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Sophie Weerts

@soweerts.bsky.social

Associate Professor of Public Law | University of Lausanne | working on Tech, Law & Public Administration

194 Followers  |  219 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 11.09.2023
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30.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Teens spending "up to seven hours a day" with companion AI... This will lead to psychological disasters.

22.07.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis | Trump’s β€˜Artificial Intelligence Action Plan’ is already stirring debate Critics unveiled their own β€œPeople’s AI Action Plan” ahead of new executive orders expected to address energy and β€œwoke” AI.

New: As Trump prepares to unveil his "AI Action Plan," more than 80 labor, environmental, consumer and tech watchdog groups have signed on to a "People's AI Action Plan" that calls for regulations that put ordinary people's interests over those of the industry. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

22.07.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

Heartbreaking

21.07.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Between regulation, pressure and collaboration: the public–private entanglement in content moderation This paper examines the evolving roles of states in content moderation and their complex relationships with social media platforms over time. As these…

New article with @soweerts.bsky.social! We examine the relationships between states/social media platforms over time and propose a framework to make sense of them - at a time when these relationships are starting to pose serious threats to democratic values and the rule of law.

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08.07.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£ Are you a young researcher working on technology & interested in its social, democratic, and environmental impacts and their regulation?
✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
πŸ˜€ We will discuss your paper
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07.05.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“£ Are you a young researcher working on technology & interested in its social, democratic, and environmental impacts and their regulation?
✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
πŸ˜€ We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...

07.05.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship PhD Title:Β β€œMainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism Funding body:Β AHRCΒ  Deadline for applications:Β 5pm, Friday 30th May…

Very pleased to say Paul Gooding, @semames.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD student, funded by AHRC @sgsah.bsky.social. Topic: 'β€œMainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism'. Closing 5pm, Friday 30th May 2025. Please share!

06.05.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

It's here.
Pit in stomach feeling.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

02.04.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 652    πŸ” 198    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 50

A simple and very relevant plan of @jksteinberger.bsky.social
Trump and Musk have ushered in the era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it

02.04.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The consequences of this kind of algorithmic surveillance can be better understood by approaching harm as rhizomatic. By doing so, it becomes clear that the current individualistic legal framework falls short and technology isn’t the only issue see journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

20.01.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Parfaite fin de semaine!

17.01.2025 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very important to have such an empirical study!

17.01.2025 07:22 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

now I wonder if this will work or if civil servants will develop strategies to get around it… πŸ™„

07.01.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Generative AI in public administration in light of the regulatory awakening in the US and EU | Cambridge Forum on AI: Law and Governance | Cambridge Core Generative AI in public administration in light of the regulatory awakening in the US and EU - Volume 1

If you are interested in how the US and the EU institutions regulated the use of generative AI in their organisations, look below πŸ˜‰ πŸ‘‡πŸ» www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

07.01.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Comparative Perspectives on the Regulation of Large Language Models Welcome to Cambridge Core

Cambridge University Press has launched a new journal on Law and AI (Cambridge Forum on AI: law and gouvernance). The first issue just published www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

07.01.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are looking for a #PhD position, are interested by #tech, want to investigate #safeinnovation from a regulatory and legal perspective, join me for working on #regulatorysandboxes
πŸ‘‡πŸ» submit your application on the platform of the #university of lausanne

26.11.2024 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This comment comes at just the right time. On 25 November, the #law&society initiative of the #universityoflausanne is organising a conference on #academicfreedom. Dr. Raffaela Kunz is taking part in our conference. I look forward to listening to her.
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23.11.2024 08:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art. 20 BV

In der Kulturkampf-Rhetorik um die Wissenschaft kommt sie immer zu kurz: Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit. @odileammann.bsky.social & ich sind drum stolz, dass wir eine Kommentierung (und engagierte Verteidigung) der Wissenschaftsfreiheit von R. Kunz publizieren kΓΆnnen:
onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...

22.11.2024 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Brussels airport is apparently a good place to reaffirm European values

16.11.2024 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Opportunités de carrière : PhD Position (100%) in SNSF Research Project "Regulating the Algorithmic State with Regulatory Sandb (21912)

πŸ“£ If you have a legal background, are interested by social sciences and want to pursue a PhD, come to work with me on my research project on #regulatorysandboxes for #AI in #publicadministration funded by the #SNF at the university of lausanne !
πŸ‘‰ career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

07.11.2024 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Nafissatou Thiam, the biggest champion (heptathlon) of the Paris olympics … well done Nafi you are a genius !! So so proud ! πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ
« Une récompense pour tout le travail, les efforts et la douleur » : Nafissatou Thiam après son titre olympique

09.08.2024 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy to share the last piece of our collaboration on #OGD focusing on the #DGA with the excellent Clarissa Valli Buttow content.iospress.com/articles/inf...

12.03.2024 07:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ConfΓ©rence ayant lieu ce jeudi Γ  lβ€˜IDHEAP!

Il est encore possible de venir mΓͺme si vous n’Γͺtes pas inscrit - n’hΓ©sitez pas Γ  en informer la Professeure Sophie Weerts @soweerts.bsky.social par mail (sophie.weerts@unil.ch) ou moi-mΓͺme (mathieu.fasel@unil.ch).

23.01.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a First Generation Academic? Join the next ICONβ€’S event with Aua BaldΓ©, Tarun Khaitan & @silviasteininger.bsky.social for a conversation on how to navigate the waters of legal academia

πŸ—“οΈ13 Dec.|πŸ•—11:00 CET |πŸ’»Online
Register here➑️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

05.12.2023 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Europe Advances Its AI Act | TechPolicy.Press A conversation with EURACTIV technology editor Luca Bertuzzi.

The EU AI Act survived final negotiations, which wrapped Friday. To understand what was agreed, Justin Hendrix spoke to Luca Bertuzzi, who has followed the AI Act since its introduction in 2021 and was in Brussels for the trilogue.

10.12.2023 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Tech lobbying is derailing the AI Act Behind closed doors, the companies have fiercely lobbied the European Union to leave advanced artificial-intelligence systems unregulated.

Interesting article about the lobbying activities in the legislative procedure with #AIA. It gives context to understand some political positions πŸ‘‰ Tech lobbying is derailing the AI Act www.socialeurope.eu/big-tech-lob...

24.11.2023 07:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❗️AIA still under discussion this week due to generative AI. πŸ‘‰ algorithmwatch.org/en/op-ed-gen...

23.11.2023 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Available jobs - Stockholm University Available jobs at Stockholm University. PhD student positions, researchers, teachers and administrative staff.

Vacancy for an associate lecturer (bitrΓ€dande lektor) in international law or political science at Stockholm University. Please share information about this.

Closing date 15 January 2024.

Announcement in English: www.su.se/english/abou...

Announcement in Swedish: www.su.se/om-universit...

16.11.2023 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The paradox of global politics…remember the location of UN climate change conference, Nov 2023

12.10.2023 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0