In the media
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Israël must alleviate plight of Palestinians now 29 January 2024
The International Court of Justice has issued an interim ruling calling on Israel to take immediate action to prevent genocide. South Africa had accus...
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Extensive media attention for research into income inequality 25 January 2024
On behalf of trade union FNV, Egbert Jongen and Heike Vethaak from Leiden University conducted a study on income distribution over the past 40 years. ...
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Bart Custers discusses facial recognition on Nieuwsuur 11 January 2024
Despite a lack of specific legislation on this issue, Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yeşilgöz is allowing the national police force to e...
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Government unaware of Dutch involvement in Iran nuclear weapons programme sabotage 11 January 2024
In 2007, a spy from the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) planted a destructive computer virus at an Iranian nuclear site, haltin...
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How queer is Artificial Intelligence? 22 December 2023
AI is playing an increasingly important role in our lives, but that is not without danger. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga at eLaw warns that AI does not pay ...
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Investigations conducted by child protection bodies have been 'substandard for some time' 07 December 2023
Investigations conducted by several Dutch child protection bodies within family situations are inadequate. Due to lack of knowledge, time and money, t...
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Campaign vs. practice: limited room for manoeuvre under strict asylum policy 30 November 2023
Making migration a key campaign issue in the recent Dutch general elections is one thing, but turning it into actual policy is another. ‘95% of Dutch ...
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Ilyasse’s photo went viral: ‘It was quite a bizarre week’ 30 November 2023
It was meant as a joke for friends and family. A quick snap of him with his bags packed while watching the exit polls of the Dutch general elections. ...
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Opinion: Global Safety Summit on AI avoids real issue 08 November 2023
The first global safety summit on Artificial Intelligence is a fact. Prime Minister Sunak organised the conference because he believes that the issues...
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Girl brings charges of child abuse by youth care facility 18 October 2023
The 16-year-old girl was staying in a closed juvenile care institution where, among other things, she was administered 'pain stimuli'. The charges are...
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First fine for space debris: A warning for space companies 04 October 2023
The first fine for space debris has been issued. An American company that had failed to clean up its space junk has been fined $150.000.
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Towards affective computing that works for everyone 24 September 2023
Tessa Verhoef from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from eLaw- Center for Law and Digital Technologies h...
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eLaw researchers present at MIT 24 September 2023
Andreas Häuselmann and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga from eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies wrote an article on the legal and regulatory aspect...
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Article eLaw about Fair and equitable AI in biomedical research and healthcare 22 September 2023
Eduard Fosch-Villaronga and Bart Custers from eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies wrote an article on Fair Medicine and AI highlighting tha...
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Starlink - Battle of the Satellites 13 September 2023
You can hardly avoid it if you want to quickly implement satellite internet. Elon Musk's company Starlink is 'all-powerful in space' (Volkskrant). Dut...