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Research Articles

Safeguarding European values with digital sovereignty: an analysis of statements and policies

Huw Roberts, University of Oxford
Josh Cowls, University of Oxford
Federico Casolari, University of Bologna
Jessica Morley, University of Oxford
Mariarosaria Taddeo, University of Oxford
Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1575

This paper is part of Governing “European values” inside data flows , a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Kristina Irion, Mira Burri, Ans Kolk, Stefania Milan. Introduction Governments’ interest in the “datafied society” (Hintz et al., 2018) as an object of policy and regulation is nothing new, with a long-held recognition

News and Opinion Pieces

Political micro-targeting

Political advertising exposed: tracking Facebook ads in the 2021 Dutch elections

Davide Beraldo, University of Amsterdam
Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam
Jeroen de Vos, University of Amsterdam
Claudio Agosti, University of Amsterdam
Bruno Nadalic Sotic, University of Amsterdam
Rens Vliegenthart, University of Amsterdam
Sanne Kruikemeier, University of Amsterdam
Lukas P Otto, University of Amsterdam
Susan A. M. Vermeer, University of Amsterdam
Xiaotong Chu, University of Amsterdam
Fabio Votta, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 11 Mar 2021

How can we monitor political ads circulating on social media in the run-up to an election? This essay learns from the project "Analysis of Political Ads in Digital Campaigns”, combining scraping methods and public opinion research to investigate how online advertising shape political preferences in the Dutch general elections (15-17 March 2021).

Beyond the individual: governing AI’s societal harm

Nathalie A. Smuha, KU Leuven
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1574

In this article, I propose a distinction between individual harm, collective harm and societal harm caused by artificial intelligence (AI), and focus particularly on the latter. By listing examples and identifying concerns, I provide a conceptualisation of AI’s societal harm so as to better enable its identification and mitigation. Drawing on an

This paper is part of Governing “European values” inside data flows , a special issue of Internet Policy Review guest-edited by Kristina Irion, Mira Burri, Ans Kolk, Stefania Milan. Introduction The entrenchment and establishment of particular rights has from the outset been part of the advancement of the European project and how the European

Personal data ordering in context: the interaction of meso-level data governance regimes with macro frameworks

Balázs Bodó, University of Amsterdam
Kristina Irion, University of Amsterdam
Heleen Janssen, University of Amsterdam
Alexandra Giannopoulou, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2021 DOI: 10.14763/2021.3.1581

This article assesses the bidirectional interaction between meso- and macro-level data governance frameworks.

This paper process-traces how European policymakers have delegated regulatory responsibilities to private certification and monitoring bodies acting as regulatory intermediaries. It explores how regulators can constrain or incentivise self-regulation that exists in their shadow via intermediaries, instead of using direct modes of regulation.