Els De Busser

Just do it: Why I'm challenging Nike, Puma and Adidas over single shoes Former Para-athletic world champion Stef Reid says footwear companies are failing amputees.

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📢 Come work with us! We have a postdoc and PhD position for the Artificial Secrecy project. Deadline: October 17th. More info:
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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.

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Copyright as a Freedom of (Artistic) Expression Right? The Dangers and Human Rights Law Misconceptions in the AG’s Opinion in Pelham II 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...

Copyright as a Freedom of (Artistic) Expression Right? The Dangers and Human Rights Law Misconceptions in the AG’s Opinion in Pelham II, by Elena Izyumenko (@ivir-uva.bsky.social) on the Kluwer Copyright Blog

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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

Kopenhagen en Aarhus keren Amerikaanse big tech de rug toe, Amsterdam studeert op vergelijkbare stap De twee grootste gemeenten van Denemarken zijn hun samenwerking met Microsoft aan het uitfaseren vanwege het behoud van digitale soevereiniteit. Welke risico’s brengt de afhankelijkheid van een bedrij...

Kopenhagen en Aarhus willen niet afhankelijk zijn van Microsoft. In Amsterdam spelen dezelfde zorgen, zegt @elsdebusser.bsky.social in @parool.nl. 'Experts waarschuwen al geruime tijd dat we technologisch gezien niet afhankelijk moeten worden van Amerikaanse bedrijven.' @ivir-uva.bsky.social

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-...

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 ...

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.

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!
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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
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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!!!

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...

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/...

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...
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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 👇

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 ...

>>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.

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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 https://bit.ly/3EV8yFS

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

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

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....

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

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...

>>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.

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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.
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@uva.nl on strike today and protesting budget cuts in higher education and science @uvalawschool.bsky.social @ivir-uva.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social 🟥

🚨🚨🚨 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.

Important paper on more clarity for research databases and a European Research Freedom Act. By my brilliant colleagues at @ivir-uva.bsky.social @uvalawschool.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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...

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.
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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.

#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.
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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....

📢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!
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Great idea making this starter pack. It would be great to be added, thanks!