📢 New blogpost! When #AI systems cause harm, responsibility is rarely straightforward. In a new blogpost, Chee Hae Chung unpacks how the #AI #accountability gap reflects not only legal shortcomings but deeper epistemic, institutional and geopolitical failures. 🔗 www.kuleuven.be/digisoc/blog...

#Embedding models facilitate new monitoring and analysis possibilities for governments and companies. In our final pre-summer break blogpost, Jorrit Van Assen (@oii.ox.ac.uk) explains the capabilities of embedding models and their implications for #surveillance. 🔗 www.kuleuven.be/digisoc/blog...

Big news🎉The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog is moving to @digisoc.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social for her incredible work as founding editor-in-chief. We warmly welcome @biekezaman.bsky.social to the team! ✨Stay tuned for our next blogposts at kuleuven.be/digisoc/blog

Big news 🎉 We’re excited to officially host The Law, Ethics & Policy of AI Blog at @digisoc.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @nathaliesmuha.bsky.social for her work as founding editor-in-chief. We warmly welcome @biekezaman.bsky.social to the team. Stay tuned!✨ 🔗https://www.kuleuven.be/digisoc/blog

Aaleks Kasemi, @evagrosemans.bsky.social, Reyna Amanda, @biekezaman.bsky.social en Rozane De Cock onderzochten hoe groepsnormen binnen Vlaamse sportclubs in relatie staan tot het online sportgokgedrag van jongeren (18-25 jaar). De resultaten ervan vind je terug in een fiche van Mediapunt Vlaanderen

By Priscilla Van Even, @biekezaman.bsky.social, and @karinhannes.bsky.social. Read the full paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

@lauravandenbosch.bsky.social has been taking part in an @erc.europa.eu pilot project with a select group of grantees on data access for research under the Digital Services Act. On 22 October, the ERC will host an event to share insights from this project.👀Interested? erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

ERC Workshop on data access under the Digital Services Act (DSA) Article 40

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an European legislation that specifies a set of rules to make the digital space safer and more trustworthy for users.

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FDG 2026 Dates: 10–14 August 2026 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰 Theme: Research through Games; Research for Games Deadline: 5 December 2025 ❗ fdg2026.org/call-for-pap... As always, for upcoming conference deadlines check: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

At #IDS2025, we also celebrated the launch of AI: Rethink, Regulate, Reimagine. This book, edited by @leendhaenens.bsky.social, @ansdenolf.bsky.social and @biekezaman.bsky.social, brings together diverse perspectives in a shared call for democratic, ethical, and sustainable approaches to AI 💡

📚 Edited by @leendhaenens.bsky.social, @ansdenolf.bsky.social & @biekezaman.bsky.social, and authored by @kamilegrusauskaite.bsky.social, @sercankiyak.bsky.social,@kristofvrancken.bsky.social and @andrewwong95.bsky.social and many more! Our new book: AI: Rethink, Regulate, Reimagine is out now ✨

Cheering on our colleges from @digisoc.bsky.social and @mediaculturepollab.bsky.social and presenting our brand new book (!!) at the International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society 🪩✨

Nice panel discussion on AI and Media Literacies at the International Conference for an inclusive Digital Society today, with the presentation of the book "Empowering the Digital Citizen: A new chapter in Media Literacy from Flanders". inclusivedigitalsociety.eu Book: bit.ly/3K3oVm5

@driesdepoorter.be #keynote at the ids2025 conference @digisoc.bsky.social helping us with new followers, being with us when our phone battery dies, but also spotting us when jaywalking and catching us when we're scrolling #surveillance #privacy #opencameras #art

Stefania Milan points to critical issues of today's data governance infrastructures but also empowering ways to safeguard democracy in the digital society @digisoc.bsky.social IDS2025 conference

📢 Call for posters & art! The Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) & Academic Cultural Forum (ACF) are organizing Spring Cycle 2025 on visual perception. 📅 Poster & Art Fair: June 4 Topics: vision, AI, aesthetics & more 🔗 Info & forms: shorturl.at/e5TNa

Last week, our very own Priscilla Van Even starred in the podcast "De Wetenschapscommunicator". 🎙️ Together with Julie Desmedt, she discussed her research on science and science communication, which is a critical reflection on science communication research and practice.

👟 Our hybrid Digital Ethics course starts May 15! 📅 9 sessions on ethical tech, policy, design, decision making & more 📍 Online or in Leuven 🕕 18:00–21:30 CET 💸 €1600 (20% off for NGOs/individuals) 🔗 Info & register: lnkd.in/e34zzsKk #DigiSoc #DigitalEthics #KULeuven 📸Pexels Rostislav

Fascinating research being done by Zhiyu Chen & @biekezaman.bsky.social on video games, monetization, and longitudinal impact! If you're 18+ and love to play games, please check out the link below to participate ⬇️

Media Culture & Policy Lab@mediaculturepollab.bsky.social · last yr.

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS! Zhiyu Chen and @biekezaman.bsky.social are studying the longitudinal impact of monetization in videogames 🎮 Are you +18 and do you love to play videogames? Interested in taking part in one (or two) of our studies? Check out the link below: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS! Zhiyu Chen and @biekezaman.bsky.social are studying the longitudinal impact of monetization in videogames 🎮 Are you +18 and do you love to play videogames? Interested in taking part in one (or two) of our studies? Check out the link below: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

"Technologie die onzichtbaar helpt, belemmert zichtbaar ons denken" nieuwe paradoxen via @beste-id.bsky.social

Beste ID@beste-id.bsky.social · last yr.

Nieuwe paradoxen: www.beste-id.nl/nieuws/nieuw... @biekezaman.bsky.social @basteusink.bsky.social

Our director, Prof. @biekezaman.bsky.social will speak at the IX Colóquio Internacional de Bioética, Neuroética e Ética da IA on April 29 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Prof. Zaman will join experts to discuss responsible tech and AI ethics. 📩 Info: bit.ly/3EnmnwM #DigiSoc #AIethics 📸 Özgü Özden

In case players were wondering: A topic modelling and sentiment analysis study of community discussions on weapon cases #lootboxes in #CS:GO by @biekezaman.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Évènement le mercredi 12 mars! Lieu : UQAM, Pavillon Judith Jasmin, salle J-1200 14h00 Conférences sur l'encadrement des jeux vidéo pour enfants Suivi à 17h30 du lancement du livre "Les jeux vidéo pour enfants, bien les comprendre pour mieux les choisir" aux Presses universitaires du Québec.

Ready for today's presentation at Concordia and looking forward to meeting the HERMES researchers - prête pour la présentation d'aujourd'hui à Concordia. J'ai hâte de rencontrer les chercheurs d'HERMES. www.concordia.ca/research/lif...

Still a few more hours to submit your abstract to the 1st International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society ⤵️⌛⏰ #international #conference #inclusive #DigitalSociety @digisoc.bsky.social #Leuven #KULeuven

KU Leuven Digital Society Institute (DigiSoc)@digisoc.bsky.social · last yr.

🚀 Call for Submissions! The 1st International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society (IDS2025) is happening on Sept 15-16, 2025, in Leuven! 📢 Submit by March 3, 2025 🔗 More info: inclusivedigitalsociety.eu Join the conversation on digital inclusion! #KULeuven Photo by Robs on Unsplash

Will present the results of the Gam(e)(a)ble project at Homoludens.ca UQAM this Friday. It will be all (or not) about lootboxes #videogames #adolescents 🎮🎁. Excited to meet the team. Je présenterai "L'envers des jeux vidéo : boîtes a butin, influenceurs et jeux d'argent chez les ados"

What a weekend: 600 years, over 5 000 km, from KU Leuven celebration to snow in Montréal. Ready for a month in Montréal to meet colleagues at UQAM, Concordia and McGill. Let me know if you hang out there too, because you might not recognise me on the street ;-)

Hello, BlueSky! DigiSoc is here! Let’s connect and work towards an inclusive, responsible, and ethical digital society together! #DigitalEthics #AIforSociety #KULeuven