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Centre for IT & IP Law (KU Leuven, Belgium). Legal research in ICT, IP & Media. Partner of imec & LICT
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We’re CiTiP, leading research center on law and technology focusing on:

✅ Data protection & privacy
✅ AI, Data and Robotics
✅ IP
✅(Cyber)security
✅ and many more

Join us for insights and collaborations!

Let’s shape the future together: www.law.kuleuven.be/citip/en
Centre for IT & IP Law
CiTiP is the center for IT & IP Law at the KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology.
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📣New blog post by @noemiekrack.bsky.social

Research results from the ISD warn about the prominence and easy discoverability of tools for non-consensual sexual deepfakes creation. This blog calls for a perspective shift to address the imbalance between their easy production and difficult removal.
Easy to Make, Hard to Remove and Impossible to forget— The Unfair Speeds of non-consensual intimate and sexually explicit deepfakes. - CiTiP blog
In a context of the growing deepfakes proliferation, Open AI has added to the deepfake arsenal with the release of its new AI-powered text-to-video generator, Sora. Meanwhile, the Institute for Strate...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
📣New blogpost by @tatianaduarte.bsky.social

Recently, the CJEU decided on the SRB v. EDPS. The blog post critiques the Court's articulation of the concept of pseudonymous data and examines the consistency of the decision with data protection law.
Identifiability on Trial: Insights from SRB v EDPS - CiTiP blog
This blog post explores two aspects of the CJEU’s decision in the case that opposed the SRB and EDPS. It criticises the Court’s reasoning on pseudonymous data, while offering four reasons in support o...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🚨 New Blog Post by @msas25.bsky.social

From Australia’s bans to Europe’s push for mandatory age verification, lawmakers are reshaping how children access social media. But do these measures truly protect children or risk excluding them from vital online opportunities?

#ChildRights #OnlineSafety
Please let me in! Should children be banned from social media? - CiTiP blog
This blogpost is the part. 1 of a trilogy. It provides an overview of the current legislative initiatives imposing age restrictions on social media and evaluates them from a children’s right perspecti...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We welcomed Iagê Miola, director of the Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados at CiTiP at the occasion of the event 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚? 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, co-organized by @lsts-vub.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
📣We are recruiting!

CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive researcher to join its team, work on data/AI law and provide research and valorisation support.

Interested in this multifaceted job?

⌛Deadline 15 December 2025.

More information👇
RU CiTiP – Researcher data/AI law & research/valorisation support
Join CiTiP – Shaping the Legal Future of Digital Innovation
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December 2, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📣New blogpost on the new concept of ‘Regulatory solutionism’, forged in the context of a recent research on the EU regulation of AI and sustainability. The authors explain how we came to this concept and why it is relevant – beyond the sole case of AI and sustainability regulation.
Regulatory solutionism applied to AI and Sustainability. When legislative inaction takes the form of legislative activism - CiTiP blog
In a recent research, we looked into the European Union (EU) regulation of ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) and sustainability. Our research led us to forge a new concept: ‘Regulatory solutionism’. Here...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
📢 Wanted: Participants for the Knowledge Center on Data & Society’s new Policy Prototyping project!

🗓 In 2026, the Knowledge Center on Data & Society is organising a 𝗰𝗼-𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 and are seeking participation from 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 in the AI value chain and 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀.
Policy prototyping 2026: call for participants - Kenniscentrum Data & Maatschappij
Wanted: participants for our article 25 (4) AI-act policy prototyping exercise. This new project takes a closer look at the minimum requirements in contracts between providers of high-risk AI systems ...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by CiTiP KU Leuven
The debate on Digital Omnibus has thus far placed insufficient emphasis on the role of smarter regulation as a starting point for simplifying administrative burdens. @citip.bsky.social

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Simplification rhymes with smarter regulation. A call for turning the Digital Omnibus debate towards compliance automation and innovative reporting tools. - CiTiP blog
The debate on Digital Omnibus has thus far placed insufficient emphasis on the role of smarter regulation as a starting point for simplifying administrative burdens. However, the broader development o...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📣New blogpost by @manonvdh.bsky.social

EU design law distinguishes between various types of parts. Whether a ‘part’ qualifies in one of those categories has important consequences on the validity and scope of protection of design rights.

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‘Part’ or ‘component part’ in EU design law – comPARTmentalising terminology in EU design law [Part 1] - CiTiP blog
Under the EU Design Regulation (‘EUDR’) and the Design Directive (recast) (‘DD recast’), design protection is envisioned not only for products, but also for parts of products (Art. 3(1) EUDR and Art. ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣New blog post!

In June 2025, the MDCG issued its long awaited Q&As on AI-based medical devices, but key gaps remain. In their new blog, @bisilisib.bsky.social & Marie Kohoutova unpack missed opportunities and offer recommendations for the next guidance.

Read their full blog post here 👇
Quo Vadis MDCG? The missed opportunities on AI-based medical devices - CiTiP blog
After a long-awaited period, the Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) issued in June 2025 its first Q&A document on the interplay between the medical device regulations and the Artificial Intellig...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣New blog post!

Marta Musidlowska reflects on the EHDS Regulation, its push for digital healthcare in the EU, and the limited safeguards for those unable or unwilling to go online, raising questions about a potential “right not to use the Internet".
Offline by Right? The EHDSR and the Choice Not to Go Online. - CiTiP blog
The recently adopted European Health Data Space Regulation marks a significant step toward the digitalisation of healthcare within the European Union, with the potential to improve the quality of medi...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by CiTiP KU Leuven
De ouders van de tiener Adam Raine klaagden OpenAI aan, omdat hun zoon overleed nadat hij zijn suïcidale gedachten deelde met ChatGPT.

Onze onderzoekers Rob Heyman en Jan De Bruyne werden vandaag geïnterviewd door De Morgen over deze tragische zaak.

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De ouders van de 16-jarige Amerikaan Adam Raine klagen OpenAI aan. Volgens hen hielp ChatGPT hun zoon bij het plannen van zijn zelfdoding. De zaak dwingt tot een ongemakkelijke vraag: wie draagt verantwoordelijkheid wanneer een machine lijkt te begrijpen hoe wij ons voelen?
Na dood van Adam (16) klagen ouders OpenAI aan: ‘Chatbot gaf suggesties om zijn plannen te verbergen’
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October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
✨Our researchers in the media!✨

This month, several of our colleagues shared their insights and expertise in the media — bringing their research to a wider audience. 🎙️📺 🗞️

Curious where to watch, listen, or read? See the links below👇👇👇
October 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
📣New blog post by Erica Harper

Neurotech is leaving the lab for homes, hospitals—and courts. This playbook shows governments how to protect mental privacy and agency, ban coercive uses, classify risk, and fund what works—so innovation flourishes without sacrificing human dignity.
Ethical Neurotech: A Regulatory Playbook for Governments - CiTiP blog
Neurotechnology is moving from the lab bench to living rooms, clinics, and—increasingly—courtrooms. Devices that sense and stimulate the brain promise extraordinary therapeutic benefits: restoring mov...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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#ECREA-CLP started with a keynote by Peggy Valcke @citip.bsky.social on media freedom and pluralism in the age of AI and platforms, sharing her optimism about EMFA's future impact.
The #ECREA-CLP workshop 2025 in Brussels is about to start.
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Secure Processing Environments are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. In this blog post Andrea Palumbo and Leander Stähler take a closer look at the position of the concept and what novel legal questions this raises.

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Secure Processing Environments: A European Experiment in Data Governance - CiTiP blog
‘Secure Processing Environments’ (SPEs) are being increasingly integrated into EU law regulating data access. As an emerging legal concept, we take a closer look at the position of the concept and the...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Overuren voor wetenschapscommunicatie!

Vorige week was ik op @deafspraak.bsky.social met een woordje uitleg over het Europese voorstel om privécommunicatie te scannen op kindermisbruik ("chat control") en vandaag deed ik hetzelfde in de podcast Virtual met o.a. @timverheyden.bsky.social.

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September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The EU AI Act isn’t just about safety & rights. It could quietly transform cybersecurity. Mandatory logging for high-risk AI creates a goldmine for detecting anomalies, spotting AI-specific attacks & boosting threat intel. A hidden ally for stronger defenses. Read Eyup Kun`s blog post on this topic👇
The unspoken role of the ai act in the creation of data sources for cybersecurity technologies - CiTiP blog
The EU AI Act, primarily focusing on health safety and fundamental rights of individuals, will play an often-overlooked yet critical role in improving cybersecurity technologies by its mandatory loggi...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
📣New blog post by @isabelarosal.bsky.social

Can you re-use public access information without accessing it? The CJEU understands that one depends on the other, but also highlights that access and re-use are different activities. #opendata #publicsector #opendatadirective #datagovernance
Data access vs. data re-use: can the open data movement survive in the CJEU? - CiTiP blog
Discussions around open data and re-use of public sector information (PSI) have increased and occupy a central role in the European Data Strategy. As a central part of this debate, one should differen...
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September 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🚀 Belgian startup in need of free legal advice from students, academics and law firms?

IusStart might be exactly what you are looking for!

📅 Applications are welcome until 1 September

📧 Questions? iusstart.law@kuleuven.be

#startups #entrepreneurship #kuleuven #iusstart
July 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Reposted by CiTiP KU Leuven
HEREDITARY is featured in the latest episode of the Brain Talks podcast!

We dive into how trustworthy AI can transform brain research, with insights from Elisabetta Biasin (@citip.bsky.social) and Helena Ledmyr (@incforg.bsky.social)

🎧 https://www.braininnovationdays.eu/brain-talks-podcast/
July 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
📣 New blogpost by Francesca Portante d'Alessandro

This blogpost explores the unclear application of the Data Governance Act to NFT platforms.

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NFT platforms and the DGA: Navigating a legal grey area - CiTiP blog
This blogpost explores the application of the DGA to NFT platforms, focusing on their potential exclusion as ‘’copyright intermediaries’’ under Art 2(11)(b) DGA. It argues that, due to ambiguous legis...
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July 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
📣New blogpost by by Vladimir Apraxine

This follow-up blog post analyses the power asymmetries and barriers to CSOs’ participation in the development of the CoP on GPAI and harmonised standards.

#AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety
Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 2) - CiTiP blog
The previous part of this blog post outlined the co-regulatory mechanisms that will be used to regulate GenAI and highlighted the role that CSOs should play in their development.  This follow-up blog ...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
📣New blogpost by Vladimir Apraxine

Civil society organisations face a major power imbalance in shaping generative AI rules. Active engagement with implementing bodies is essential to counterbalance this asymmetry. #AIAct #GenAI #CivilSociety

Read part 1 here 👇
Opportunities and barriers for civil society organisations in shaping the regulation of generative AI (Part 1) - CiTiP blog
This blog post highlights a significant vulnerability in the AI Act’s regulation of generative AI (GenAI), namely its failure to prevent the power asymmetry between corporate entities and civil societ...
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June 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📣We are recruiting!

CiTiP is looking for an enthusiastic and proactive PhD researcher to join its team and work on children’s rights to privacy and data protection.

Interested in doing a PhD on this topic?

⌛Deadline 14 July 2025.

More information👇
RU CiTiP - PhD scholarship holder (100%)
Doctoral researcher with a special interest in technology, law and children’s rights
www.kuleuven.be
June 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM