In the media
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Spam, spam, spam: how to stop it23 January 2025How can we stop the endless stream of spam we receive in our mailbox? Journalist Warner van der Louw of Dutch newspaper ‘Trouw’ puts the question to B...
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Instagram ‘accidentally’ blocks democrat-related search terms22 January 2025One day after Donald Trump's inauguration as new US president, search results linked to Biden, Harris and Obama were flagged on Instagram as ‘sensitiv...
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A resilient democracy needs maintenance07 January 2025Bastiaan Rijpkema, Professor of Jurisprudence, has written an op-ed in Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ calling for more resilient democracy in 2025: ‘A democrat...
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Bart Custers about extremists on Telegram19 December 2024Extremist users of Telegram are moving en masse to other chat apps, such as the anonymous SimpleX. In this way, they hope to avoid detection, now that...
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Simone van der Hof: ‘Banning social media solves nothing’18 December 2024The Australian Parliament recently passed a law banning social media for children younger than 16. This solves nothing, argues Simone van der Hof, Pro...
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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse15 December 2024Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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Major concerns in Iran following Donald Trump’s election victory13 November 2024Donald Trump's US election victory is causing major concerns in many countries, including Iran. Afshin Ellian, Professor of Jurisprudence, spoke about...
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Trust in US Supreme Court at an all-time low06 November 2024While the first votes of the American elections are being counted, PhD candidate Tessa van Buchem appeared as a guest on Radio 1. During the radio bro...
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Moderating misinformation remains a tricky business06 November 2024A Pointer investigation has found that more than 30 Dutch podcasts regularly spread misinformation. Assistant professor Michael Klos spoke to Pointer ...
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Border control and checks: a symbolic measure30 October 2024As part of its plans to introduce a stricter asylum policy, the Dutch cabinet wants to expand checks at internal borders within the EU. Professor of L...
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Instagram Teens: is this the solution teenagers really need?22 October 2024Through its launch of Instagram Teens, Instagram promises to create a safe environment for teenagers by introducing age restrictions. But is it actual...
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Bart Custers on tech companies involved in criminal activities20 September 2024Governments are increasingly cracking down on tech companies like X, Telegram and Clearview that flout the law, with a fine, ban or criminal prosecuti...
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Bart Custers comments on Telegram’s catalogue of crimes13 September 2024Instant messaging app Telegram is not faring well in the news – the reason being the illicit activities occurring on the platform. Professor Bart Cust...
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Bart Custers writes blog post on judge who used ChatGPT09 September 2024This month, it came out that a subdistrict court judge used ChatGPT to formulate a ruling. The judge included some text generated by the popular AI ch...
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Bart Custers discusses fake news on facial recognition at Jumbo09 September 2024Misleading social media posts are falsely claiming that the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo uses facial recognition at self-service checkouts. Jumbo den...