It's our pleasure to welcome our newest Visiting Fellow, Dr Mariangela Veikou, to the Centre! Mariangela's interdisciplinary background focuses on the intersections of governance, digital technologies and migration, and the societal implications of digitalisation and automation. Read more at the 🔗

Mariangela Veikou - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Dr. Mariangela Veikou is a sociologist and interdisciplinary researcher specialising in social inequalities, migration, citizenship, and the societal

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The AILife+ webpage has officially been launched at UCD, with centre members Dr Stefanie Havelka acting as PI, Dr Sun Park and Dr Courtney Ford as co-invesitagtors, and Dr Claire McGuinness, Dr Páraic Kerrigan, and Dr Elizabeth Farries acting as co-researchers. www.ucd.ie/ailife/

We are delighted to welcome our new Visiting Fellow, moira12.bsky.social who joins us from Our Secure Future where she serves as AI Fellow, and as an AB Member from CaraDem. Read more about her work, promoting rights-respecting, transparent technology ecosystems at the link below!

Moira Whelan - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Moira Whelan drives initiatives that promote rights-respecting, transparent, and gender-responsive technology ecosystems to ensure that technology

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👮‍♂️📲 Should gardaí be able to seize mobile phones without a search warrant? Responding to calls by broadcaster Joe Duffy for new powers to seize phones "on a hunch", Dr Elizabeth Farries warns that the proposal could disproportionately affect vulnerable communities. @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social

Are our phone laws outdated? | Newstalk

Former RTÉ Broadcaster Joe Duffy has called on the Government to introduce new laws that would g...

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The study was conducted by researchers from University College Dublin, in collaboration with Maynooth University, University College Cork and the University of Galway. @insightcentre.bsky.social @ucdischool.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...

Teenagers understand social media algorithms but want more control, UCD study finds

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Yesterday, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Hard Shoulder to discuss Ireland's "outdated" mobile phone laws and calls by Joe Duffy to extend gardaí powers - allowing them to seize mobile phones without a warrant Listen to the full interview at the link

Are our phone laws outdated?

Former RTÉ Broadcaster Joe Duffy has called on the Government to introduce new laws that would give gardaí unprecedented powers to seize people’s mobile phones “on a hunch” - without the need for a se...

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In May, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social submitted a Statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee query the General Scheme of the Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026 in its aim to expand the use of the Public Services Card and present risks. Read the full Statement at the link below ⬇️

It's our pleasure to welcome Dr Sun Park to UCD Centre for Digital Policy!🎉 Sun is an Ad Astra Fellow & Ass. Prof. in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage, specialising in AI cultural policy, Human-AI interaction, and AI practices as intangible cultural heritage Read Sun's full bio at the link below⬇️

Sun Park - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Dr Sun Park is Ad Astra Fellow and Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage of the School of Information and Communication Studies. She

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🚨New Blog Alert🚨 We're thrilled to share a new blog post from Megan Nyhan, a PhD Candidate focusing on ethical AI, whose current works "Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media"

Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media, Megan Nyhan et al - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Teens, Algorithms, and a Seat at the Table: How Young People Want to Fix Social Media Authors: Megan Nyhan, Dr Kevin Doherty, Daniel Snow, Kayley Moylan,

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This April, Centre member Alexandros Minotakis delivered a conference paper at the 44th International Labour Process Conference in which he queried how Michael Burawoy's labour process theories can be applied to the workplace via its relationship to algorithms and AI. Read the full piece at the 🔗

In a recent piece shared with us, international human rights lawyer and researcher @patdebrun.bsky.social discusses Ireland's compliancy towards Big Tech operations, as seen in the removal of services from the Occupied Territories Bill. Read the full piece at the link below 👇

Occupied Territories Bill retreat lays bare Irish government’s subservience to US Big Tech, Pat de Brún - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

In a recent speech, Minister of State Thomas Byrne spoke of Ireland’s “deep, abiding commitment to human rights, multilateralism and the rule of law” –

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"AI backlash is growing — and tech execs know it AI data centres are inflating a financial bubble — and even top tech execs know the bubble will burst if we don't all adopt AI, and fast" Read Patrick Brodie's new op-ed on tghe @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

AI backlash is growing — and tech execs know it

AI data centres are inflating a financial bubble — and even top tech execs know the bubble will burst if we don't all adopt AI, and fast, writes Patrick Brodie

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We are delighted to announce the appointment of @johnnyryan.bsky.social to Adjunct Full Professor at the UCD Centre for Digital Policy! Johnny is a globally recognised expert and scholar whose work and litigation has influenced digital law and policy in Europe and the United States.

Johnny Ryan - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Dr Johnny Ryan (FRHistS) is the Director of Enforce, ICCL's unit holding Big Tech to account under European law. He is the architect of class-action

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🔹🔸Yesterday, UCD Centre for Digital Policy hosted “Shaping Ireland’s AI Future: Education, Policy and Leadership at UCD" alongside UCD School of Information and Communication Studies and UCD College of Social Sciences and Law to celebrate the launch of our renewed MSc programme Digital and AI Policy

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A great morning at MoLI for "Shaping Ireland’s AI Future: Education, Policy and Leadership at UCD", organised by @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social & @ucdischool.bsky.social A valuable discussion on AI governance, innovation and digital policy ahead of Ireland’s EU Presidency.

We're delighted to welcome our new Visiting Fellow, Pat de Brún, to the Centre! Pat is a human rights lawyer currently on sabbatical from his role as head of big tech accountability @amnesty.org while completing his PhD with @soasuni.bsky.social Read Pat's full profile at the link below

Pat de Brún - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Pat de Brún is an international human rights lawyer and researcher. His work focuses on investigating and understanding the impacts which technologies

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Check out @fortechssakepod.bsky.social 's newest - and LIVE! - podcast with @abeba.blacksky.app discussing AI for Good?

For Tech’s Sake@fortechssakepod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What's happening in the world right now can be so disheartening, but as our live guest @abeba.blacksky.app reminded us: pessimism is not defeatism. And that pessimism can spur you into taking action for a better world. Listen to her inspiring, critical and hopeful interview here: pod.fo/e/3ff62c

🚨Upcoming Zoom Event🚨 AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges May 19, 12.30-2.00pm Join Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and @ucdischool.bsky.social's Dr Sun Park in this discussion on how AI is transforming and reshaping creative industries. Register at the link below

AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges

Join CPOI Reads for an online lunch time event with Dr Sun Park, Ad Astra Research Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies in conversatio…

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In the wake of recent fuel protests, a more silent and systemic threat has emerged. @aidanobrien.bsky.social, an analyst at @edmoireland.bsky.social at DCU, has uncovered a sophisticated "disinformation economy" surrounding the events. Read more via @independent.ie: launch.dcu.ie/3OCJ6K2

Misinformation during times of uncertainty and crisis is an ongoing issue - read Dr Eileen Culloty's response to the how the guel protests are currently being used to spread intentionally false information, and the risks this poses

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Amid fuel prices rising, “people exploit those concerns by spreading false information intentionally,” DCU's Dr Eileen Culloty has warned. Read more via @thejournal.ie: launch.dcu.ie/4dImulP

This Monday, April 13th, 12-2pm, @elizabethfarries.bsky.social and Ernesto Vasquez de Aguila are hosting the second UCD Accessibility Tour to mark #RareDiseaseDay Find full info and register your interest at the link below www.ucd.ie/events/?trum...

Last week, our @elizabethfarries.bsky.social joined @newstalkfm.bsky.social's The Pat Kenny Show to discuss the use of facial recognition technologies in policing, looking at the wrongful imprisonment of a Tennessee grandmother. Have a listen🎧 at the Spotify Link👇

The alarming failures of facial recognition technology

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What is marketed as AI “innovation” is, in practice, a consolidation of global labor hierarchies and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary, drawing on their year-long investigation supported by the Pulitzer Center and published by Africa Uncensored.

How AI Hype Masks the Exploitation of African Workers

AI is a consolidation of labor hierarchies, a plunder of African skills, and a commodification of African knowledge, write Marché Arends and Kathryn Cleary.

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New UCD Library resource! Springer Nature's #AI eBook Collection, containing 200 #ebooks on artificial intelligence-related topics. Access via our A-Z Databases list: buff.ly/Y5bzYEb @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social @ucdcrim.bsky.social @ucddigitalpolicy.bsky.social

We were delighted to host Jennifer Waters, our PhD Candidate, for a thought-provoking lecture on the impact of legal AI on fundamental rights. Jennifer provided an analysis of both the transformative opportunities and the practical risks that AI presents when applied to legal tasks.

Released earlier this month, the second isntallment of the AI Safety Report focuses on the risks associated with AI development and engagement. With our own @susanly.bsky.social acting as a senior advisor, the report also proffers actions for policymakers in the face of such risks.

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Dear followers, please see the thread below on the 2026 International AI Safety Report, which was released last week and which I advised. internationalaisafetyreport.org/publication/...

Many thanks to @novaucd.bsky.social for hosting this insightful event on Responsible AI with our own @eugeniasiapera.bsky.social presenting

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We were delighted to collaborate with the Dutch Embassy in Ireland to jointly host a Responsible AI event yesterday at @novaucd.bsky.social. Thank you to our excellent guest speakers, event moderator, and all who attended the event. www.ucd.ie/innovation/n... @ucddublin.bsky.social

Today we’re releasing the International AI Safety Report 2026: the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks, and safety measures to date. 🧵 (1/19)

Another exciting upcoming panel on 🔹Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact🔸 📅 Wednesday 18 February 2026, 🕓 11:30 am - 12:45 pm 📍 NovaUCD, seminar room 0.23. Register at the link below!

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NovaUCD and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ireland are jointly hosting an event entitled 'Responsible AI - AI that serves society and delivers real-world impact' on 18 Feb next at @novaucd.bsky.social. Register to attend via www.eventbrite.ie/e/responsibl...

We are delighted to welcome @naomiappelman.bsky.social to the Centre! Naomi is a postdocotral researcher focusing on social justice, platform and AI governance, informational law and political philosophy. Read more about her research at the link below ⬇️ digitalpolicy.ie/people/naomi...

Naomi Appelman - UCD Centre for Digital Policy

Naomi Appelman is a postdoctoral researcher on social justice, platform governance and AI governance at the Centre for Digital Policy and part of the

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@ucddublin.bsky.social is widely recognised as Ireland's lead AI research institute. The week UCD Research spotlights the Centre, its members, and our co-director @elizabethfarries.bsky.social, for continued engagement in testing AI applications and successes to ensure its benefits. Read more below

Making AI work for people

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