In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

Can we share resources and burdens to make available key open research information resources in actionable and connectable form in the cloud? Through sharing processes and systems, is it possible, ove...

We are glad to share that our group’s researchers have recently published three new preprints on arXiv, showcasing advances in network analysis and population-scale social systems.Link Fraction Mixed ...

Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese brands attack on Jewish worshippers act of antisemitism and terrorism

We are excited to announce that our team will be hosting an international workshop on population-scale social network research in December 2025. This invitation-only event is a follow-up to a previous...

Born in Amman to refugee parents, Yaghi rose from humble roots to reshape modern chemistry

Scientific Data - The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials

The Faculty of Science and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are looking for a:PhD Candidate in AI for Network Analysis (1.0 FTE, 4 years) About this positionAre you eager to c...

Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

Professor of Data Science Djoerd Hiemstra can no longer be reached through his standard Radboud University email address. Anyone emailing him at this address is referred to a page explaining that he b...

This is a call to all members of the Complex Systems Society. We ask the CSS to join other academic organisations in publicly condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We ask you to sign the letter be...

Investigation by BBC Verify using satellite images and verified footage to show the extent of destruction in Gaza, where the Israeli military have carried out demolitions to raze entire towns and subu...

Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out