<p><span>Are you interested in exploring technology value chains and geopolitics through a law and political economy lens? Are you a self-starter, and do you have a critical and creative mind?</span><...

IViR is pleased to announce that Rita Matulionytewill give a lecture entitledAI, Copyright and Collective Licensing: Perspectives from Australiaon Tuesday 16 June 2026 Extensive use of works in the tr...

<p>Help shape the future of AI governance in Europe. Join an ambitious research project on how platforms and providers moderate generative AI online content and how EU law can better protect fundament...

Tomorrow the 19th international conference CPDP kicks off in Brussels. Researchers from IViR are well represented in different panels.

Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

In haar zoektocht naar een nieuw interieur, ontdekt journalist Isabel Baneke wel heel veel overeenkomsten in woonmode. Bestaat er met de groeiende macht van algoritmes nog zoiets als een ‘eigen smaak’...

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<p><span>Vind je het leuk te werken in een dynamische en internationale onderzoeks- en onderwijsomgeving? Ben je ondernemend met oog voor detail en beschik je over uitstekende organisatie- en communic...

This is the fourth call for tales for the IViR Science Fiction & Information Law Writing Competition. DigiCon's Sci-fi Team is to again partner up with IViR and CPDP for this stellar competition.…

The Institute for Information Law organizes an annual intensive post-graduate course on international copyright law and policy. The face of copyright law and policy changes continuously, mostly due to...

The European Copyright Society published its Opinion in Like Company. The European Copyright Society (ECS) was founded in 2012 with the aim of creating a platform for critical and independent scholarl...

Het Amerikaanse ministerie van Defensie zet techbedrijf Anthropic onder druk: volledige toegang tot zijn systemen of zware sancties. Houdt het bedrijf vast aan zijn principes of buigt het onder de dru...

Broncode: Rechtszaken tegen socialemediabedrijven gaan niet meer over losse posts (hadden die verwijderd moeten worden, ja of nee) maar over de ontwerpkeuzes in de apps. Zijn die bewust verslavend gem...

Washington’s doxxing is seen as an attempt to chill implementation of the EU’s digital law.

Senior editor Ramsha Jahangir spoke to the organizers of the second DSA and Platform Regulation conference in Amsterdam.

<p><span>Heb je recent je Master Rechten afgerond of rond je die binnenkort af? Heb je aantoonbare affiniteit met informatierechtelijke onderwerpen zoals intellectuele eigendom, platformregulering, gegevensbescherming, data governance, uitingsvrijheid of AI? Vind je het leuk onderzoek te doen naar actuele vraagstukken in deze domeinen? Dan hebben wij de perfecte startersbaan voor jou!</span></p>

Now that 2026 year has started with full force, it makes sense to see where 2025 left us in terms of EU copyright law during its final months (October – December). During that period, we saw some impo...

IViR is pleased to announce thatDr Gábor Polyákwill give a lecture entitled Does EMFA really strengthen media freedom in Europe? on Friday 20 February 2026 The European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) is a s...

This panel discussion addresses the growing global assault on academic freedom—a cornerstone of democratic societies now under increasing threat from authoritarian regimes.

<p><span>Around 25% of the Dutch population lives with long-term visual, hearing or cognitive disabilities and diversities, often facing barriers to participation, equality and inclusion when…

<div> Digital music platforms project an image of unprecedented abundance, linguistic diversity, and borderless circulation, yet the infrastructures that organ

‘Must-carry’, special treatment and freedom of expression on online platforms: a European story

<p><span>Around 25% of the Dutch population lives with long-term visual, hearing or cognitive disabilities and diversities, often facing barriers to participation, equality and inclusion when accessing media content and digital services online. As part of the interdisciplinary TACIT (Inclusive Technologies for Access and Social Participation) project, you will be part of an interdisciplinary team that co-creates technological solutions to improve the accessibility of digital services and operationalize legal accessibility requirements. </span></p><p> </p>

Ontmoet de hoofdpersonen uit seizoen 2 van AI love. Van webdevelopers tot AI-enthousiastelingen, hun verhalen laten zien hoe kunstmatige intelligentie hun leven beïnvloedt en nieuwe mogelijkheden open...

Law for Health and Life (UvA) and IViR are pleased to announce thatDr. Catriona McMillanwill give a lecture entitled Regulating Femtech: Addressing Regulatory Gaps in Women’s Health Technologies on Fr...

IViR is proud to announce that Dr. João Pedro Quintais has received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his research into generative AI content moderation.

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Peggy Valcke will deliver the Second Distinguished IViR Lecture on Friday 24th of October 2025 In the last 30 years, the amount of “Information law” – rules adopted in relation to information and communications technologies – has grown exponentially in Europe. From telecommunications, audiovisual media and platform regulation,… Continue reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being … an Information Lawyer

The overall goal of this project is to study the role and implications that the new regulatory framework has in realising public values and influencing the power dynamics and legal relationships in th...

Kristina Irion’s research project won the SSH Open Competition M 2024 grant which funds free, curiosity-driven research in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The project will explore the fundamental ...

On Wednesday 17 September, the KB – National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague will host a timely event featuring Marleen Stikker, internet pioneer and founder of Waag Futurelab, and Brewster Ka...

IViR is pleased to announce that Professor Peggy Valcke will deliver the Second Distinguished IViR Lecture on Friday 24th of October 2025 In the last 30 years, the amount of “Information law” – rules ...

Following up on the initial comment by Sabines Jacques published on this blog about Advocate General (AG) Emiliou’s recent Opinion in the Pelham II case – which examined his interpretation of the past...

Deepfakes are flooding the internet. Thanks to generative AI, politicians say things on camera they never said, celebrities star in porn clips they never dreamt about, and the Pope dons a puffer jacke...