Stefania Di Stefano
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Stefania Di Stefano
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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
📖 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
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/
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
📖 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...
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
In my intervention, I discussed the wider strategies currently employed in the US to stifle political opposition, underscoring how the recent suspension of Jimmy Kimmel is just the latest escalation of silencing efforts that had already started at the beginning of this second Trump administration 2/
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/
September 19, 2025 at 8:10 AM
As we all go back to our everyday lives, I hope we will continue to work together and mobilise to defend academic freedom in regard to Palestine. 5/.
September 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am also delighted to have had the opportunity to discuss, together with @jannisgrimm.bsky.social the pressing issue of academic freedom and the discourse on international law, where I also shared insights on the silencing attempts we have endured in the lead up to our workshop 3/
September 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I am grateful to them for their contribution and engagement, as well as our panelists for their thought-provoking presentations, and our audience for the captivating debates. I am also grateful to the local organisers, and the ESIL Board, for the support in making this event happen. 2/
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/
September 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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/
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This is a must-read piece.
May 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Update on the screaming kids:
Here is my (effective) solution, which is also somehow making me think that I might have been struggling so far with auditory overstimulation…
April 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I got mail!!!

The printed and submitted version of “DI STEFANO - Regulating Freedom of Expression in the Age of Social Media - New Actors as Drivers of Change in International Law [FINAL] CORRECT”

(Yes - there were still typos in the [FINAL] version)

I’m now *officially* Dr Stefania Di Stefano 🎓
April 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢 Call for Papers 📢

The ESIL IG on International Law and Technology is pleased to announce the Call for Papers for our @esil-sedi.bsky.social pre-conference workshop

The theme is *Forensic and Counter-Forensic Approaches to Reconstructing International Law - A Cartography and Anatomy of Genocide*
April 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Today was my first day as Postdoctoral Researcher at Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers!

I am incredibly excited to start this new adventure, where I will work together with Suzanne Vergnolle on all things content moderation!
April 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The move from Geneva to Paris was truly exhausting.
March 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Goodbye, Geneva.
March 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In the past months, I have been thinking a lot about the systematic suppression of freedom of expression worldwide.

Thanks to the NQHR for the opportunity to further elaborate some thoughts originally shared in a post published by the Geneva Graduate Institute

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Bonus picture
March 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Here she is!!! 🐶
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
All is well in my home country.
February 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
And yet, you never remember me.
February 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Gaia and Loki send you a big big hug!
February 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Yesterday, I successfully defended my thesis in international law at the @gvagrad.bsky.social, and was awarded the distinction “summa cum laude” with special commendations for the thesis and its defence. 1/
February 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Profile picture update needed
January 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM