In the media
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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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Dutch government wants to invest 300 miljoen euro in AI22 January 2025Europe lags far behind the US in the AI market. The Dutch government wants the Netherlands to build a supercomputer to gain a stronger position. Reije...
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Council of State calls a halt to Dutch Ministry of Defence shooting ranges15 January 2025The debate on the closure of illegal Dutch MOD shooting ranges as a result of nitrogen legislation is complex and involves various legal aspects. Armi...
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Senate's role in the Netherlands is too political15 January 2025The purpose of the Senate in the Netherlands is to review draft legislation. Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional Law, says on NPO Radio1 that th...
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New era dawning for European leaders14 January 2025An op-ed in Dutch newspaper ‘NRC’ by Luuk van Middelaar, historian, political philosopher and Professor of Foundations and Practice of the European Un...
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Gaps in new FIFA rules on transfer system13 January 2025FIFA's new rules were introduced after the Diarra case in which a footballer wanted to unilaterally terminate his contract while it was still running....
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What if you no longer agree with a play about your life?13 January 2025Dutch former television presenter Sonja Barend has chosen to distance herself from the theatrical adaptation of her book. Dirk Visser, Professor of In...
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Radical steps needed to save Europe’s democratic rule of law from Big Tech09 January 2025In an op-ed and an interview in Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’, Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor in Constitutional Law at Leiden University and ...
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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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State sovereignty undermined by big tech companies07 January 2025In his new book ‘De vloek van Big Tech’ (The Curse of Big Tech), lecturer Reijer Passchier likens the power of Big Tech companies over democratic gove...
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Reception centres for asylum seekers in Albania virtually empty06 January 2025Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s plan to receive asylum seekers in Albania appears to be unfeasible due to legal complications. Mark Klaassen, ...
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The impact of influential people and political parties on important issues06 January 2025Looking back on 2024, Elon Musk and his impact on the global stage, political developments in the Netherlands and the war in Ukraine come to mind. The...
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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.