Simone van der Hof
@joix.bsky.social
Professor of Regulating Digital Technologies | Privacy, Data Protection, Commercial Exploitation, Digital Play, Digital Child Rights | Center for Law & Digital Technologies (eLaw), Leiden University
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"Some claim EU digital law holds back innovation. But there’s nothing innovative about exploiting children to maximize profit. What’s truly groundbreaking is designing apps and games that take children’s rights and well-being seriously."
What is the role of law in regulating social media’s impact on children?
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The role of the law in regulating social media’s impact on children - Media@LSE
Professor Simone van der Hof of Leiden University details her arguments to the European Parliament’s CULT Committee on the effects of social media on children.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Some claim EU digital law holds back innovation. But there’s nothing innovative about exploiting children to maximize profit. What’s truly groundbreaking is designing apps and games that take children’s rights and well-being seriously."
What is the role of law in regulating social media’s impact on children?
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The role of the law in regulating social media’s impact on children - Media@LSE
Professor Simone van der Hof of Leiden University details her arguments to the European Parliament’s CULT Committee on the effects of social media on children.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
What is the role of law in regulating social media’s impact on children?
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
Read my blog post on Media@LSE where I discuss some improvements necessary in EU digital law to better protect children's rights and well-being:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
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Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.
futurism.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
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This an interesting comparative report on online safety regulations around the world (hat tip to Cesare Pitea) bhr.stern.nyu.edu/publication/...
NYU Stern Center for Business & Human RightsOnline Safety Regulations Around The World: The State of Play and The Way Forward – A Resource Guide
Our new resource guide breaks down and analyzes 26 online platform regulations around the world across 19 jurisdictions, and offers a blueprint for future regulation of the online space consistent wit...
bhr.stern.nyu.edu
April 30, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This an interesting comparative report on online safety regulations around the world (hat tip to Cesare Pitea) bhr.stern.nyu.edu/publication/...
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Re-upping this blog post, because it took me freakin' ages to write.
What do we talk about when we talk about AI? Is it a field of technology or an extractive social process that makes a few people rich and powerful? And why is it so hard to define? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
What do we talk about when we talk about AI? Is it a field of technology or an extractive social process that makes a few people rich and powerful? And why is it so hard to define? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
What we talk about when we talk about AI — Careful Industries
Can AI really do all of the things people want it to do — and what exactly are people actually talking about when they talk about AI? Yutong Liu & The Bigger Picture / https://betterim...
www.careful.industries
April 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Re-upping this blog post, because it took me freakin' ages to write.
What do we talk about when we talk about AI? Is it a field of technology or an extractive social process that makes a few people rich and powerful? And why is it so hard to define? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
What do we talk about when we talk about AI? Is it a field of technology or an extractive social process that makes a few people rich and powerful? And why is it so hard to define? www.careful.industries/blog/2025-4-...
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Interesting CfP for all gamestudies folks out there interested in phenomena like self-referentiality and meta-textuality in games and videogames
>> www.gamesbeyond.org/home <<
>> www.gamesbeyond.org/home <<
Games Beyond
Welcome to the website of the international conference "Games & Game Studies Beyond Postmodernism". The conference will take place at the University of Konstanz, on 4-5 September, 2025. The Call for P...
www.gamesbeyond.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Interesting CfP for all gamestudies folks out there interested in phenomena like self-referentiality and meta-textuality in games and videogames
>> www.gamesbeyond.org/home <<
>> www.gamesbeyond.org/home <<
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🚨 Want to join me at the Technical University of Munich? I’m hiring a PhD student (100%) in the area of the political economy of technological change!
📅 Apply by 18 May | Start Date: July (flexible)
🔗 More info & how to apply: hfp.heyrecruit.de?page=job&id=...
❓Reach out if you have any questions
📅 Apply by 18 May | Start Date: July (flexible)
🔗 More info & how to apply: hfp.heyrecruit.de?page=job&id=...
❓Reach out if you have any questions
PhD position in the field of Political Economy of Technological Change bei Hochschule für Politik München
The Professorship Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Timo Seidl) invites applications for a PhD position in the field of Political Economy of Technological Change
hfp.heyrecruit.de
April 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
🚨 Want to join me at the Technical University of Munich? I’m hiring a PhD student (100%) in the area of the political economy of technological change!
📅 Apply by 18 May | Start Date: July (flexible)
🔗 More info & how to apply: hfp.heyrecruit.de?page=job&id=...
❓Reach out if you have any questions
📅 Apply by 18 May | Start Date: July (flexible)
🔗 More info & how to apply: hfp.heyrecruit.de?page=job&id=...
❓Reach out if you have any questions
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This event will explore issues of abuse and harassment amongst youth online. May 20, 2025. London @ioe.bsky.social
#Adolescence has raised important questions around children’s digital lives.
Our #DigitalFuturesforChildren event will discuss the effect of technology on teens 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
📅 Tues 20 May 6.30-8pm
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social @dr-gis.bsky.social @sonialivingstone.bsky.social
Our #DigitalFuturesforChildren event will discuss the effect of technology on teens 👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/...
📅 Tues 20 May 6.30-8pm
@jessicaringrose.bsky.social @dr-gis.bsky.social @sonialivingstone.bsky.social
Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approach
6.30pm Tues 20 May | Lelia Green, Jessica Ringrose, Kim Sylwander, Giselle Woodley | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
April 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This event will explore issues of abuse and harassment amongst youth online. May 20, 2025. London @ioe.bsky.social
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📢 Come to our book launch: The Platformization of the Family
As family life becomes inseparable from technology, what does this mean for relationships?
🗓 Monday 20 Jan
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CET 📍Online
Register: www.uv.uio.no/iped/english...
Read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
As family life becomes inseparable from technology, what does this mean for relationships?
🗓 Monday 20 Jan
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CET 📍Online
Register: www.uv.uio.no/iped/english...
Read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Platformization of the Family: Digital Book Launch
- Department of Education
Increasingly, digital platforms are woven into the fabric of family life. What does this weaving look like, and how do we research it? Welcome to this digital launch of the book «The Platformization o...
www.uv.uio.no
January 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
📢 Come to our book launch: The Platformization of the Family
As family life becomes inseparable from technology, what does this mean for relationships?
🗓 Monday 20 Jan
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CET 📍Online
Register: www.uv.uio.no/iped/english...
Read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
As family life becomes inseparable from technology, what does this mean for relationships?
🗓 Monday 20 Jan
⏰ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CET 📍Online
Register: www.uv.uio.no/iped/english...
Read: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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started a Starter Pack of people with something interesting to say about technology, society and the future -- who else should be here?
go.bsky.app/PYtcTt5
go.bsky.app/PYtcTt5
November 10, 2024 at 6:37 PM
started a Starter Pack of people with something interesting to say about technology, society and the future -- who else should be here?
go.bsky.app/PYtcTt5
go.bsky.app/PYtcTt5
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Excited to share that AI Snake Oil is one of Nature's 10 best books of 2024! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The whole first chapter is available online:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
We hope you find it useful.
The whole first chapter is available online:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
We hope you find it useful.
December 18, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Excited to share that AI Snake Oil is one of Nature's 10 best books of 2024! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The whole first chapter is available online:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
We hope you find it useful.
The whole first chapter is available online:
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
We hope you find it useful.
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Meanwhile targeted ads to people with gambling addiction are rampant - I always thought that is one of the most vile manifestations of surveillance capitalism
December 17, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Meanwhile targeted ads to people with gambling addiction are rampant - I always thought that is one of the most vile manifestations of surveillance capitalism
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The end of a privacy era thanks to @carlykind.bsky.social: The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of a settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
December 17, 2024 at 12:35 AM
The end of a privacy era thanks to @carlykind.bsky.social: The Australian Information Commissioner has agreed to a $50 million payment program as part of a settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
www.oaic.gov.au/news/media-c...
Faithless Champion Sound Tour 2024 | Great show 🔥🔥🔥
December 14, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Faithless Champion Sound Tour 2024 | Great show 🔥🔥🔥
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Just received the book proofs from the publisher! So close. Years of work culminating. Wow www.routledge.com/Human-Power-...
December 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Just received the book proofs from the publisher! So close. Years of work culminating. Wow www.routledge.com/Human-Power-...
Mijn interview met @nrc.nl over kinderen en social media. Als je kinderen verbiedt op sociale media te komen, blokkeer je een heel deel van hun leven, incl positieve kanten. Het probleem is het ontwerp van die diensten. Dat is niet gezond.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Sociale media verbieden lost niets op, zegt hoogleraar. ‘Dwing platformen veilig te zijn voor kinderen’
Sociale media: Australië gaat sociale media verbieden voor kinderen onder de zestien jaar. Slecht idee, vindt Simone van der Hof, hoogleraar recht en digitale technologie. „Je blokkeert een deel van h...
www.nrc.nl
December 14, 2024 at 9:19 AM
Mijn interview met @nrc.nl over kinderen en social media. Als je kinderen verbiedt op sociale media te komen, blokkeer je een heel deel van hun leven, incl positieve kanten. Het probleem is het ontwerp van die diensten. Dat is niet gezond.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Since approximately gazillion people have joined lately, I’ve updated my extremely random starter pack of UK and Europe tech, AI, law & policy folk
go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce
go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce
December 12, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Since approximately gazillion people have joined lately, I’ve updated my extremely random starter pack of UK and Europe tech, AI, law & policy folk
go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce
go.bsky.app/TJ2xTce
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How do neurodiverse children and adolescents experience digital spaces?
Read Hannah Coulstock’s literature review and advice for parents and carers navigating this new environment. #DigitalYouth #Parenting4DigitalFutue
blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
Read Hannah Coulstock’s literature review and advice for parents and carers navigating this new environment. #DigitalYouth #Parenting4DigitalFutue
blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
Bytes of advice: parenting neurodiverse children in the digital world
As the digital world continues to blend with the real one, and as the prevalence of neurodiversity increases as well, people, especially parents, may wonder how to navigate the relationship between…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 12, 2024 at 8:17 AM
How do neurodiverse children and adolescents experience digital spaces?
Read Hannah Coulstock’s literature review and advice for parents and carers navigating this new environment. #DigitalYouth #Parenting4DigitalFutue
blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
Read Hannah Coulstock’s literature review and advice for parents and carers navigating this new environment. #DigitalYouth #Parenting4DigitalFutue
blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4di...
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Door nu in te stemmen, zijn deze bezuinigingen wel degelijk de plannen waar het CDA actief voor kiest.
Letterlijk.
Letterlijk.
Vooropgesteld: de plannen van dit kabinet voor onderwijs zijn niet de plannen waar het CDA voor zou hebben gekozen, dat zullen het ook nooit worden. De bezuinigingen die overeind blijven zijn niet de onze. 3/8
December 12, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Door nu in te stemmen, zijn deze bezuinigingen wel degelijk de plannen waar het CDA actief voor kiest.
Letterlijk.
Letterlijk.
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In welke bochten het CU en CDA zich ook wringen, het is een bezuiniging op het hoger onderwijs om belastingkorting mogelijk te maken voor het grote bedrijfsleven, en wat snippers voor het volk.
December 12, 2024 at 7:58 AM
In welke bochten het CU en CDA zich ook wringen, het is een bezuiniging op het hoger onderwijs om belastingkorting mogelijk te maken voor het grote bedrijfsleven, en wat snippers voor het volk.
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Maar je kiest er wel voor. De rest is retoriek. Je. Kiest. Hier. Voor. Own it.
Vooropgesteld: de plannen van dit kabinet voor onderwijs zijn niet de plannen waar het CDA voor zou hebben gekozen, dat zullen het ook nooit worden. De bezuinigingen die overeind blijven zijn niet de onze. 3/8
December 12, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Maar je kiest er wel voor. De rest is retoriek. Je. Kiest. Hier. Voor. Own it.
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Het CDA, CU & Co hadden tegen Wilders kunnen zeggen: redelijke argumentatie laat zien dat deze bezuinigingen funest zijn voor Nederland. En ze zijn niet nodig, als we de belastingverlaging op de meest vermogenden niet doorvoeren.
Dus dáár heeft CDA voor gekozen. Erken dat dan tenminste, lafaard.
Dus dáár heeft CDA voor gekozen. Erken dat dan tenminste, lafaard.
We zijn tevreden met het gedeeltelijk terugdraaien van de bezuinigingen op onderwijs, zo'n 750 miljoen euro. 1/8
December 12, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Het CDA, CU & Co hadden tegen Wilders kunnen zeggen: redelijke argumentatie laat zien dat deze bezuinigingen funest zijn voor Nederland. En ze zijn niet nodig, als we de belastingverlaging op de meest vermogenden niet doorvoeren.
Dus dáár heeft CDA voor gekozen. Erken dat dan tenminste, lafaard.
Dus dáár heeft CDA voor gekozen. Erken dat dan tenminste, lafaard.
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Welcome to Bluesky 🦋
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social
EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.
It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.
Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋
edmo.eu
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social
EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.
It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.
Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋
edmo.eu
EDMO – United against disinformation
edmo.eu
December 11, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Welcome to Bluesky 🦋
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social
EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.
It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.
Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋
edmo.eu
The European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) is now here too: @edmo-eu.bsky.social
EDMO is a unique stakeholder in the battle against #disinformation.
It unites scholars, fact checkers, media literacy communities, and policy work.
Share this and make EDMO blue 🚀🦋
edmo.eu
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Geslaagde #WOinActie demonstratie met fluitconcert bij Lipsius in Leiden. Er was nog een demonstratie in Leiden bij het Pieter de la Court.
December 11, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Geslaagde #WOinActie demonstratie met fluitconcert bij Lipsius in Leiden. Er was nog een demonstratie in Leiden bij het Pieter de la Court.