Reposted by Rocco BellanovaPSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025🚨 Roundtable alert! 🚨 Wed 25 June 2-3pm BST We are delighted to announce our next roundtable on ‘Digital Sovereignty in the EU and the UK’ where our expert panel will discuss how legal frameworks, tech infrastructures and policy measures are shaping digital autonomy 👇 Sign up link in comments👇 182
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaMatthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 12/06/2025couldn't have asked for a smarter and nicer group of humans - thanks to everyone for coming zu Zurich and sharing your work! w/ Bernd Kasparek, Stefanie Büchner, Stefania Milan, @nannathylstrup.bsky.social, @robkitchin.bsky.social, @heimstaedt.bsky.social, Margo Boenig-Liptsin, @ikkibop.bsky.social 1113
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaArghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 06/06/2025Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅 472012454
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaPSA Technology, Internet, & Policy (TIP) @techpolicy.bsky.social · 02/06/2025We look forward to welcoming our panel of experts! @jessrmorley.bsky.social (Yale University); @kzenner.bsky.social (EU Parliament); @ikkibop.bsky.social (Vrije Universiteit Brussel); @markscott.bsky.social (Atlantic Council); Huw Roberts (Oxford Internet Institute/RUSI) 153
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaAlt18F @alt18f.bsky.social · 28/05/2025We have some news to share with you. 🥄 Today we took legal action to challenge our termination, filing an appeal with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. We did this because we believe the elimination of 18F violated safeguards that exist to protect a nonpartisan civil service.18f.org18F files legal challengeA statement about 18F’s appeal filed with the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board. 161197254
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 13/05/2025EU tech law EU Commission issues draft guidelines on protection of children online under Digital Services Act - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euDaily News 13 \/ 05 \/ 2025Commission publishes draft guidelines on protection of minors online under the Digital Services Act \nToday, the Commission launched a public consultation on draft guidelines for the protection of min... 01914
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Tonight Danny Snelson told me about his forthcoming book, The Little Database: A Poetics of Media Formats — and I am so incredibly stoked for this 💥upress.umn.eduThe Little DatabaseA poetics for reading the everyday objects that populate a hard drive Bespoke online archives like PennSound and Eclipse host an astounding array of “old m... 36616
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaAssociation of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social · 02/05/2025We are delighted to share the publication of Risky Research: An AoIR Guide to Researcher Protection and Safety, the culmination of over two years of collaborative effort by the AoIR Risky Research Working Group. aoir.org/riskyresearc... 5151113
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaNanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 28/04/2025What a lovely Monday present ! Thanks @illinoispress.bsky.social for sending the physical copy of the very good looking Feminist Digital Humanities edited by @lmrhody.bsky.social and Susan Schreibman! The good news is that it’s also OA: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0... 2163
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 25/04/2025"Any chair is useful but a very striking looking chair—something that isn’t like a usual chair—can make people perhaps more flexible in their attitudes to accept more things—to become more democratic about what a chair is. They may even become more democratic about what a person is."nybooks.comArt to Sit On | Jarrett EarnestFor the past forty years people have enjoyed chairs, tables, and benches in public places across North America without realizing they are part of Scott Burton’s radical artistic vision. 1172
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaMeredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Today's the day! I invite close readers to see if they can find the places where I channeled the most rage into this project. It is supposed to make you uncomfortable. You are supposed to try to dismiss it as "praxis" vs. "theory" and then you are supposed to be convinced otherwise. 811136
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/04/2025Divorce, death, a big move, illness: Food may not fix anything, but these lovingly prepared meals can bring some much-needed comfort and nourishment. nyti.ms/3EpVEPW 4432749
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaThomas Poell @tpoell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Just out! Open access article with @nieborg.bsky.social on "Analyzing institutional platform power" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #power #platforms #digital #bigtech Preparing the ground for our book on Platform Power!journals.sagepub.comAnalyzing institutional platform power: Evolving relations of dependence in the mobile digital advertising ecosystem - David B Nieborg, Thomas Poell, 2025This article calls for systematic analysis of the accumulation and exercise of institutional platform power in the digital economy. We examine how the relativel... 04910
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/04/2025CJEU, new cases, data protection law Does a lapsed Catholic have a right under the GDPR to change the data in the baptism register? eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten... 103411
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaRosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Come 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...jobs.vub.bePostdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse InvestigationsPostdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations 02633
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵 191103884334
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 21/03/2025We are mourning the loss of Jonathan Sterne: author, editor, contributor, mentor, and friend. buff.ly/HcoVX9x 19528
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaNanna B Thylstrup @nannathylstrup.bsky.social · 16/03/2025The politics of #dataloss ... This is the insidious violence of infrastructural erasure. 094
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaDagmar Vorlíček @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Interested in publishing a special issue with @jird-jour.bsky.social? We have now an annual call for special issues - have a look at our website for more details. 052
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaRosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Great project at VUB! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...theguardian.com‘You are free again’: farewell letters of executed Belgian resistance fighters found, 80 years onLast words shed new light on the lives and deaths of the ‘ordinary people’ who stood up to Nazi regime 082
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 06/03/2025TechCrunch writes that OpenAI will charge $20,000 a month for access to an AI agent that can do “PhD level research”. Maybe all the PhDs and postdocs recently fired by DOGE should band together and sell their services as “AI agents” - apparently some people will pay more for robots than people. 59029
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaACLU @aclu.org · 04/03/2025BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts. 3542491182
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaPete Fussey @petefussey.bsky.social · 05/03/2025De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology now published as open access. I've written a short essay on #facialrecognition exploring how FRT structures & alters suspicion. The book is worth reading for the great range of essays in this developing area of criminology www.degruyter.com/document/doi...degruyter.comDe Gruyter Handbook of Digital CriminologyThe De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology examines how digital devices spread and cut across all fields of crime and control. Providing a glossary of key theoretical, methodological and criminolo... 0149
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 05/03/2025🚨🚨 #Greenland: “We strongly support your right to determine your own future,” Trump tells Greenlanders — before vowing he’ll “try and get” the territory ‘one way or the other. Trump's respect for a any state's or region's self-determination only goes so far... 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/us-w...politico.euUS will take Greenland ‘one way or the other,’ Trump says“We strongly support your right to determine your own future,” Trump tells Greenlanders — before vowing he’ll “try and get” the territory. 1318082
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaDavid Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 04/03/2025Easy to lose this in the noise of the day, but the prime minister of Canada just said the US president, leader of the global hegemon, wants to soften us up economically so he can annex us. That is one of the most remarkable statements, and realities, in our history. 349142303664
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 01/03/202518F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion. 8762262356
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 26/02/2025“The US of AI,” public draft of a talk given yesterday at Princeton. drive.google.com/file/d/1O2qk... 30372114
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaBristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Are you a #SocialSciences researcher seeking a publisher for your #Research? Get in touch with your commissioning editor today: #AcademicPublishing buff.ly 032
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaMatthias Leese @matthiasleese.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Few people talk about the new EU API regulations - but they are about to have significant effects on data sharing infrastructures. @ikkibop.bsky.social, @rosamundevb.bsky.social, Vanessa Ugolini and I explicate on why this is important in this Op-ed for @policyr.bsky.social 👉 shorturl.at/5x51O 083
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaSam Kinsley @samkinsley.uk · 24/02/2025First proper article in five years, due to life stuff. If you’re interested in work, automation, the future & imagination this may be of interest #geosky doi.org/10.1177/0263...doi.orgSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 22310
Rocco Bellanova @ikkibop.bsky.social · 25/02/2025This is an amazing work indeed. An highly recommended (re/)reading! 081
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 25/02/2025Want to be an #intern at the ERC? Or know someone who would? Applications for the October '25-February '26 session are open! Discover the details 👉 traineeships.ec.europa.eu When applying, don't forget to select the ERC ☑️ as your #1 choice 🧡. #internship #traineeship #trainee #research #science 15426
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 24/02/2025At a time where the vulnerability of relying on US digital infrastructure and cloud services, our @algosoc.org pilot to rely on European cloud services is more relevant than ever. Alternatives are not easy. But necessary. www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/five-...voxweb.nlFive Dutch universities are experimenting with alternative European cloud - Vox magazineScientists from five Dutch universities are experimenting with a cloud system that could provide an alternative to Microsoft365. Radboud University is watching the developments with interest. 24713
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaThe Verge @theverge.com · 19/02/2025The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to samplebuff.lyThe BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sampleThe BBC is bringing back its Radiophonic Workshop as a tool for a new generation of musicians. 111105439
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaPia Groenewolt @piagro.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Full house at Université de Namur’s Rencontre "Numérique & droits humains" hosted by Crids. Lots of critical links between the social reception of digital tools by the collective and public at large discussed, putting into question how digital tools are taken for granted on social accessibility. 021
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaBert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthubert.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The legality (not wisdom) of putting European private data on US clouds hinges on the availability of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. Trump neutered this board, and the European parliament has taken notice & asked the European Commission what they think: 16334
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaMax-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 12/02/2025A new round of the Lise Meitner Excellence Program for #tenuretrack group leaders opened today - please consider applying! The program aims to recruit and promote exceptionally qualified female scientists. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #LiseMeitnerGroups #WomeninScience #ScienceCareer 17253
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaRon Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 10/02/2025NEW: *Update your Apple iPhone ASAP* Our own @citizenlab.ca senior researcher @billmarczak.org discovers an exploit on one of Apple's USB security features on locked phones Details below 👇 13230
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaEuropean Ombudsman @ombudsman.europa.eu · 30/01/2025Our updated guide on #AccessToDocuments is here! It helps you understand your rights, reflects new EU case law and EU institutional rules, and contains our latest findings in this area. Want to know more on- 🔹 Who can request documents? 🔹 What docs are covered by EU law? Read here: europa.eu/!CwjBDc 0148
Rocco Bellanova @ikkibop.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Insightful post on #EU + #AI by @ggf.bsky.social - @lsts-vub.bsky.social 030
Rocco Bellanova @ikkibop.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I cannot recommend enough to work with @c-westermeier.bsky.social - an amazing scholar and human being! 170
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaGiulia Dal Maso @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social · 06/02/2025How do states renegotiate globalization? As a commentary to @iliasalami.bsky.social insightful piece for @dialogueshg.bsky.social, I explore China as a laboratory for rethinking statecraft. Drawing on the work of @quinnslobodian.com and @rebeccakarl.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/2043... 0238
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 06/02/2025Intelligence artificielle : les Emirats arabes unis construiront en France un data center géantlemonde.frIntelligence artificielle : les Emirats arabes unis construiront en France un data center géantCe nouveau « campus », qui fait partie d’un accord de partenariat sur l’IA signé jeudi soir à Paris, représente des investissements d’un ordre de grandeur de 30 à 50 milliards d’euros, selon l’Elysée. 74222
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaGlyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 05/02/2025 Internet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removals - arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... expect it to come under more attacks as a resultarstechnica.comInternet Archive played crucial role in tracking shady CDC data removalsInternet Archive makes it easier to track changes in CDC data online. 02419
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 04/02/2025We are in the era of hyper-competitive and hyper-transactional geopolitics. in this hot-headed world, Europe’s best approach is to remain level-headed. And build a foreign policy that stays true to who we are and deliver for our people and partners. Read my full speech here → europa.eu/!C7FvF7 3749878
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 03/02/2025The Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) raises and steers funding to increase European investment into critical technology projects. . The STEP seal signifies excellence and significant economic potential for the #SingleMarket. 2446
Reposted by Rocco BellanovaEuropol @europol.europa.eu · 03/02/2025Europol has reached a significant milestone in the fight against organised crime, with 3,500 law enforcement authorities now connected through its Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA). 👮👮♀️ Read more in our press release ⤵️ www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/...europol.europa.euCasting a wider net: 3 500 authorities now linked via Europol | EuropolCasting a wider net: 3 500 authorities now linked via Europol. Europol expands its Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA), reinforcing international cooperation to target the most ser... 054
Rocco Bellanova @ikkibop.bsky.social · 03/02/2025File under #databasedstatecraft and #digital/sovereignty 120