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IViR Lecture Series:

Does Information Law Suit Information Machines? 

27 March 2026

Book Launch:

Human Rights and Intellectual Property Before the European Courts

2 April 2026
Colloquium:

When History is too Important to be Left to Historians

8 April 2026

IViR Summer Courses:

International Copyright
Law & Policy
Privacy Law & Policy

European Platform Regulation

Latest News

17 March, 2026

Vacancy: Universitair Docent Platformregulering

Vacancy

Ben je een early career wetenschapper op het gebied van platformregulering met passie voor onderwijs en onderzoek? Heb je zowel interesse in fundamentele vragen als in het genereren van impact op de rechtspraktijk? Wil je ons komen helpen verder te bouwen aan onze activiteiten op het gebied van platformregulering, en daarvoor je netwerk inzetten in binnen- en buitenland? Dan is deze vacature mogelijk iets voor jou.

12 March, 2026

Ot van Daalen in Radar over DigiD: Is leven zonder DigiD nog wel mogelijk?

Interview

In de aflevering van Radar op maandag 9 maart wordt Ot van Daalen geïnterviewd over de overname van DigiD door een Amerikaans bedrijf.

12 March, 2026

Blogpost by Kristina Irion: AI Firms Can Limit Military Surveillance of Americans. What About of Everyone Else?

News

In recent days, a public dispute has laid bare tensions between AI companies and the US military over who decides how the AI is used. The US Department of Defense cancelled Anthropic’s AI agent Claude and instead struck a deal with OpenAI. Where constitutional protection is limited to domestic surveillance, the rest of the world becomes a legitimate target of AI-enabled mass surveillance. AI-enabled surveillance is no longer science fiction. The framing around limiting the US military’s use of generative AI for domestic surveillance should unsettle the rest of the world, argues Kristina Irion in her blog post for Tech Policy Press. 

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Upcoming events

March 27, 2026

IViR Lecture Series: Does Information Law Suit Information Machines?

  • IViR Lecture
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 2, 2026

Book Launch: Human Rights and Intellectual Property Before the European Courts

  • Book Launch
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
April 8, 2026

Colloquium: When History is too Important to be Left to Historians

The Death of the Cold War State and the Birth of Quantum Technologies

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
May 19 - 22, 2026

Computer Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference

Competing Visions Shared Futures

Brussels, Belgiumhttps://www.cpdpconferences.org/
June 17 - 19, 2026

TILTing Perspectives 2026

Between Values and Innovation: Tech Governance in a Multicentric World

Tilburg, The Netherlandshttps://www.tilburguniversity.ed…
June 17 - 19, 2026

ALAI Congress 2026: Copyright and Free Expression in the Age of Algorithms

The Hague, The Netherlandshttps://alai2026.org/
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Latest publications

Background Study to Inform the Development of a Guidance Note on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment external link

Irion, K. & Fahy, R.
2026
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This Background Study examines the role of media regulators in the new digital environment and considers in addition to traditional media regulators also regulatory authorities of other actors involved insofar as this affects media actors, such as online platforms. The Study highlights that any regulatory framework on media regulators in a platform-based environment must be consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), particularly the right to freedom of expression and media freedom under Article 10 ECHR. It covers aspects of media regulators’ role and competences in a platform-based environment; the conditions necessary to ensure media regulators’ independence; and the need for strengthening national cross-sectoral coordination, cross-border cooperation and international assistance. It moreover explores how the country-of-origin principle and freedom of retransmission interact with mechanisms for effective cross-border cooperation.

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  • CDMSIInf(2026)1_Background Study to Inform the Development of a Guidance Note on Media Regulators in a Platform-Based Environment

Council of Europe, digital platforms, ECHR, Independent Regulatory Authorities, media freedom

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AI Hype in Journalism: Visibility, Power, and the Politics of Media Narratives

Dodds, T., Mine, N., Helberger, N., Guzman, A.L. & Diakopoulos, N.
Digital Journalism, vol. 14, iss. : 2, pp: 207-219, 2026
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Hype is a phenomenon that emerges from a set of practices rooted in the norms and narratives not only of journalism but of digital media and its algorithmic infrastructure more broadly, in the sociopolitical and cultural capital of technical expertise, and in the ambiguous and uncertain promises of a brighter future made by the world’s techno-elite. In this special issue, we explore media hype around AI functions as a pervasive system that is “sunk into and inside of other structures, social arrangements, and technologies” (Star, Citation1999, 381). We pay particular attention to how AI hype is embedded within journalism’s norms and narratives, labor politics, and the rhetoric of the tech industry. As the different articles in this special issue show, understanding AI hype as a systemic phenomenon conveys its power to shape narratives, practices, and regulations across layered systems of actors and networks, as well as its malleability by different stakeholders.

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2026.2630187

Artificial intelligence, Journalism, Media law

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Commentary: The GenAI governance gap

Helberger, N.
Information, Communication & Society, 2026
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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2638354

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Copyright, AI, and the Limits of Voluntary Licensing external link

Keller, P.
Open Future Blog, 2026
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Artificial intelligence, Copyright, Licensing

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Shareholder Control and the New Politics of Platform Regulation external link

Leerssen, P.
DSA Observatory, 2026
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