In the media
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Bart Custers in Volkskrant about extremists on Telegram 19 December 2024
Extremist 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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New article on EU law and image-based sexual abuse 15 December 2024
Carlotta Rigotti co-authors a new publication on EU law and image-based sexual abuse in the German Law Journal.
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Leiden University to continue membership of The Conversation 09 December 2024
Looking to share your academic results or insights with a global audience? Leiden University is a ‘contributing member’ of the international journalis...
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Border control and checks: a symbolic measure 30 October 2024
As 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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The police has been storing personal data for years – but is it allowed? 17 October 2024
The Dutch police force has been deliberately storing personal data relating to millions of Dutch people for many years now. In doing so, the instituti...
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Ruling on FIFA transfer rules could have major impact 09 October 2024
According to the European Court of Justice, FIFA's rules governing million-dollar transfers in global professional football violate European legislati...
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Outcry over unorthodox measures: victims of Dutch childcare benefits scandal bought out 02 October 2024
The proposal made by the Dutch Benefits Agency (part of the Ministry of Finance) to issue one-off compensation payments of €5,000 in the wake of the D...
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Bart Custers on tech companies involved in criminal activities 20 September 2024
Governments 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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Children are afraid to say the wrong thing to judges in divorce proceedings 16 September 2024
Do courts take children's experiences properly into account in divorce proceedings? Research by Villa Pinedo shows that children often fear saying the...
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Bart Custers comments on Telegram’s catalogue of crimes 13 September 2024
Instant 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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Abuse of Vlaardingen foster child reveals youth care problems 10 September 2024
Months after the case of the abused foster child from Vlaardingen (Zuid-Holland) came to light, many questions still remain. Why was the child not lis...
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Bart Custers writes blog post on judge who used ChatGPT 09 September 2024
This 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 Jumbo 09 September 2024
Misleading social media posts are falsely claiming that the Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo uses facial recognition at self-service checkouts. Jumbo den...
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Bart Custers discusses arrest of Telegram CEO in 'Trouw' 09 September 2024
Pavel Durov, CEO of chat and messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France last week. The Russian tech billionaire flew into Paris by private jet and...
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Complaints from universities about student use of ChatGPT are crocodile tears 06 September 2024
Universities should not be surprised that students use ChatGPT, write Leiden University lecturers Femke Klaver and Alexander de Wit in Dutch newspaper...