Maria Magierska
@mariamagierska.bsky.social
ECPC Maastricht University Senior Lecturer, PhD Researcher European University Institute in Florence, editor European law blog , ex-NOYB, ex-European Parliament Press Officer. data protection, eu administrative law and books
Enforce at the @iccl.bsky.social is hiring. Full-time role. Remote in the EU. Apply early. Deadline 5pm Dublin time on 15 April 2026. www.iccl.ie/digital-data... #AI #AIPolicy #EUAIAct #DigitalRights #TechPolicy @abeba.bsky.social @rocher.lc @techpolicypress.bsky.social @leevisaari.bsky.social
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How data about European defence personnel and political leaders flows to foreign states and non-state actors
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this took a while, but what a beautiful while it was 🌟
Correction: I got this yesterday, unfortunately. The agreement on the procedure is not certain, might even be rejected. Apologies, I made a wrong assumption.
Alexander Fanta@alexfanta.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚨 News alert on the long-stalled battle to pick the EU's next privacy chief, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Sources tell me the Council and the EP's LIBE committee agreed on breaking the gridlock through a voting procedure also used for picking a seat for the EU Customs Agency.
I love all the various procedures the EU legislative nerds come up with to make sure decisions are taken at the end of the day 🤞for our guy Wojciech Wiewiórowski but it's not looking great right now @mariamagierska.bsky.social
Alexander Fanta@alexfanta.bsky.social · 6mo ago🚨 News alert on the long-stalled battle to pick the EU's next privacy chief, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS). Sources tell me the Council and the EP's LIBE committee agreed on breaking the gridlock through a voting procedure also used for picking a seat for the EU Customs Agency.
I am going to repost this until I get an answer or resultion
Maria Magierska@mariamagierska.bsky.social · 9mo agook but how is it almost the end of the year and we still have no news on the EDPS elections?
Shout out to NCC for whoever came up with this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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A review of the proceedings from four major computer-science conferences showed that none from 2021, and all from 2025, had fake citations. arxiv.org/abs/2602.058... #AI #LLMs #Hallucinations #Misconduct #ScholComm
The Case of the Mysterious Citations
Mysterious citations are routinely appearing in peer-reviewed publications throughout the scientific community. In this paper, we developed an automated pipeline and examine the proceedings of four ma...
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Last month, the Polish president vetoed the long-overdue bill implementing the #DSA using some bizarre, unclear arguments that referred to a proposal no longer on the table. h. I write about it today in Kultura Liberalna (in Polish).
Before the Commission published the first fine against X under the DSA in December, the NYT reported that EU regulators considered “fining X more than $1 billion”. The now public decision reveals how the Commission arrived at €120 million - and what the ceiling for future fines is.
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Last month, the Polish president vetoed the long-overdue bill implementing the #DSA using some bizarre, unclear arguments that referred to a proposal no longer on the table. h. I write about it today in Kultura Liberalna (in Polish).
"Competitiveness and fundamental rights: A false dilemma" 📚 This is the title of @mariamagierska.bsky.social's chapter in our latest European Council Experts' Debrief on the Digital #Omnibus Find out more about her perspective 👉 tepsa.eu/policy-advic... @eui-eu.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social
ok but how is it almost the end of the year and we still have no news on the EDPS elections?
ok but how is it almost the end of the year and we still have no news on the EDPS elections?
In the recent EUCO Debrief TEPSA - Trans European Policy Studies Association, you can find my (very, very) critical comment on the #DigitalOmnibus Proposal. I argue that the initiative undermines the fundamental values of the EU without enhancing the competitiveness of European operators. 🧵
In the recent EUCO Debrief TEPSA - Trans European Policy Studies Association, you can find my (very, very) critical comment on the #DigitalOmnibus Proposal. I argue that the initiative undermines the fundamental values of the EU without enhancing the competitiveness of European operators. 🧵
Omnibus Legislation and EU Regulatory Reform: Between Efficiency and Constitutional Integrity A special Issue of the European Journal of Risk Regulation - Call for Papers www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Two years into Europe’s Digital Services Act, data access for researchers is on life support, write Mark Scott and LK Seiling. Yet an alternative future is possible—one built on openness, interoperability, and platforms that treat data access as a civic and scientific good.
In Critical Condition – How To Stabilize Researcher Data Access? | TechPolicy.Press
Mark Scott and LK Seiling discuss the struggle for researcher access to social media data and an alternative future where transparency is seen as a civic good.
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We filled a complaint against Ireland to the European Commission today. Ireland has appointed an ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner. This will be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity. The European Commission must intervene. www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Complaint v Ireland to European Commission re process appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as Data Protection Commissioner
Ireland's appointment process lacked procedural safeguards against conflicts of interest and political interference and may be interpreted by the tech industry as a signal of impunity
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Both TikTok and Meta are breaching the DSA, according to EU Commission. The platforms are not transparent enough with their data for research use, and Meta makes reporting illegal content and appealing moderation decisions too difficult.
TikTok and Meta breaching the DSA, EU Commission finds
Both TikTok and Meta are breaching the DSA, according to EU Commission. The platforms are not transparent enough with their data for research use, and Meta makes reporting illegal content and appealing moderation decisions too difficult.
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One of the most interesting tropes I found when doing my phd research on the enforcement of the gdpr was when I was going through old papers and books published around the time the 1995 Data Protection Directive had been introduced. 🧵
[Polish only] my new piece on the AI warfare and disinformation tools deployed in Gaza kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/10/13/m...
MAGIERSKA: Aplikacje do zabijania. Jak konflikt w Gazie zmienił współczesną wojnę
Konflikt w Gazie był poligonem doświadczalnym dla nowej gałęzi przemysłu zbrojeniowego opartej na sztucznej inteligencji. Poprzez aplikacje zabijano więcej, szybciej i z mniejszym namysłem.
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[Polish only] my new piece on the AI warfare and disinformation tools deployed in Gaza kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/10/13/m...
MAGIERSKA: Aplikacje do zabijania. Jak konflikt w Gazie zmienił współczesną wojnę
Konflikt w Gazie był poligonem doświadczalnym dla nowej gałęzi przemysłu zbrojeniowego opartej na sztucznej inteligencji. Poprzez aplikacje zabijano więcej, szybciej i z mniejszym namysłem.
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Next was an engaging panel on risks to GDPR and digital privacy more broadly with @ellenoregan.bsky.social, @mariamagierska.bsky.social, Anja Wyrobek, @marianods.bsky.social, and Jesper Lund at EDRi www.youtube.com/live/EokGEfs... (4/7)
Privacy Camp 2025: room Salle des Arches
YouTube video by European Digital Rights
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Together with Ksenia Mironova we shared our experiences and had a few suggestions on how to survive Trump
Columbia Journalism Review@columjournreview.bsky.social · last yr.How to Survive the (Media) Apocalypse: Lessons from journalists who have lived through all this, by Paulina Milewska and Ksenia Mironova. www.cjr.org/analysis/rus...
The European Commission has formally withdrawn proposals on AI Liability and Standard Essential Patents (SEP), despite some resistance from lawmakers and member states. More here: www.euronews.com/next/2025/07...
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And it's out! With Sophia Hassel, we gathered key #GDPR enforcement developments in the recent years - now out in the EU Law Live weekend edition. For the final version, we updated the preprint with a brief commentary on the finalised text of the GDPR Procedural Harmonisation.
Weekend Edition Nº239 - EU Law Live
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Good news everyone! The Irish Minister for Justice has announced he is going to pass legislation requiring tech companies (who mostly live in Ireland for EU purposes) to break all their encrypted messaging systems. www.q102.ie/news/q102-ne...
Major upgrade to Irish tech surveillance laws
Gardaí to get new powers to intercept messages on encrypted apps like WhatsApp and iMessage.
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Paul Bernal@paulbernal.bsky.social · last yr.For avoidance of doubt, age verification is a very bad idea, and undermining encryption is a very bad idea. This is not just because of the practical problems - causing much more trouble than it ‘solves’ - but from a theoretical standpoint. Superficial ‘solutions’ that are doomed to fail.