SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) vormen een groeiende dreiging voor journalisten en de persvrijheid in Nederland en Europa. In deze tweedelige podcast gaan Wisse van der Lelij en Gabi Trogrlić, voormalig masterstudenten Informatierecht, in het kader van het vak International Media Law, Policy and Practice (IMLPP), in gesprek met Emma Bergmans en Jasmijn de Zeeuw van Free Press Unlimited.
Call for Papers: GenAI & Creative Practices
Responsible Digital Transformations would like to invite you to submit proposals to the GenAI & Creative Practices conference, which will take place at the University of Amsterdam on 17 & 18 December 2025.
‘If we go on like this, the data centre sector will not meet the sustainability goal in 2030’
Our society’s growing reliance on digital technologies such as AI incurs an ever-growing ecological footprint. Kristina Irion, Associate Professor at the Institute for Information Law, examines the European Union law and policy surrounding data centres. In a recent article, she and co-author Jessica Commins explain why, despite measures to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy consumption, the unfettered growth of the data centres sector jeopardizes the achievement of the 2030 sustainability goal.
Untangling AI Copyright and Data Mining in EU Compliance
In this TL;DR episode, João Quintais explains the interaction between the AI Act and EU copyright law, focusing on text and data mining (TDM). He unpacks key issues like lawful access, opt-out mechanisms, and transparency obligations for AI developers. João explores challenges such as extraterritoriality and trade secrets, offering insights into how voluntary codes of practice and contractual diligence could help align AI innovation with EU copyright rules.
Balázs Bodó appointed Professor of Information Law and Policy at IViR
IViR is pleased and proud to announce that Balázs Bodó has been appointed, per 1 January 2025, as a full professor at IViR, to the chair ‘Information Law and Policy, with special emphasis on Technology Governance’.
Call for Creative Media Projects – Data Work in the Digital Economy
The University of Amsterdam is providing funding and support for new or early-stage creative media projects that unearth, explore, and critique the digital economy in India from the perspectives of the labour that supports and sustains it.
More Great Books Freely Available in ‘Information Law Series’ Archive
Following the successful launch of the Information Law Series Archive in September 2024, ten more volumes have now been made freely available online on the IViR website.
Vacature: Onderzoeker bij het IViR
Heb je recent je Master Rechten afgerond of rond je die binnenkort af? Heb je aantoonbare affiniteit met informatierechtelijke onderwerpen zoals intellectuele eigendom, platformregulering, gegevensbescherming, data governance, uitingsvrijheid of AI? Vind je het leuk onderzoek te doen naar actuele vraagstukken in deze domeinen? Dan hebben wij de perfecte startersbaan voor jou!
Kristina Irion joins advisory board of Center on Privacy & Technology
Kristina Irion has joined the advisory board of the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law.
Vacancy: PhD Candidate Generative AI in the Media
The overall goal of this project is to study the role and implications that the new regulatory framework has in realising public values and influencing the power dynamics and legal relationships in the context of the development and use of generative AI models and systems in the media context, with a focus on AI-generated illegal and harmful content.