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Daragh Murray @daragh.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A long long (long) time in the works.. 'Facial recognition surveillance: Policing and human rights in the age of AI' co-authored with @petefussey.bsky.social and published by OUP is out now (for universities) and to pre-order. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Brilliant kick off to our @ivir-uva.bsky.social Summer Course Privacy Law & Policy with online talk by @maxschrems.bsky.social! Thank you Max for being so generous with your time and sharing your insights with our students. Credits to Kristina Irion for facilitating this. @uvalawschool.bsky.social

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Isabella Brunner @brunnerisabella.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Excited to share my new article on political and legal cyber attribution. Amongst other things, it explores why states prefer making political but not legal cyber attributions—risking the integrity of international law in cyberspace. Read it here: www.qil-qdi.org/attributing-...

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Attributing cyber operations under International law: Political and legal aspects - QIL QDI

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Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

3rd session of the PLP Summer Course: @elsdebusser.bsky.social & Varun Aggarwal will combine a legal/governance view on privacy and cybersecurity with a technical/management look at it. A key feature will be security-by-design and how privacy protective elements can be made part of it.

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Summer Course on Privacy Law 2025 - IVIR

Navigating growingly complex legal landscapes This week-long summer course will focus on recent developments in privacy law and policy, zooming in on its interface with a growingly complex technology ...

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Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

After the first session with Kristina Irion, the second session will be a conversation between privacy professionals Sjoera Nas (Privacy Company) and Laura Poolman (Kennedy van der Laan). Moderation by Ot van Daalen and Stefan Kulk. Sign up! www.ivir.nl/courses/plp/... cc @elsdebusser.bsky.social

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Registration form - IVIR

Any cancellation of participation must be done in writing. For full restitution of the fee, the cancellation must be notified one month before the start of the course. Thereafter an amount of € 250,– ...

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

New paper out in Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. Part of a unique project "Geneva Conventions at 75: Need for Innovation" and discussing human rights in technologies. Many excellent contributions on the theme in this issue: lnkd.in/eijJQifC @ivir-uva.bsky.social

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Marijn Sax @marijnsax.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Together with Marjolein Lanzing I will be teaching a seminar on decisional privacy and the manipulation of behavior. Our institute's summer school is always attracts a very clever, interesting, and friendly group of people. The teachers are really cool. Do sign up!!!

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Linda Weigl @lindaweigl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

By 2026, EU citizens and residents are expected to carry an EU wallet on their phone to access a range of online services. In our latest article, we examine the governance behind eIDAS 2.0, revealing some important weaknesses. Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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The Governance of the European Digital Identity Framework Through the Lens of Institutional Mimesis

The European Commission's decision to expand its 2014 Regulation on electronic identification and trust services toward wallet-based digital identities marked a significant shift in the governance of...

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Still a few spots available on the Privacy Law & Policy Summer Course where we take a deep dive into the new legal instruments, case law and practices in the field of privacy. Held in Amsterdam from 30 June to 4 July Registration & full programme at www.ivir.nl/nl/courses/p... @ivir-uva.bsky.social

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Plixavra Vogiatzoglou @plixavra.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Join us for a lively discussion on #AI in democratic societies! Looking forward to talking about risks and regulation through the example of #predictivepolicing and what the implications are for the EU's #digitalsovereignty. Link below 👇

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Marijn Sax @marijnsax.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

>>New open access publication<< Together with Hao Wang I wrote a paper on gaming the (algorithmic) system as a service (GaaS). Online service providers often decry transparency obligations, but also cynically seek to monetize transparency needs by offering GaaS. policyreview.info/articles/ana...

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From threat to opportunity: Gaming the algorithmic system as a service

Gaming the system is often portrayed as a threat to platforms and services, but this alleged threat can also be turned into a commercial service which raises ethical questions on exploitative digital ...

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

How does the power of Big Tech affect our democracies, and can it be contained? Don't miss this SPUI25 event this Thursday with theresajseipp.bsky.social, @pjleerssen.bsky.social and @tomasdodds.bsky.social bit.ly/3EV8yFS

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Registrations now open for our annual Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy @ivir-uva.bsky.social @uvalawschool.bsky.social Join us for a deep dive into new legal instruments/case law/ practices! With @jausloos.bsky.social @laurensnaudts.bsky.social @marijnsax.bsky.social

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Fascinating read for everyone working on trust in digital societies or tech in general. Interesting conclusions on risk & trust in & on platforms + users’ confidence in protecting themselves. @bodobalazs.bsky.social @ivir-uva.bsky.social @uvalawschool.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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natalihelberger.bsky.social @natalihelberger.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Kicked-off our #AlgoSoc2025 panel with Jose van Dijk, Julian Thomas, Avi Bernstein and @claesdevreese.bsky.social To understand public values in the algorithmic society we need to get out and understand what AI means for real people, including vulnerable groups, and work together across disciplines

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Marijn Sax @marijnsax.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

>>New open access publication<< With @laurensnaudts.bsky.social as a lead author, we discuss how with the arrival of the DSA we should pay more critical (regulatory) attention to optimization logics, which permeate and shape the entire stack of digital services. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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A Right to Constructive Optimization: A Public Interest Approach to Recommender Systems in the Digital Services Act - Journal of Consumer Policy

The technological promise of recommender systems should not be misused by those with decisional power over the infrastructural, data, and knowledge resources needed for their design. The ideal of pers...

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Yesterday’s final event of our course Intl Media Law Policy & Practice showed our Information Law students @ivir-uva.bsky.social engaging with professionals in: - hate speech case law; - being creative with law in a moot court; - developing a freedom of expression game. @uvalawschool.bsky.social

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Trust in the Digital Society @trust-rpa.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🚨🚨🚨 CfP deadline extended! We have extended our deadline by 2 weeks! info: shorturl.at/GtDVk Join our interdisciplinary conference and meet international experts and scholars from the @uvalawschool.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social @ivir-uva.bsky.social @ascor.bsky.social and beyond.

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Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Our congratulations to Dr @plixavra.bsky.social for the publication of her book that critically assesses legal frameworks involving the mass processing of personal data to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies. acil.uva.nl/content/news...

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Mass data surveillance and predictive policing - ACIL

Our congratulations to Dr Plixavra Vogiatzoglou for the publication of her book that critically assesses legal frameworks involving the mass processing of personal data to predict and prevent crime th...

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Rosaria Taddeo @rosariataddeo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

#Google drops pledge on #AI use for #defence and #surveillance. Just in case we needed more confirmation that self-regulation of digital tech does not work. #Dual-use digital/AI will become more common, we need to regulate AI for defence and security now. @oiioxford.bsky.social shorturl.at/keieL

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Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Google published principles in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New article from my former (NWO-funded) project: key principles underpinning Security-by-Design & Privacy-by-Design + strategies to implement them. Aiming for secure digital tech respecting human rights: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

📢Vacature! Klaar (of bijna klaar) met je Master Rechten? Affiniteit met informatierechtelijke onderwerpen zoals intellectuele eigendom, platformregulering, gegevensbescherming, data governance, uitingsvrijheid of AI? Dan hebben wij de perfecte startersbaan voor jou! werkenbij.uva.nl/vacatures/on...

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

In this starter pack, you'll find your Amsterdam Law School colleagues and partners on Bluesky. Are there people missing? Let us know! go.bsky.app/39s7yVK

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Els De Busser @elsdebusser.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Talking about #AI and #counterterrorism, #biometrics, #humanrights in the themed podcast series by International Centre for Counter-Terrorism. Interesting conversation with Irakli Beridze #Unicri hosted by @joanacook, #ICCT This, and all other episodes available on Spotify and icct.nl/multimedia

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Joana Cook @joanacook.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I had the great pleasure of hosting our latest podcast series at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism which looks at the role of #AI in #terrorism and #counterterrorism. You can find all episodes on our website or Spotify open.spotify.com/show/7cnguMG...

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