Zet het vast in je agenda: 16 september in Nieuwspoort In De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld duikt de podcast Café Europa in de belangrijkste jaarlijkse speech van de EU. Experts Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels en Mariëlle Wijermars analyseren de plannen van de Europese Commissie.

HaagschCollege.nl - College: De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld, Stefan de Vries, Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels, Mariëlle Wijermans

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I provided some comments for The Kyiv Independent, looking back at the development of Russian internet censorship and surveillance over the past ten years. #Commsky #Russia #DigitalRights

Few thought Russia could build a surveillance state. Here’s how it did it

In the summer of 2016, Russia's security services gained unprecedented access to citizens' private calls, messages, and photos. The so-called Yarovaya laws demanded that telecoms companies store user...

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Zet het vast in je agenda: 16 september in Nieuwspoort In De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld duikt de podcast Café Europa in de belangrijkste jaarlijkse speech van de EU. Experts Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels en Mariëlle Wijermars analyseren de plannen van de Europese Commissie.

HaagschCollege.nl - College: De Staat van Europa in een Gevaarlijke Wereld, Stefan de Vries, Caroline de Gruyter, Romana Abels, Mariëlle Wijermans

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Please help share this vacancy for an Associate or Full Professor in Philosophy and the City at Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Possible areas of specialisation include the boundaries between philosophy and critical infrastructure studies.

Very excited that our chapter on Telegram is out and open-access! In our contribution to the 2nd edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media & Politics, we refine our platform actorness framework & argue platforms’ claims, performances & practices are key to understanding their politics. 👇

Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our OA chapter "Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness" with @tanyalokot.bsky.social has just been published as part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. #Commsky #Polisky #IRsky #PlatformGovernance #Academicsky

Our OA chapter "Telegram as a Developing Political Actor: Conceptualising Platform Actorness" with @tanyalokot.bsky.social has just been published as part of the second edition of The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics. #Commsky #Polisky #IRsky #PlatformGovernance #Academicsky

Telegram as a Developing Political Actor | 32 | v2 | Conceptualising P

The chapter examines how the popular messaging service Telegram functions as a platform for politics. Platforms' role in, and effect on, politics can only be

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Congratulations to @hdijkstra.bsky.social and @mariellew.bsky.social on receiving a €6.6M NWO grant for the KNOWSEC-NL project!🎉 This initiative tackles rising geopolitical tensions and their impact on research security, aiming to protect knowledge while preserving vital international collaboration.

congrats to @mariellew.bsky.social @hdijkstra.bsky.social & all the other colleagues (oa @danishanley.bsky.social @posteurope.bsky.social Mario Daniels, Miles MacLeod & Guus Dix) involved in this upcoming consortium project on knowledge security: 1/x www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/maastri...

One of the PhD projects included in our new KNOWSEC-NL project, funded by NWO, will be historical in orientation: knowledge security in the late Cold War. So glad to have this line of research with @ccmmody.bsky.social included!

Cyrus Mody@ccmmody.bsky.social · 3mo ago

it's a big project w/ lots of parts, so watch this space. but one piece of it will be primarily historical; I will be hiring a PhD next year to explore various aspects of knowledge security in the late Cold War, particularly in the Low Countries. specific topics open, so suggestions welcome 2/x

Very excited to share that we have been awarded a €6.6 million NWO grant for a research project on knowledge security, led by @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social. As co-applicant and work package lead on impact, I’m especially excited about the strong collaborative foundation of this project.

Join us on 8 June at Cinema Lumière in Maastricht for a screening of 'The Librarians: Who decides what we read?', a powerful documentary about censorship, free access to information, and the wider social debate surrounding stories, books and ideas in the US.

The Librarians: Who Decides What We Read? - Lumière Cinema Maastricht (en)

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Important action from Cloudflare against Italy's Piracy Shield and its lack of judicial oversight, redress and due process. As research shows, the Piracy Shield is already resulting in the overblocking of legitimate websites. The potential for (political) misuse of the Piracy Shield is also evident.

Standing up for the open Internet- why we appealed Italy’s Piracy Shield fine

Cloudflare is appealing a €14 million fine from Italian regulators over

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We are excited to host Daniel Hegedüs, deputy director of the Institut für Europäische Politik, in Maastricht on 23 April for the Jean Monnet lecture: "International determinants of autocratisation and democratisation in the EU in an age of geopolitical upheaval" Don't miss it! Attendance is free

De Café Europa podcast heeft een nieuwe rubriek waarin mijn collega Yf Reykers en ik je mee nemen in het Europese streven naar grotere onafhankelijkheid: Europa op Eigen Benen. Van digital autonomie tot defensie. Café Europa is een samenwerking tussen Studio Europa Maastricht en Haagsch College.

HaagschCollege.nl - Café Europa

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Will the #EU be able to make decisions faster if obstructer Viktor #Orbán loses the elections in #Hungary? Find out @mariellew.bsky.social's answer on the @studioeuropa.bsky.social and @haagschcollege.bsky.social @cafeeuropa.bsky.social podcast 👇 studioeuropamaastricht.nl/nl/2026/04/0...

Help share this call for proposals #Academicsky #Polisky #Lawsky #IRsky #EUsky #Commsky #Digitalsky #AI #InternetGovernance #GlobalGovernance #InternetAccess #TechPolicy #DigitalPolicy #Cybersecurity #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy #DigitalRights #DigitalConstitutionalism #SocialMedia #BigTech

Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Together with Edoardo Celeste, I co-edit the Routledge Series in Digital Law and Governance. Do you have an idea for a monograph or edited volume that pushes the boundaries of the field? Get in touch! We welcome proposals from, e.g., political science, law, sociology, STS and communication studies.

Together with Edoardo Celeste, I co-edit the Routledge Series in Digital Law and Governance. Do you have an idea for a monograph or edited volume that pushes the boundaries of the field? Get in touch! We welcome proposals from, e.g., political science, law, sociology, STS and communication studies.

🌐 What happens when a country #disconnects from the global #internet? @mariellew.bsky.social explores the impact on #information, #communication & #digital control. 🔗 shorturl.at/at1IE 🔗 shorturl.at/S6RhY 🔗 shorturl.at/svnoJ

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Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 5mo ago

At the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, we value societal engagement: from media commentary and policy advising to co-creation in research. We see impact as a continuous dialogue with society. We decided to celebrate our collaboration with local partners in a series of interviews. Enjoy!

At the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, we value societal engagement: from media commentary and policy advising to co-creation in research. We see impact as a continuous dialogue with society. We decided to celebrate our collaboration with local partners in a series of interviews. Enjoy!

Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌍 How do we bring #Europe closer to the region in an age of fast news & #polarisation? @gisellebosse.bsky.social, together with @mauricedeheus.bsky.social reflect on #nuance vs #headlines, and why it matters. 🔗 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/between...

How do you translate complex academic knowledge into a clear story for a broad audience? Read the interview with CEEhub's Professor Giselle Bosse and Maurice de Heus of regional broadcaster L1 on the role journalists and scholars play in informing public debate on Europe.

Maastricht University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🌍 How do we bring #Europe closer to the region in an age of fast news & #polarisation? @gisellebosse.bsky.social, together with @mauricedeheus.bsky.social reflect on #nuance vs #headlines, and why it matters. 🔗 www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/news/between...

En Russie, la "messagerie nationale" Max s'impose bon gré mal gré grâce à une promotion massive et aux blocages de WhatsApp et Telegram par les autorités au nom de l'indépendance de Moscou vis-à-vis de l'étranger - avec @mariellew.bsky.social information.tv5monde.com/economie/rus...

Great piece by FRANCE 24 on how Russia pushes the Max messenger onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram - with some comments by me.

Russia's Max: The unencrypted super-app being forced on citizens

Russia is pushing its Max messenger -- a social media platform without encryption -- onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram, the cou...

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"'Dit is een poging om elke vorm van oppositie onmogelijk te maken,' zegt professor internetbeleid Mariëlle Wijermars." Mijn commentaar op de op handen zijnde blokkering van Telegram en vergaande internetbeperkingen in Moskou en andere delen van Rusland voor Knack.

In my latest policy brief, I argue policymakers should anticipate further escalation of Russian internet censorship, including the blocking of all remaining foreign platforms and messaging apps *very soon*. #Russia #Censorship #InternetGovernance #Polisky #IRsky #commsky

nos.nl/artikel/2600... Met bijdragen van mijzelf en @mariellew.bsky.social

Internetblokkades komen wereldwijd vaker voor, meestal heel lokaal en kort

In Iran was er een wekenlange blokkade en langzaamaan krijgen de eerste mensen daar weer toegang tot het internet.

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New article by CERiM CEEhub expert Aline Sierp: The past as resource – memory and emotions in Russia’s war on Ukraine. In the article, Sierp analyses where, how by whom and to which effect historical analogies are used in EU policymaking, using Russia’s war on Ukraine as a case study.

The past as resource – memory and emotions in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Historical memory and its emotional baggage is used increasingly by political actors to push forward specific domestic interests and to revive old schismatic relationships between European states. ...

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Please help share this vacancy for a 4-year postdoc in Disinformation and European Democracy at Maastricht University #Polisky #EUsky #Commsky #Academicsky

Mariëlle Wijermars@mariellew.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

Great opportunity at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social: we have 4-year postdoc position on disinformation and European democracy. Possible disciplinary focus includes, e.g., political science and computational social science. Interdisciplinary approaches to disinformation are encouraged.

1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...