Digitalisation and Media

Van feit naar frame - Shaping Europe

From Fact to Frame

What is framing and how do you recognize it. We use language every day to communicate, convey messages and evoke images. Words not only carry their own meaning but are always used in a specific context. For example, think of ‘a warm welcome’ versus ‘a…
Information is power - Shaping Europe

Information is power

How a more democratic media provision gives power back to European citizens. With some 370 million voters, the past European Parliament (EP) elections are one of the world's largest democratic processes. Informing all these voters about the elections, relevant issues and the results is an…
AI: To regulate, but not too much - Shaping Europe

AI: To regulate, but not too much

Can we really have it all under the European AI Act? The hot topic in the European Union (EU) nearing the end of the year is definitely AI. Policy-makers in Brussels are working on a tight timeframe, while politicians from around the Union are trying…
EU Policy Towards a Not-So-Artificial Threat - Shaping Europe

EU Policy Towards a Not-So-Artificial Threat

The Proposed Regulatory Framework for Artificial Intelligence. “I’m increasingly inclined to think that there should be some regulatory oversight, maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. I mean, with artificial intelligence, we’re summoning the…
Taming European Tech Giants

Taming Tech Giants in Europe

Preserving Competition through the Digital Markets Act. In recent years, the all-too-familiar ‘Big Tech’ has been taking over local, regional, and global markets. The European Union has been striving to adapt to this new reality by adopting legislation that is better suited to tackle the…

The battle against disinformation

Why knowing how to fact-check is the most important weapon. It is on a Friday afternoon in Summer 2020 that a gray-haired man orders a beer next to me on a sunny terrace. The dark circles under his eyes betray he probably had a long…
Regulating big tech

Internet governance: reigning in big tech

Regulating market "gatekeepers". At the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union implemented the e-Commerce Directive that has “the foundational legal framework for online services in the Internal Market.” Over the past 20 years, the way we use the internet has changed from a…