Sophie Weerts
@soweerts.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Public Law | University of Lausanne | working on Tech, Law & Public Administration
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Teens spending "up to seven hours a day" with companion AI... This will lead to psychological disasters.
Musk’s flirty, new chatbot, Ani, has a smooth voice, big eyes and very few guardrails.
What could possibly go wrong? @parmy.bsky.social explains 🎥
What could possibly go wrong? @parmy.bsky.social explains 🎥
July 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Teens spending "up to seven hours a day" with companion AI... This will lead to psychological disasters.
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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...
Analysis | Trump’s ‘Artificial Intelligence Action Plan’ is already stirring debate
Critics unveiled their own “People’s AI Action Plan” ahead of new executive orders expected to address energy and “woke” AI.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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...
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Heartbreaking
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Heartbreaking
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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.
shorturl.at/J4Mgk
shorturl.at/J4Mgk
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…
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July 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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.
shorturl.at/J4Mgk
shorturl.at/J4Mgk
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📣 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!
😀 We will discuss your paper
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✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
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May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📣 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!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
📣 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!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
api.unil.ch
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
📣 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!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
✨ Join us for the Law and Society conference at the University of Lausanne on December 15, 2025!
😀 We will discuss your paper
api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
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Very pleased to say Paul Gooding, @semames.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD student, funded by AHRC @sgsah.bsky.social. Topic: '“Mainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism'. Closing 5pm, Friday 30th May 2025. Please share!
SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Award Studentship
PhD Title: “Mainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism Funding body: AHRC Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday 30th May…
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May 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very pleased to say Paul Gooding, @semames.bsky.social and I are looking for a PhD student, funded by AHRC @sgsah.bsky.social. Topic: '“Mainlining AI into the Veins”? Library collections as data in the age of Extractive AI Capitalism'. Closing 5pm, Friday 30th May 2025. Please share!
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April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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
Trump and Musk have ushered in the era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it
April 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
Trump and Musk have ushered in the era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it
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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....
January 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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....
Parfaite fin de semaine!
January 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Parfaite fin de semaine!
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...
Comparative Perspectives on the Regulation of Large Language Models
Welcome to Cambridge Core
www.cambridge.org
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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...
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
👇🏻 submit your application on the platform of the #university of lausanne
👇🏻 submit your application on the platform of the #university of lausanne
📣 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 !
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Opportunités de carrière : PhD Position (100%) in SNSF Research Project "Regulating the Algorithmic State with Regulatory Sandb (21912)
career5.successfactors.eu
November 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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
👇🏻 submit your application on the platform of the #university of lausanne
👇🏻 submit your application on the platform of the #university of lausanne
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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November 23, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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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👉 api.unil.ch/newsunil/v1/...
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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 können:
onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
Art. 20 BV
onlinekommentar.ch
November 22, 2024 at 6:40 AM
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 können:
onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
onlinekommentar.ch/de/kommentar...
Brussels airport is apparently a good place to reaffirm European values
November 16, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Brussels airport is apparently a good place to reaffirm European values
📣 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 !
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Opportunités de carrière : PhD Position (100%) in SNSF Research Project "Regulating the Algorithmic State with Regulatory Sandb (21912)
career5.successfactors.eu
November 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
📣 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 !
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
👉 career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...
Nafissatou Thiam, the biggest champion (heptathlon) of the Paris olympics … well done Nafi you are a genius !! So so proud ! 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
« Une récompense pour tout le travail, les efforts et la douleur » : Nafissatou Thiam après son titre olympique
« Une récompense pour tout le travail, les efforts et la douleur » : Nafissatou Thiam après son titre olympique
August 9, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Nafissatou Thiam, the biggest champion (heptathlon) of the Paris olympics … well done Nafi you are a genius !! So so proud ! 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
« Une récompense pour tout le travail, les efforts et la douleur » : Nafissatou Thiam après son titre olympique
« Une récompense pour tout le travail, les efforts et la douleur » : Nafissatou Thiam après son titre olympique
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...
March 12, 2024 at 7:31 AM
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...
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Conférence ayant lieu ce jeudi à l‘IDHEAP!
Il est encore possible de venir même si vous n’êtes pas inscrit - n’hésitez pas à en informer la Professeure Sophie Weerts @soweerts.bsky.social par mail (sophie.weerts@unil.ch) ou moi-même (mathieu.fasel@unil.ch).
Il est encore possible de venir même si vous n’êtes pas inscrit - n’hésitez pas à en informer la Professeure Sophie Weerts @soweerts.bsky.social par mail (sophie.weerts@unil.ch) ou moi-même (mathieu.fasel@unil.ch).
January 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Conférence ayant lieu ce jeudi à l‘IDHEAP!
Il est encore possible de venir même si vous n’êtes pas inscrit - n’hésitez pas à en informer la Professeure Sophie Weerts @soweerts.bsky.social par mail (sophie.weerts@unil.ch) ou moi-même (mathieu.fasel@unil.ch).
Il est encore possible de venir même si vous n’êtes pas inscrit - n’hésitez pas à en informer la Professeure Sophie Weerts @soweerts.bsky.social par mail (sophie.weerts@unil.ch) ou moi-même (mathieu.fasel@unil.ch).
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Are you a First Generation Academic? Join the next ICON•S event with Aua Baldé, Tarun Khaitan & @silviasteininger.bsky.social for a conversation on how to navigate the waters of legal academia
🗓️13 Dec.|🕗11:00 CET |💻Online
Register here➡️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️13 Dec.|🕗11:00 CET |💻Online
Register here➡️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 5, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Are you a First Generation Academic? Join the next ICON•S event with Aua Baldé, Tarun Khaitan & @silviasteininger.bsky.social for a conversation on how to navigate the waters of legal academia
🗓️13 Dec.|🕗11:00 CET |💻Online
Register here➡️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓️13 Dec.|🕗11:00 CET |💻Online
Register here➡️ icon-society-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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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.
Europe Advances Its AI Act | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with EURACTIV technology editor Luca Bertuzzi.
www.techpolicy.press
December 10, 2023 at 4:05 PM
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.
Interesting article about the lobbying activities in the legislative procedure with #AIA. It gives context to understand some political positions 👉 Tech lobbying is derailing the AI Act www.socialeurope.eu/big-tech-lob...
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.
www.socialeurope.eu
November 24, 2023 at 7:14 AM
Interesting article about the lobbying activities in the legislative procedure with #AIA. It gives context to understand some political positions 👉 Tech lobbying is derailing the AI Act www.socialeurope.eu/big-tech-lob...
❗️AIA still under discussion this week due to generative AI. 👉 algorithmwatch.org/en/op-ed-gen...
November 23, 2023 at 8:34 AM
❗️AIA still under discussion this week due to generative AI. 👉 algorithmwatch.org/en/op-ed-gen...