Vidi grant for Dr. João Pedro Quintais

IViR is proud to announce that
Dr. João Pedro Quintais
has received a Vidi grant
from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Generative AI Content Moderation: Regulation for Fundamental Rights
Quintais’s project will explore how EU law addresses the moderation of problematic generative AI (GenAI) content, aiming to protect freedom of expression. As tools like ChatGPT and Gemini raise risks such as disinformation and censorship, existing EU laws remain fragmented and unclear. Quintais will use legal analysis, empirical research, and normative theory to examine current regulation, provider practices, and foundational principles. By bridging gaps between platform and AI law, the project seeks to guide future regulation through a principled, rights-respecting framework. Its contributions include policy recommendations, novel empirical tools, and an interdisciplinary agenda for regulating GenAI content in the EU.

The Vidi funding amounts to a maximum of €850,000 per project. This will allow the researchers to develop their own research line and establish or further expand their own research groups.