Internet Policy Review
Journal for internet studies. Interdisciplinary & open access. Published by @hiigberlin.bsky.social & @cais-research.bsky.social in cooperation with @create-glasgow.bsky.social @cis-cnrs.bsky.social IN3 @uocuniversitat.bsky.social & Skytte Institute UT
- [New editor] Welcome Ula! Ula Furgał is joining our editorial team as an academic editor. We're very pleased to have you with us. Your presence will strengthen Internet Policy Review. policyreview.info/users/ula-fu...
- [New paper] Open data meets data justice, By @io-pgi-kuleuven.bsky.social's Caterina Santoro, @cis-cnrs.bsky.social's Ramya Chandrasekhar and U of Amsterdam's Stefania Milan policyreview.info/articles/ana... #opendata #datajustice
- "The so-called Digital Omnibus, a set of deregulatory measures that ran contrary to the EU’s previous efforts to regulate the digital economy, took many by surprise," say Šitera & Eberle in their latest op-ed 1/2
- "We argue that this is due to the lack of attention paid to the digital policies of smaller EU member states, a problem that is shared by both media reporting and academic research." Full op-ed here: policyreview.info/articles/new... 2/2
- [New op-ed] Who holds the power? Rethinking health data governance through a Data Feminism lens, By Anamika Kundu of the @eui-eu.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/new... #datafeminism #EHDS #Regulation
- [New article] Social media and mental harms under the Digital Services Act, By Przemysław Pałka & Ewa Ilczuk @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/ana... #DSA #mentalharms #socialmedia
- [New op-ed] The EU AI Act and the violent logics of border AI, By Sarah Fathallah: "The three foundational logics of AI facilitate border violence through unconsented data dispossession, punitive pushbacks, and experimental harm." policyreview.info/articles/new...
- [New article] "Based on survey data from 6 EU countries (N=2,889), we examine differences in perceptions of personal vs. societal harm and their implications for individual control preferences and support for regulation" - Gagrčin, Toth, Schaetz, Naab, & Emmer policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- "We find a surprising inverse relationship between perceived personal harm and desire for individual control:"
- "when citizens’ perceive greater personal harm, they become less inclined to seek individual data control, suggesting privacy resignation."
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View full thread"Specifically, regulatory frameworks with an overreliance on individual control mechanisms (like consent requirements) may be insufficient or even counterproductive when citizens already perceive data harms."
- [Op-ed] Drawing the line: When child safety laws lose sight of real children, By @jere.my policyreview.info/articles/new... #children #human #rights #AI #childrights
- [New op-ed] Europe wants the sky full of drones – just not like that, By Samar Abbas Nawaz, The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) policyreview.info/articles/new... #Europe #drones
- [New article] Platform badges for civic communication: An interdisciplinary discussion of a risk mitigation measure pursuant to Art. 35 DSA, By Jan Rau, Jan-Ole Harfst, & Tobias Mast @bredowinstitut.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- AI as commons: Why we need community-controlled Artificial Intelligence, By Vasilis Kostakis & Aristotle Tympas policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #commons
- Essay Global Policy, drawing a.o. on an article published in our journal: Assessing the EU’s Code of Practice on Disinformation: Platform Responses to Information Disorders, By By Madalina Botan and Minna Aslama Horowitz, in @globalpolicy.bsky.social www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/12/2...
- [New op-ed] Data centres or data colonies? Energy, water, and Latin America's sovereignty test, By Rodrigo Ardissom de Souza policyreview.info/articles/new...
- [New Special Issue] The craft of interdisciplinary research and methods in public interest #cybersecurity, #privacy, and #digitalrights governance, guest-edited by @uwaterloo.ca's Adam Molnar & Urs Hengartner, and @deakinuniversity.bsky.social's Diarmaid Harkin policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- [New op-ed] Europe can’t end poverty if it ignores digital poverty, By Guido Appoldt and Ronald Musizvingoza policyreview.info/articles/new... #DigitalPoverty #Europe
- [New op-ed] "Across the Africa, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and freelancers are increasingly reporting unexplained suspensions, account shutdowns, or impossible-to-navigate verification loops," says Chimdi Chukwukere, University of Abuja, Nigeria policyreview.info/articles/new...
- [New paper] Trading nuance for scale? Platform observability and content governance under the DSA, By @bsky.charispapaevangelou.eu & @favstats.eu policyreview.info/articles/ana... #DSA
- [New paper] Facebook, the EU and Russia’s war: Challenges of moderating authoritarian news, By @jkling288.bsky.social, University of Passau, and @sergepoliakoff.bsky.social, University of Amsterdam. policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Russia #Ukraine #EU #Facebook #Misinformation
- #CfP: Inclusive by design? Special issue on #participatory governance & the future of #digital public spaces! Edited by @jottbees.bsky.social @marco-waehner.bsky.social Christiane Eilders & Tim A. Majchrzak. @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 Submit abstract by 15 Oct: policyreview.info/events/call-...
- #Digital public spaces are conceived as open to all. However, #participation is often stratified, reflecting age, gender, educational background and occupation. How do such inequalities intersect with ideals of openness & accessibility? @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 policyreview.info/events/call-...
- #CfP Join the debate on: 📍 #Participatory governance 📍 (Dis)integrative dynamics of #digital discourse 📍 Imagined futures of inclusive digital public spaces 📄 Abstract due 15 Oct 25 📄 Full paper due 1 March 26 All papers peer-reviewed. @cais-research.bsky.social 👉 policyreview.info/events/call-...
- [New paper] Brussels effect or experimentalism? The EU AI Act and global standard-setting, By @vuamsterdam.bsky.social's @bencrum.nl policyreview.info/articles/ana... #AIAct #EU #BrusselsEffect
- [Must-Read Essay] How the new digital knowledge order is impacting science, By @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social's Donya Alinejad policyreview.info/articles/ana... #impact #science
- [Recent paper] ‘Cookie-less’ identification for/against privacy? By Ido Sivan-Sevilla, Patrick Parham, Lee McGuigan policyreview.info/articles/ana... cc @lutzid.bsky.social
- [New Op-ed] “none of the 'by design' principles seem to carry much substance", argues the University of Southern Denmark's Jukka Ruohonen in a recent Internet Policy Review op-ed policyreview.info/articles/new... CC @d-ias.bsky.social
- [New paper] Lessons from small and highly-digitalised #Estonia: Decision-making in the aftermath of #cybersecurity crises, By Logan Carmichael policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- [New Op-ed] Not greenwashing, but still… A closer look at big tech’s 2025 sustainability reports, By Thomas Le Goff of @telecomparis.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/new... #sustainanility #GreenTech #GreenIT #CSR
- "By this short piece, I want to make sure that all citizens have access to the full depth of the environmental information (or lack thereof) that can be found in these sustainability reports." - Thomas Le Goff
- #CfP: Special issue on #BigTech in global #security governance! What happens when digital giants learn to see the world through a #security lens? Edited by @mg-borelli.bsky.social, K. Ermoshina, F. Musiani & @gulnarazakharova.bsky.social 👉Submit abstract by 21 Sep: policyreview.info/events/call-...
- From wars to geopolitical rivalries & terrorism-related threats, #BigTech is no longer just infrastructure. These corporations co-produce #security alongside public authorities & are becoming actors of global #securitygovernance in their own right. 👉 policyreview.info/events/call-...
- Contribute to the debate on #BigTech in #security governance for our new special issue! 📄 Submit your 400-word abstract & short bio by 21 Sept 2025. 📄 Full paper due 15 March 2026 (6,000 words) All papers peer-reviewed. 👉 Learn why & how to submit: policyreview.info/events/call-...
- [New paper] The impact of zero-knowledge proofs on data minimisation compliance of digital identity wallets, By Emanuela Podda, Pol Hölzmer, Alexandre Amard, Johannes Sedlmeir, & Gilbert Fridgen policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- [New Op-ed] Standardised bias? The role – and limits – of European standards bodies in the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act, By Peter Alexander Earls Davis & @oslomet.bsky.social's Rebecca Schmidt policyreview.info/articles/new... #AIAct #AI #EUstandards #Standards #HighRiskAI
- [New Op-ed] Law is ready for AI, but is AI ready for law? asks Marsha Medvedeva of @unileiden.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #ExplainableAI #Explainability
- [New Op-ed] Why AI's lack of motivation doesn't preclude legal explainability, By Jacob Livingston Slosser & Henrik Palmer Olsen, both at the University of Copenhagen policyreview.info/articles/new... #AI #ADM
- [New paper] "You and TikTok are, and will remain at all times, independent contractors", By @taylorannabell.bsky.social, @sophiebishop.bsky.social, & @cgoanta.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/ana... #TikTok #Monetisation #PlatformGovernance
- [New Op-ed] If transparency is the solution, are we really addressing the problems of automated decision-making? By Hannah Louise Smith of the University of Copenhagen policyreview.info/articles/new... #ADM #GDPR #Transparency
- [New Op-ed] The operative provisions of the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act refer to "fairness" quite extensively. But what does fairness mean... beyond being a crowd-pleaser, asks @uio.no's Lee Andrew Bygrave policyreview.info/articles/new... #AIAct #Fairness
- [Recent paper] Celsius clawbacks against EU consumers: A real-world test of EU law on online consumer contracts, By Mindaugas Kiškis policyreview.info/articles/ana... #Crypto #Lawsuit
- [New paper] The need for greater transparency in the moderation of borderline terrorist and violent extremist content, By Ellie Rogers, Swansea University policyreview.info/articles/ana...
- [New paper] Regulating pressing systemic risks – but not too soon? A research article by Defne Halil, Konrad Kollnig, Aurelia Tamò-Larrieux doi.org/10.14763/202... CC @maastrichtu.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social
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- Recent article published in Internet Policy Review celebrated in Amsterdam: Well-done, well-deserved, Dieuwertje!
- ✨ 🎉 I am very grateful and honored to be the recipient of the 2025 Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis Article Award @uvahumanities.bsky.social for my paper "Platform power in AI: The evolution of cloud infrastructures in the political economy of artificial intelligence" (tinyurl.com/ythnj7kf)
- [New Op-ed] "Europe prides itself on leading the globe in ethical AI regulation. Yet, leadership is not merely about drafting rules; it is about how those rules are made, who shapes them, and whose voices count" -Ahmed Alrawi, Karsh Institute of Democracy policyreview.info/articles/new... #AIAct #EU
- [New paper] Infrastructural power: State strategies for internet control, By @juanof9.bsky.social policyreview.info/articles/ana... #undersea #telecom
