Aleksandra Kuczerawy
aleksandraq.bsky.social
Aleksandra Kuczerawy
@aleksandraq.bsky.social

Professor ICT Law at KU Leuven @citip.bsky.social

Political science 32%
Law 26%
I wrote a blogpost about the use of Generative #AI in #education and how it might adversly affect #democracy in three ways: cognitively, socially and politically.

You can read it on the @icon-s.bsky.social Blog: www.iconnectblog.com/the-broader-...

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
Ahead of tomorrow's hearing on European "censorship" of Americans under the Digital Services Act, I have a new blog post explaining why that is not a thing.

You can get the gist in about two minutes of skimming the bold text, or stay for the details.

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A Primer on Cross-Border Speech Regulation and the EU’s Digital Services Act
Some U.S. politicians have recently characterized European platform and social media regulation laws as “censorship” of speech in the U.S. If this claim were true, it would be a very big deal. As some...
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To be clear, for teenagers this is basically the equivalent of banning them from watching television or reading the news

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption
Australia said on Wednesday it will add YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social media for teenagers, reversing an earlier decision to exempt the Alphabet-owned video-sharing site and potentially setting up a legal challenge.
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CiTiP is at KU Leuven Inside celebrating 600 years of KU Leuven! Get to know our work and discuss various topics with our researchers, incl. #disinformation, #AI glasses, #cybersecurity, #influencers & more.
📅 When? 15 and 16 February, from 10.00 to 16.00 
📍 Where? De Valk, Tiensestraat 41, Leuven
It's out! You can now access The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Ethics and Policy of #AI: www.cambridge.org/core/books/t...

20 #openaccess chapters covering topics on AI, ethics, philosophy, legal domains and sectoral applications.

Huge thanks to all the authors who made this possible!
EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said the Commission doesn’t “rule out” postponing parts of the AI Act, citing the need for standards before rules apply. Czechia called for a 2-year delay, Germany expressed openness, & Spain warned against deregulation.
www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...
EU’s Virkkunen doesn't 'rule out' postponing parts of the AI Act | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Standards and guidelines must be in place to support the implementation of the AI Act before its rules take effect, EU digital chief Henna Virkkunen said today, acknowledging that she does not “rule o...
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Back at #CPDP this year to discuss the DSA as a Tool in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence. And #EthicalPorn. Organised & moderated by Prof @ggf.bsky.social, together w/ Elisabetta Stringhi, @ashaoallen.bsky.social & Farieha Aziz. See the recording m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn6Q...
CPDP.ai 2025 - The DSA as a tool in the fight against gender based violence
YouTube video by CPDPConferences
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Children should not have access to pornographic content.

Today, the Commission opens DSA probes into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX & Xvideos. They should:

- prevent kids from accessing their services.
- assess and mitigate risks

Minor protection online remains our top priority.

europa.eu/!Y9488W
Gikii 2025 in lovely Amsterdam has extended its CfP till May 31. Sept 11-12 th at IViR. Get your geek on and set your geek clogs tapping! No i don’t know what i mean either 😂 www.gikii.org/gikii-2025-a...
Gikii 2025: Amsterdam CfP
GiKii 2025 – Call for Papers Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 11-12 September 2025 Technology in its villain era Has technology’s slouch towards everm…
www.gikii.org
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone.

So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment.

It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/

expertvoicestogether.org
⚡ Applications are now open for our next internship round.

Join ECPMF for three months in Leipzig and work on real-world media freedom and human rights projects: ecpmf-sce-mbh.jobs.personio.de/job/1433706?...
Sadly needed. Initiative (pilot) to support counter-disinformation professionals: fact checkers, journalists, researchers.

Assistance for fx legal aid, digital security, psychological support, emergency training, and other urgent needs.

gulbenkian.pt/emifund/news...
EMIF launches SAFE Initiative
The initiative SAFE: Support and Assistance Facility for Experts is open permanently for applications until 27 Feb 2025.
gulbenkian.pt
Read more at @ebu.ch about our webinar series. And view all editions on demand if you like!
Series of veraAI webinars highlights research on AI against disinformation
Since September 2022, the EBU has been participating in veraAI, a Horizon Europe project that develops AI-based tools against disinformation. Join us in our webinar series about the research behind th...
tech.ebu.ch
A French law requiring adult sites to run age checks and block users under 18 became applicable to sites based in France and outside of the EU on April 11 (Politico)

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✨ Join us on June 4 & 5, 2025 for the 7th Weizenbaum Conference “Empowering People in Online Spaces: Democracy and Well-being in Digital Societies” ✨
👉 🔗 Register now: www.weizenbaum-conference.de

#Democracy #Empowerment #Community #Power #DigitalResearch #WIConf25
First post on Bsky after a very successful detox from social media.
Paradoxically, a post on our paper with @alvarooleart.bsky.social on how the EU failed to invest in alternatives and why it *did not* become a normative leader in regulating Tech.
Out today:
www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...
CDT Europe is hiring in Brussels! We’ve got two open roles and we’d love your help spreading the word. 👇 cdt.org/careers/
Careers
Do the possibilities presented by an innovative, open, and free internet inspire you? Do you find yourself engaged in passionate discussions about privacy policies? If so, you might be a great fit for our team.
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Come and work with me in Brussels @crisresearch.bsky.social! I’m looking for a postdoc specialised in children’s rights and digital #criminology. Please repost& send to anyone who might be interested.

Deadline 9th of May

#digitalcriminology #surveillance

jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
jobs.vub.be
The lawsuit, reviewed by The Times, alleges Oliver and “Last Week Tonight” producer Partially Important Productions linked Morley to a drastic decrease in Medicaid services and accused him of thinking “it’s ok if people have s— on them for days.”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
John Oliver sued by healthcare boss he rebuked on air over 'bowel movement' comments
A former health insurance boss has taken legal action against 'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver, filing a defamation lawsuit against the Emmy winner.
www.latimes.com
I wrote about the surreal experience of teaching the First Amendment right now on a green card, teaching lofty doctrine while the government is rounding up people like me for things they say

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Can I Teach the First Amendment If I Only Have a Green Card?
Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident.
www.theatlantic.com
"Silencing Greenpeace"

A North Dakota jury has ruled that Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars over pipeline protests.

CHRISTINA ECKES and PHILLIP PAIEMENT argue: The Greenpeace case is a significant test for the EU's Anti-SLAPP Directive.

verfassungsblog.de/greenpeace-s...
My written testimony for yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the so-called "censorship industrial complex," which is more detailed than my opening statement, can be downloaded here: www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/202...
Download File: 2025-03-25_Testimony_Franks | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
www.judiciary.senate.gov
📣New blog post!

Flavia Giglio discusses the legal implications of the Paragon case, concerning the alleged involvement of the Italian government in the surveillance of journalists and other members of civil society by means of a military spyware.
The Paragon case: Walking the fine line between press freedom and national security in Italy and the EU - CiTiP blog
The Italian government has recently been at the center of a controversy, due to its alleged role in surveilling journalists and other members of the civil society with military spyware. This blog post...
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Join us for a discussion on the Ethics of #GenerativeAI in Research and its societal implications!

The event takes place tomorrow, Tuesday 25/03, 12:00-14:00 (with a sandwich lunch) at KU Leuven Heverlee campus.

Info: www.kuleuven.be/ethics-kuleu...

Registration: www.kuleuven.be/ethics-kuleu...
Last Monday 100 CEOs of European digital/tech companies wrote to EC to offer support for a #digital_sovereignty strategy.

This the time to move. #EuroStack. 1/
📣A New CiTiP Working Paper on the regulation of AI liability in the EU is online! The paper consists of 6 research briefs that discuss some issues and solutions to move forward, to inform non-expert readers/a broader audience and interested stakeholders after the withdrawal of the AILD Proposal.
Briefs on Artificial Intelligence and Liability - Some Points of Attention and Future Perspectives
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives and so is academic research on its impact on various legal domains. One of th
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Reacting to the geopolitical turmoil triggered by the Trump administration, Europe is tempted to follow a deregulatory agenda and to ‘simplify’ its legislative arsenal. This has prompted the question whether we need less regulation. Charlotte Ducuing argues that this is not the right question. 👇
More or less regulation: This is (not) the question - CiTiP blog
As part of what commentators increasingly refer to as a turn to techno-fascism (see here and there and also there among many others), the US new Trump administration notably deploys a severe deregulat...
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The good news? UK comic maker Becky Burke is home after being detained by ICE. The bad news, the new regime’s stricter reading of the previously ignored rules on work will catch others out coming to the US for comic events - comicon.com/2025/03/18/f...
Trump puts hundreds of journalists at US-funded media like Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe on leave, barring them from offices and revoking press passes.
www.lemonde.fr/en/united-st...
Trump puts journalists at US-funded media outlets on leave
Hundreds of staff at Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other outlets received a weekend email saying they will be barred from their offices and should surrender press passes and...
www.lemonde.fr