The digital rights movement faces a funding crisis, autocratic tech, and fragmentation. The antidote? Radically networking its resources and agenda. Great piece by @claudioruiz.com

✨ Countdown starts: in 1 month our #4DCongress takes over Barcelona with #DigitalRights at the centre 🚀 📅 Oct 28, Barcelona 🎟️ Free entry but seats are limited → register now! 👉 Organised by @X_net_ @accentobert_ 🔗 4d.cat/en/conference/

APPLY: Applications for CDT’s 2026 cohort of Fellows are open. The deadline to apply is Monday, October 6. CDT’s Fellows program is an opportunity for academics to engage directly with + inform our policy work and represents a wide range of academic fields & disciplines: cdt.org/about/fellows/

#MeetTheNetwork – Steering Committee Series Say hello to Dr Joanna Kulesza, Assistant Professor of International Law at the University of Łódź and Director of the Lodz Cyber Hub (www.cyber.uni.lodz.pl), where she researches how international law applies in cyberspace.

Over half of McGregor's presidential campaign posts on X filled with false claims and threats. A report from @edmoireland.bsky.social and DCU has found that his rhetoric, amplified by Elon Musk, normalised misinformation during his bid. Read more in @thejournal.ie: launch.dcu.ie/46nUi2j

🔍📊 Looking back to look forward: We visualized key terms from ZeMKI Research Reports 2011 & 2024. The shift is clear: from media literacy to AI and digital gaming. Join the conversation at the ZeMKI Anniversary Conference! 📅 22.–24. Oct 2025, Bremen 📧 Register: [email protected]

📢 DCN member Dariia Opryshko is organising the upcoming AI4IA European Regional Conference, happening online on 23 September. The conference features panels on AI and information consumption, Common European data spaces & synthetic data. Registration is possible via: forms.gle/H7vfWL4kZMxx...

And a reminder that _Algorithms of Resistance_ is fully #openaccess, so can be read by anyone, right now(!): direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

Honored to have chaired the Panel “Institutionalizing #Cybersecurity in the #EU: A Distinctive Approach?” at #SISP2025 in Naples, hosted by Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. More on presentations and discussants at: www.sisp.it/wp-content/u...

From 1/12–12/12/2025, the University of Paris-Est Créteil will host the 4th edition of la Quinzaine du droit du numérique. UPEC is offering research scholarships through the EPILDAI Network! 👉 Learn more and apply here: emildai.eu/call-for-app... #EMILDAI #EPILDAI #Research

join us for the 4th session of our Gender & Tech Online Talk Series on Sept. 29th, 11AM, EDT. we are eager to host two brilliant keynote speakers, Paz Peña (Mozilla Foundation) and Tamara Kneese (Data & Society), who will discuss the social and environmental impacts of technocapitalism. more info: 👇

#CallForPapers: Inclusive by Design? Participatory Governance & the Future of Digital Public Spaces. Researchers are invited to explore digital public spaces, participation, inclusion & power. Abstracts: Oct 15,2025 | Full papers: Mar 1,2026 policyreview.info/events/call-... @hiigberlin.bsky.social

Honored to have been invited as a speaker at CAISspecial: #Value-Based #Research on #DigitalTransformation on September 3, 2025, organized by @cais-research.bsky.social A heartfelt thank-you to CAIS for the invitation and to all participants for such a rich and thought-provoking dialogue.

#CfP: Inclusive by design? Special issue on #participatory governance & the future of #digital public spaces! Edited by @jottbees.bsky.social @marco-waehner.bsky.social Christiane Eilders & Tim A. Majchrzak. @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 Submit abstract by 15 Oct: policyreview.info/events/call-...

Who is Really Fueling your #AI? Join us on September 17 to discuss precarization and resistance in #datawork, with the @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social and @superrrnetwork.bsky.social. Don't miss your chance to meet some of the shadow workforce behind AI. buff.ly/dHMHXPV

AI policy debates in Brazil: struggles over regulation, governance and labour. New article in the journal Global Political Economy Authors: Rafael Grohmann, Edemilson Paraná, Jonas CL Valente and Roseli Figaro Link: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

How is EU trade policy shifting toward economic security amid US challenges to the multilateral system? Join us at DCU (and online) on 11 Sept, 2–4pm for “Economic Security and EU Trade Policy”. Keynote: Phil Hogan, followed by a panel discussion. Register here: www.dcu.ie/deli/dcu-eve...

"Bluesky: growing status as social media platform of choice for world’s scientists... ...more engagement and original scrutiny than on X" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Excited to have discussed my paper " #GlobalGovernance of #AI: #Neoliberal, #DigitalSovereigntist, and #DigitalConstitutionalism Models in the #EU, #US, and #China” at the 18th EISA Pan-European Conference on #InternationalRelations (PEC 2025) last week.

[New paper] Brussels effect or experimentalism? The EU AI Act and global standard-setting, By @vuamsterdam.bsky.social's @bencrum.nl policyreview.info/articles/ana... #AIAct #EU #BrusselsEffect

Thirty years ago, this week, an article diagnosing the "Californian Ideology" of Silicon Valley was published. This scathing critique has become a badge of honor for the new tech right. As I argue today in Tech Policy Press, it has never been more relevant: www.techpolicy.press/thirty-years...

Honored to have served as a discussant at the 18th EISA Pan-European Conference on #InternationalRelations (PEC 2025) in #Bologna, for the panel “Entangling International Relations & #Quantum Technologies”. Grateful to @paultimmers.bsky.social (chair) for organizing and leading the session!

Come and join us in the third webinar of our Gender and Tech Online Talk Series - this time to discuss platform governance from an intersectional perspective with the amazing Julie Owono and Coleen Carrigan. More details below! See you there?

The International Journal of Communication is launching a Special Section on The Imaginative Landscape of AI: Visions, Positions, Conflicts. Submissions that empirically explore emerging imaginaries, ideological positions, and conflicts surrounding AI are invited.

Who is really fueling your #AI? 🤔 It's not just code & algorithms. Behind every LLM are millions of people, often in invisible roles. Join us, @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social, @milamiceli.bsky.social @superrrnetwork.bsky.social & on Sept. 17 to hear directly from data workers! 🔗 buff.ly/2ug32Bx

What is AI’s current capabilities? Does it live up to the hype? And how can it be used in everyday scenarios? Prof Alan Smeaton, Emeritus Professor @dcucomputing.bsky.social, joins @adrianweckler.bsky.social on this week’s episode of The Big Tech Show @independent.ie. Listen: launch.dcu.ie/4mt59i5

DCU's Dr Dónal Mulligan @donalmulligan.com and Ciarán O'Connor @ciaranoconnor.bsky.social explore the anxiety about whether we are in a bubble - and what might happen if it pops in the latest episode of their podcast 'Enough About AI'. You can listen to the full episode here: launch.dcu.ie/41lYspI

1/ 🧵 #MeetTheNetwork Meet Dr Jens Pohlmann, a #DCN member and Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies at @ucdavis.bsky.social. Jens studies platform governance, freedom of expression, and digital sovereignty, adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary focus.

Registration for the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) Summit 2025 is now open. Join us in Brussels on 13 October to discuss media resilience, economic viability, journalists’ safety, legal protection, AI governance, and the implementation of EU safeguards. www.mfrr.eu/mfrr-summit-...

🚨Calling all digital markets scholars!🚨 We invite original research on #DMA enforcement for our 3rd DMA Enforcement Symposium in Brussels (20-21 Nov 2025). Explore overlooked themes, enforcement gaps, global perspectives & more. Deadline July 30! #DigitalMarketsAct #TechRegulation #CallForPapers

🔗https://www.cais-research.de/event/caisspecial-value-based-research-on-digital-transformation/

📢 #CAISspecial: @nicolapalladino.bsky.social (Universität Salerno) & @katschwerzmann.bsky.social (@kwi-essen.bsky.social) discuss the need for ethical, value-based approaches in research on digital transformation. 🗓 September 3 ⏰ 4–5 PM CET 📍CAIS Bochum & online

The 4D European Conference, Democratic Digitalisation and Digital Rights will be held on October 28, 2025 in Barcelona. The programme includes topics like digital public infrastructure, Internet access rights, and disinformation.

ADAPT is partnering with the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and @insightcentre.bsky.social for a conference exploring the future of #AI and #education across the post-primary and higher education sectors on Tues, 23rd September. 🎟 Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

1/ 🧵 #MeetTheNetwork Today we're introducing Dr. @martamaroni.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Law and Digital Democracy at @maastrichtu.bsky.social. Marta's work bridges public law, digital constitutionalism and critical socio-legal research on internet governance and corporate power.

Between August 4 and 8, 2025, an international #WorkingGroup met at CAIS & explored debates on #SocialMediaRegulation & #FreedomOfSpeech – analyzing key actors, narratives & cultural contexts. 👉 More: www.cais-research.de/ags/social-m... #PlatformGovernance #DiscourseAnalysis #CAIScollege

⚖️ Is the rule of law still holding? Democratic institutions are facing pressure and Rule of Law is backsliding. This year’s Rule of Law Conference takes a hard look at where we stand across Europe and beyond. We’ll analyse setbacks & contradictions & explore where meaningful action is possible! ⬇️

🧵 #MeetTheNetwork 1/ Meet Edoardo Celeste - another #DCN founding member & Associate Professor of Law, Tech & Innovation at DCU (@dublincityuni.bsky.social) - where he researches digital rights, privacy & platform governance across EU and global contexts. More on Edoardo's work: lnkd.in/eHEP7Xna

The Public Voices in AI project proposes a special issue in the journal Big Data and Society, aiming to advance scholarship on the state-of-the-art and future prospects of including public voices in AI. Find out more here: digitalgood.net/call-for-abs...

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

Join us at DCU on 11 September for our event, featuring Phil Hogan, former EU Trade Commissioner, and a high-level panel of experts. We’ll examine how the EU is balancing openness with security, managing supply chain risks, transatlantic tensions, and economic coercion.

⚡ Big news! ⚡ We're thrilled to announce that are teaming up with @psampg.bsky.social to host our *first* joint conference on "Navigating Digital Democracy" 📩 at Bournemouth University on 8-9 Jan, with an online pre-conf session on the 7 Jan - submission deadline is the 26 Sep more details in 🧵

📢 Call for Papers – AI & Sensitive Data Conference in Parma! Our friends at Università di Parma are hosting an international conference on "Artificial Intelligence and Sensitive Data" this October in Parma 🇮🇹. 🔗 More info: www.diritticomparati.it/wp-content/u... #AI #DataProtection #HealthData

We may have the chance to hire an outstanding researcher 3+ years post PhD to join Tarleton Gillespie, Mary Gray and me in Cambridge MA bringing critical sociotechnical perspectives to bear on new technologies. jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

Proud to have spoken at the Third Doctoral Summer School on AI in #Cambridge. I shared insights on #AIGovernance and #Regulation across the #EU, #US, and #China. Great week of cross-disciplinary debate on how we shape responsible AI. Thanks to all involved! @icpc-unisa.bsky.social

Presented at #IPSA2025 in #Seoul: “Patterning #CyberSecurity: #DigitalTwins, #ETIAS & the Future of Algorithmic Border Control in Europe” We analyzed algorithmic migration governance as a laboratory for illiberalism, where states test more aggressive, less accountable, preemptive forms of control.

Most content moderation systems weren’t built with the Global South in mind. Our partner organisation @cdt.org’s new research shows how they fail in Tamil, Kiswahili, Quechua & more. 👇🏻 Join their August 7 webinar for findings, recommendations, and global voices on language equity in tech.