Stefania Di Stefano
@stefaniasds.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher in content moderation at CNAM | PhD in Intl Law @gvagrad.bsky.social | Visiting Lecturer @RGSL_LV | Coordinator @ESIL_Tech & @esilearlycareer.bsky.social | she/her
Antifascista, sempre
Antifascista, sempre
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📖 I am excited to share the publication of my article "International human rights law in content moderation and the risks of ‘misdiagnosing’ its limits" on Transnational Legal Theory Journal!
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October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📖 I am excited to share the publication of my article "International human rights law in content moderation and the risks of ‘misdiagnosing’ its limits" on Transnational Legal Theory Journal!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Why the voluntary approach to business and human rights sucks (and a few things that can be done about it).
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNN8T...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNN8T...
Bad cover versions of law: on the inherent limits of voluntary human rights obligations, as applied to internet companies doing content moderation
This article argues that human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) in the technological sector are inherently handicapped by the voluntary approach to business and human rights in which they are conc...
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Why the voluntary approach to business and human rights sucks (and a few things that can be done about it).
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNN8T...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KNN8T...
📖 I am excited to share the publication of my article "International human rights law in content moderation and the risks of ‘misdiagnosing’ its limits" on Transnational Legal Theory Journal!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/
October 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📖 I am excited to share the publication of my article "International human rights law in content moderation and the risks of ‘misdiagnosing’ its limits" on Transnational Legal Theory Journal!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/
Looking forward to this discussion!
Join us tomorrow from 12:30 to 13:30
Link in the thread below 🔗
Join us tomorrow from 12:30 to 13:30
Link in the thread below 🔗
Next week I will be moderating a session of our Lunch & Learn series!
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Looking forward to this discussion!
Join us tomorrow from 12:30 to 13:30
Link in the thread below 🔗
Join us tomorrow from 12:30 to 13:30
Link in the thread below 🔗
Next week I will be moderating a session of our Lunch & Learn series!
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Next week I will be moderating a session of our Lunch & Learn series!
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
This session, in English, will focus on the inner workings of an out-of-court dispute (ODS) settlement body.
With Thomas Hughes, CEO of Appeals Centre, one of the certified ODS body pursuant to art. 21 DSA, we will discuss 1/
📖 My review of Anu Bradford’s "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford University Press 2023) is out on @zaoerv.bsky.social
Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.
🔗 doi.org/10.17104/004...
Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.
🔗 doi.org/10.17104/004...
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📖 My review of Anu Bradford’s "Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology" (Oxford University Press 2023) is out on @zaoerv.bsky.social
Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.
🔗 doi.org/10.17104/004...
Many thanks to @alexanderwentker.bsky.social and @erik.d-64.social for editing this timely book review symposium.
🔗 doi.org/10.17104/004...
This morning I made my first TV appearance and exercised my right to publicly criticise the most prominent politicians and leaders.
The topic: a discussion on how this very same right is currently being suppressed in the US. 1/
The topic: a discussion on how this very same right is currently being suppressed in the US. 1/
September 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This morning I made my first TV appearance and exercised my right to publicly criticise the most prominent politicians and leaders.
The topic: a discussion on how this very same right is currently being suppressed in the US. 1/
The topic: a discussion on how this very same right is currently being suppressed in the US. 1/
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“Every age has its own Fascism, and we see the warning signs wherever the concentration of power denies citizens the possibility and the means of expressing and acting on their own will. There are many ways of reaching this point…”
Primo Levi, writing in 1974
Primo Levi, writing in 1974
September 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
“Every age has its own Fascism, and we see the warning signs wherever the concentration of power denies citizens the possibility and the means of expressing and acting on their own will. There are many ways of reaching this point…”
Primo Levi, writing in 1974
Primo Levi, writing in 1974
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Javier Bardem shouts out @drmelob.bsky.social on the red carpet
Javier Bardem at the #Emmys: "Here I am today denouncing the genocide in Gaza... Free Palestine!"
(via @Variety)
(via @Variety)
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Javier Bardem shouts out @drmelob.bsky.social on the red carpet
In this thread by @ralfmichaels.bsky.social, a summary of (some) of the silencing attempts we have faced while organising our IG workshop and his excellent defence of our event, for which I’m extremely grateful.
Die Polemik, die die drei Vorstandsmitglieder des Netzwerks Jüdischer Hochschullehrender (NJH) gegen eine Veranstaltung der @esil-sedi.bsky.social aufgesetzt haben, empfinde ich in mehrerlei Hinsicht als unsachlich und für Hochschullehrende inadäquat. 1/15 n-j-h.de/workshop-car...
Workshop „Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide“ - Netzwerk Jüdischer Hochschullehrender
Freie Universität BerlinKaiserswerther Str. 16-1814195 Berlin Frankfurt, 07.09.2025 Workshop „Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide“ mit UN-Sonderberichterstatterin für die besetzten palästinensischen G...
n-j-h.de
September 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In this thread by @ralfmichaels.bsky.social, a summary of (some) of the silencing attempts we have faced while organising our IG workshop and his excellent defence of our event, for which I’m extremely grateful.
And it’s a wrap on #ESIL2025 !
This year, with my colleagues of the ESIL IG on Int’l Law and Technology, we have had the privilege of welcoming Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, as keynote speakers for our annual workshop. 1/
This year, with my colleagues of the ESIL IG on Int’l Law and Technology, we have had the privilege of welcoming Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, as keynote speakers for our annual workshop. 1/
September 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
And it’s a wrap on #ESIL2025 !
This year, with my colleagues of the ESIL IG on Int’l Law and Technology, we have had the privilege of welcoming Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, as keynote speakers for our annual workshop. 1/
This year, with my colleagues of the ESIL IG on Int’l Law and Technology, we have had the privilege of welcoming Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, as keynote speakers for our annual workshop. 1/
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completely manufactured slander of higher ed.
also: it's entitled 'je suis charlie,' alluding to the massacre at charlie hebdo in paris in 2015, seeking to wrap kirk's murder in the light of that political attack on artists/journalists - when nobody even has a handle on the murderer's motive.
also: it's entitled 'je suis charlie,' alluding to the massacre at charlie hebdo in paris in 2015, seeking to wrap kirk's murder in the light of that political attack on artists/journalists - when nobody even has a handle on the murderer's motive.
the person behind this unhinged, anti-factual editorial is set to decide coverage at one of the nation’s major news networks
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
completely manufactured slander of higher ed.
also: it's entitled 'je suis charlie,' alluding to the massacre at charlie hebdo in paris in 2015, seeking to wrap kirk's murder in the light of that political attack on artists/journalists - when nobody even has a handle on the murderer's motive.
also: it's entitled 'je suis charlie,' alluding to the massacre at charlie hebdo in paris in 2015, seeking to wrap kirk's murder in the light of that political attack on artists/journalists - when nobody even has a handle on the murderer's motive.
A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
Defining Away Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
Tomorrow I will have the great privilege of moderating the 2nd panel of our IG workshop on “Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to Reconstructing International Law: A Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide”.
The programme of our @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on International Law and Technology pre-conference workshop is now available!
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
September 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Tomorrow I will have the great privilege of moderating the 2nd panel of our IG workshop on “Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to Reconstructing International Law: A Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide”.
A must-read piece by my (always) brilliant friend Alessandra Spadaro (and it even quotes one of my favourite poems).
All Wars Matter? On a Different Way for International Lawyers to Engage with Armed Conflicts
[Alessandra Spadaro works as Assistant Professor in Public International Law at Utrecht University. She is conducting a three-year project titled “Business in and for war: the role and limits of in…
opiniojuris.org
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A must-read piece by my (always) brilliant friend Alessandra Spadaro (and it even quotes one of my favourite poems).
The programme of our @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on International Law and Technology pre-conference workshop is now available!
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The programme of our @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on International Law and Technology pre-conference workshop is now available!
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
With keynote presentations by Francesca Albanese, UN SR on the oPt, and Eyal Weizman, Founder and Director of Forensic Architecture, the workshop will explore 1/
It’s day 3 of my PIL course in Barcelona. There’s a coffee shop on campus. I’ve been getting my morning coffee here so for the last two days. This morning the barista started preparing my coffee as soon as I got in. And this cute little gesture made me so happy!
June 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
It’s day 3 of my PIL course in Barcelona. There’s a coffee shop on campus. I’ve been getting my morning coffee here so for the last two days. This morning the barista started preparing my coffee as soon as I got in. And this cute little gesture made me so happy!
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Ci sono milioni di persone che vivono, lavorano e studiano in Italia, che contribuiscono al paese ma che non hanno il diritto di votare. Alla faccia di quelli che invece hanno questo diritto ma ne prendono gioco dicendo di stare a casa o non ritirare le schede, andate a votare domani.
June 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ci sono milioni di persone che vivono, lavorano e studiano in Italia, che contribuiscono al paese ma che non hanno il diritto di votare. Alla faccia di quelli che invece hanno questo diritto ma ne prendono gioco dicendo di stare a casa o non ritirare le schede, andate a votare domani.
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So much rage & fury put into this post (but then edited 🙃)
The outrageous privatized aid plan for Gaza is a violation of international law and another confirmation that Gaza is being treated as a domestic problem, manageable by extralegal solutions #StopTheBlockade
www.ejiltalk.org/privatizing-...
The outrageous privatized aid plan for Gaza is a violation of international law and another confirmation that Gaza is being treated as a domestic problem, manageable by extralegal solutions #StopTheBlockade
www.ejiltalk.org/privatizing-...
Privatizing Aid: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Affair
Israel and its allies have introduced quite a number of legal and political configurations over the past 19 months that even the most creative Jessup moot court problem writers would not dare to imagi...
www.ejiltalk.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So much rage & fury put into this post (but then edited 🙃)
The outrageous privatized aid plan for Gaza is a violation of international law and another confirmation that Gaza is being treated as a domestic problem, manageable by extralegal solutions #StopTheBlockade
www.ejiltalk.org/privatizing-...
The outrageous privatized aid plan for Gaza is a violation of international law and another confirmation that Gaza is being treated as a domestic problem, manageable by extralegal solutions #StopTheBlockade
www.ejiltalk.org/privatizing-...
To be shared with each and every person who’s still trying not to call it for what it is: genocide.
Thanks Alonso for articulating it in such a clear and straightforward way. Mainstream media has done a despicable job on Palestine - it’s all the more important to reach as many people as possible.
Thanks Alonso for articulating it in such a clear and straightforward way. Mainstream media has done a despicable job on Palestine - it’s all the more important to reach as many people as possible.
Here’s my full interview @mrjamesob.bsky.social’s show @lbc.co.uk on why I think Israel is committing genocide. Once again many thanks for having me!
youtu.be/ZHPGh8jZySI?...
youtu.be/ZHPGh8jZySI?...
Human Rights Expert: 'Israel is committing a genocide against Gaza' | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 4:03 PM
To be shared with each and every person who’s still trying not to call it for what it is: genocide.
Thanks Alonso for articulating it in such a clear and straightforward way. Mainstream media has done a despicable job on Palestine - it’s all the more important to reach as many people as possible.
Thanks Alonso for articulating it in such a clear and straightforward way. Mainstream media has done a despicable job on Palestine - it’s all the more important to reach as many people as possible.
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📢 IT’S HERE!!! 📢
✨The programme of our “HOW TO” series of events is out!!!✨
This brand new series of events aims to provide a range of skills and support to ESIL early-career members embarking on a career in international law.
✨The programme of our “HOW TO” series of events is out!!!✨
This brand new series of events aims to provide a range of skills and support to ESIL early-career members embarking on a career in international law.
May 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢 IT’S HERE!!! 📢
✨The programme of our “HOW TO” series of events is out!!!✨
This brand new series of events aims to provide a range of skills and support to ESIL early-career members embarking on a career in international law.
✨The programme of our “HOW TO” series of events is out!!!✨
This brand new series of events aims to provide a range of skills and support to ESIL early-career members embarking on a career in international law.
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18th May 1939, Giovanni Falcone is born in Palermo.
"Those who stay silent and bow their head die every time they do so. Those who speak out and hold their head high die only once."
"Those who stay silent and bow their head die every time they do so. Those who speak out and hold their head high die only once."
May 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
18th May 1939, Giovanni Falcone is born in Palermo.
"Those who stay silent and bow their head die every time they do so. Those who speak out and hold their head high die only once."
"Those who stay silent and bow their head die every time they do so. Those who speak out and hold their head high die only once."
“Eurovision threatens to fine RTVE if its commentators mention the Gaza conflict again in today's final.”
Boycotted last year. Boycotted this year.
Shame on EBU.
Boycotted last year. Boycotted this year.
Shame on EBU.
🔴Eurovisión amenaza con multar a RTVE si sus comentaristas vuelven a mencionar el conflicto de Gaza en la final de hoy
Eurovisión amenaza con multar a RTVE si sus comentaristas vuelven a mencionar el conflicto de Gaza en la final de hoy
Julia Varela y Tony Aguilar aludieron a las víctimas civiles de la guerra durante la semifinal y recordaron la petición de la cadena pública de debatir sobre la participación de Israel
elpais.com
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Eurovision threatens to fine RTVE if its commentators mention the Gaza conflict again in today's final.”
Boycotted last year. Boycotted this year.
Shame on EBU.
Boycotted last year. Boycotted this year.
Shame on EBU.
This is a must-read piece.
May 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is a must-read piece.
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🕊️ Today, on #InternationalDayOfLivingTogetherInPeace, lets reflect on @stefaniasds.bsky.social's, "Silencing Palestinian voices: on freedom of expression and Gaza", highlighting how international law often fails to protect the oppressed, especially in #Palestine.
📘 Read more here 👇
📘 Read more here 👇
on freedom of expression and Gaza
The right to freedom of expression is currently facing a global crisis unleashed by the conflict in Gaza. The conflict has led to a high polarisation of public opinion, with opposing factions…
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May 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🕊️ Today, on #InternationalDayOfLivingTogetherInPeace, lets reflect on @stefaniasds.bsky.social's, "Silencing Palestinian voices: on freedom of expression and Gaza", highlighting how international law often fails to protect the oppressed, especially in #Palestine.
📘 Read more here 👇
📘 Read more here 👇