⚖️ How resilient is Germany's constitutional system?

As far-right positions gain traction and centrist parties increasingly compete by adopting some of their views, democratic institutions may face one of their toughest tests yet.

Shortly before the elections, we wanted answers to this question 👇

It was fun discussing the TikTok ban with such a big group of brilliant UM students and staff! Thanks to the Law & Popular Culture Research Network for the invitation ❤️

Very happy to have contributed with @valentinagolunova.bsky.social to this excellent Special Issue. In our paper, we compare the dynamics of strategic litigation in data protection and content moderation and reflect on the prospects of (transatlantic) legal mobilisation of digital rights.

Great exchange at the academic roundtable organised by the ACM (Autoriteit Consument & Markt)! It was inspiring to explore how our scholarship can support the work of a national regulator 👩‍🎓

Social media platforms are rolling back their efforts to fight disinformation‼️

@ec.europa.eu just published updated measures that the platforms will go for under the EU Code of Practice on Disinformation.

BUT they have been renegotiating their commitments... 🔽

Press release. Text in the link.

EU tech law

EU Commission uses monitoring power under Digital Services Act on TikTok re Romanian 🇷🇴 elections ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

It was fun to present my research on the division of responsibility for protecting freedom of expression online at the Maastricht Centre for European Law today (plugging @ninajankowicz.com’s book to highlight the silencing effect of online abuse) 🤩

Futuristic & absolutely gripping inaugural lecture by prof. Maja Brkan on digitalisation and fundamental rights 🤖🤩

Beyond Disinformation Countermeasures: Building a Response-Impact Framework - EU DisinfoLab How to effectively respond to disinformation threats and FIMI campaigns? The emphasis has been on exposure and raising awareness, but the focus is now shifting towards exploring better response strate...

How do we respond to evolving disinformation threats and #FIMI campaigns?

Our new response-impact framework goes beyond individual #countermeasures and assess the broader #impact of #responses 💡

How could this framework be applied to an IO such as #Doppelganger? ⬇️
www.disinfo.eu/publications...

One in three women in the EU have experienced violence

*** just published ***

Too much violence against women!

New survey results by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (in cooperation with Eurostat and EIGE): fra.europa.eu/en/news/2024...

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Looking forward to returning to Utrecht next week to present our paper on strategic litigation in the field of digital rights at the annual Digital Legal Talks conference! I’m feeling super lucky to share a panel with such stellar scholars 🤩

Lief 😻

RSF presses criminal charges against X (formerly Twitter) for its participation in identity theft and spreading disinformation After discovering that it was the target of a disinformation campaign, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed ten reports of policy violations with the social media platform X, flagging the main accoun...

NGO Reporters without Borders sues X in French courts for participation in identity theft and promotion of disinformation - rsf.org/en/rsf-press...

(not clear if this is an attempt to enforce the Digital Services Act privately, or brought under national law)

The Draft General-Purpose AI Code of Practice takes a curious approach to framing ‘persuasion and manipulation’ as one of the systemic risks (since it includes indirect implications of AI for the media sphere). However, further concretisation & operationalisation will likely remain a pressing issue

Students and colleagues from Maastricht protested against budget cuts from higher education on the Vrijthof today #WOinActie