemocracy.org/2025/04/16/t...

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 Centre member @kylzjarrett.bsky.social has recently published a paper with colleagues, entitled "Dialogues on Digital Society" which highlights Digital systems "are not essential but products of particular social and power relations" Read more at the open access link below