Internet Policy Review

#CfP: Inclusive by design? Special issue on #participatory governance & the future of #digital public spaces! Edited by @jottbees.bsky.social @marco-waehner.bsky.social Christiane Eilders & Tim A. Majchrzak. @cais-research.bsky.social

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[New op-ed] Europe can’t end poverty if it ignores digital poverty, By Guido Appoldt and Ronald Musizvingoza policyreview.info/articles/new... #DigitalPoverty #Europe

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[New op-ed] "Across the Africa, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and freelancers are increasingly reporting unexplained suspensions, account shutdowns, or impossible-to-navigate verification loops," says Chimdi Chukwukere, University of Abuja, Nigeria policyreview.info/articles/new...

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[New paper] Trading nuance for scale? Platform observability and content governance under the DSA, By
@bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu & @favstats.eu policyreview.info/articles/ana... #DSA

Source: Kling & Poliakoff, 2025 https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/russias-war-moderating-authoritarian-news

[New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam.
policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation

#CfP Join the debate on:
📍 #Participatory governance
📍 (Dis)integrative dynamics of #digital discourse
📍 Imagined futures of inclusive digital public spaces

📄 Abstract due 15 Oct 25
📄 Full paper due 1 March 26
All papers peer-reviewed. @cais-research.bsky.social

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#Digital public spaces are conceived as open to all. However, #participation is often stratified, reflecting age, gender, educational background and occupation. How do such inequalities intersect with ideals of openness & accessibility? @cais-research.bsky.social

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#CfP: Inclusive by design? Special issue on #participatory governance & the future of #digital public spaces! Edited by @jottbees.bsky.social @marco-waehner.bsky.social Christiane Eilders & Tim A. Majchrzak. @cais-research.bsky.social

👉 Submit abstract by 15 Oct: policyreview.info/events/call-...

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[New paper] Brussels effect or experimentalism? The EU AI Act and global standard-setting, By @vuamsterdam.bsky.social's @bencrum.nl policyreview.info/articles/ana... #AIAct #EU #BrusselsEffect

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[Must-Read Essay] How the new digital knowledge order is impacting science, By @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social‬'s Donya Alinejad policyreview.info/articles/ana... #impact #science

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[Recent paper] ‘Cookie-less’ identification for/against privacy? By Ido Sivan-Sevilla, Patrick Parham, Lee McGuigan policyreview.info/articles/ana... cc ‪@lutzid.bsky.social

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[New Op-ed] “none of the 'by design' principles seem to carry much substance", argues the University of Southern Denmark's Jukka Ruohonen in a recent Internet Policy Review op-ed policyreview.info/articles/new... ‪CC @d-ias.bsky.social‬

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[New paper] Lessons from small and highly-digitalised #Estonia: Decision-making in the aftermath of #cybersecurity crises, By Logan Carmichael policyreview.info/articles/ana...

"By this short piece, I want to make sure that all citizens have access to the full depth of the environmental information (or lack thereof) that can be found in these sustainability reports." - Thomas Le Goff

[New Op-ed] Not greenwashing, but still… A closer look at big tech’s 2025 sustainability reports, By Thomas Le Goff of @telecomparis.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/new... #sustainanility #GreenTech #GreenIT #CSR

Contribute to the debate on #BigTech in #security governance for our new special issue!
📄 Submit your 400-word abstract & short bio by 21 Sept 2025.
📄 Full paper due 15 March 2026 (6,000 words)
All papers peer-reviewed.

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From wars to geopolitical rivalries & terrorism-related threats, #BigTech is no longer just infrastructure. These corporations co-produce #security alongside public authorities & are becoming actors of global #securitygovernance in their own right.

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#CfP: Special issue on #BigTech in global #security governance! What happens when digital giants learn to see the world through a #security lens? Edited by @mg-borelli.bsky.social, K. Ermoshina, F. Musiani & @gulnarazakharova.bsky.social

👉Submit abstract by 21 Sep: policyreview.info/events/call-...

Figure from the research article "The impact of zero-knowledge proofs on data minimisation compliance of digital identity wallets", by Podda et al., 2025.

[New paper] The impact of zero-knowledge proofs on data minimisation compliance of digital identity wallets, By Emanuela Podda, Pol Hölzmer, Alexandre Amard, Johannes Sedlmeir, &
Gilbert Fridgen policyreview.info/articles/ana...

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[New Op-ed] Standardised bias? The role – and limits – of European standards bodies in the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, By Peter Alexander Earls Davis & ‪@oslomet.bsky.social‬'s Rebecca Schmidt policyreview.info/articles/new... #AIAct #AI #EUstandards #Standards #HighRiskAI

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[New Op-ed] Law is ready for AI, but is AI ready for law? asks Marsha Medvedeva of @unileiden.bsky.social‬ policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #ExplainableAI #Explainability

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[New Op-ed] Why AI's lack of motivation doesn't preclude legal explainability, By Jacob Livingston Slosser & Henrik Palmer Olsen, both at the University of Copenhagen policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #ADM

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[New paper] "You and TikTok are, and will remain at all times, independent contractors", By ‪@taylorannabell.bsky.social‬, @sophiebishop.bsky.social, & ‪@cgoanta.bsky.social‬ policyreview.info/articles/ana... #TikTok #Monetisation #PlatformGovernance

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[New Op-ed] If transparency is the solution, are we really addressing the problems of automated decision-making? By Hannah Louise Smith of the University of Copenhagen policyreview.info/articles/new... #ADM #GDPR #Transparency

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[New Op-ed] The operative provisions of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act refer to "fairness" quite extensively. But what does fairness mean... beyond being a crowd-pleaser, asks ‪@uio.no‬'s Lee Andrew Bygrave policyreview.info/articles/new... #AIAct #Fairness

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[Recent paper] Celsius clawbacks against EU consumers: A real-world test of EU law on online consumer contracts, By Mindaugas Kiškis policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Crypto #Lawsuit

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[New paper] The need for greater transparency in the moderation of borderline terrorist and violent extremist content, By Ellie Rogers, Swansea University policyreview.info/articles/ana...

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[New paper] Regulating pressing systemic risks – but not too soon? A research article by Defne Halil, Konrad Kollnig, Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux doi.org/10.14763/202... CC @maastrichtu.bsky.social‬ @unil.bsky.social‬

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