In the media
An overview of all the media commentary relating to the topics covered in the project.
Featured by creators
Our research is sometimes picked up by content creators, in particular commentary channels on YouTube. This shows a novel way for academic research to engage with a broader audience. Here we log all the videos we're aware of where our researchers are mentioned.
Featured by news outlets
Our expertise is often relied upon in mainstream media, in particular TV and (online) newspapers. Here’s an overview of all the commentary our researchers gave on media stories.
2024
- Panorama, ‘CORPORAȚIA SELLY - Cum a trecut Andrei Șelaru din scaunul de gaming în fotoliul de „dictator” al industriei de entertainment din România’, 26 August 2024.
- Financieele Dagblad, ‘Elon Musk op raamkoers met Europeese regels voor X’, 19 August 2024.
- Fast Company, ‘Why France’s arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has divided tech regulation experts’, 27 August 2024.
- Financial Times, ‘Europe ramps up its battle with Elon Musk’, 14 August 2024.
- Independent, ‘Keir Starmer says Elon Musk will face the full force of the law - but how?’, 7 August 2024.
- New Scientist, ‘Can AI chatbots be reined in by a legal duty to tell the truth?’, 7 August 2024.
- Reuters, ‘OnlyFans’ porn juggernaut fueled by a deception’, 31 July 2024.
- Financieele Dagblad, ‘Critica van schoonheidsstandaarden maakt nu zelf naam als influencer’, 29 July 2024.
- Romania Insider, ‘Romanian Advertising Council (RAC) conference unites experts to discuss influencer marketing ethics in Romania’, 17 May 2024.
- EU Observer, ‘To Tik or not to Tok? Europe’s disinformation dilemma’, 4 May 2024.
- Reuters, ‘Why TikTok’s technology is special’, 26 April 2024.
- Fast Company, ’The EU just showed us another way of reining in TikTok’, 25 April 2024.
- Financieele Dagblad, ‘Amerikaanse Senaat maakt een einde aan ‘Chinese’ TikTok’, 24 April 2024 (in Dutch).
- Scientific American, ‘Europe’s New AI Rules Could Go Global—Here’s What That Will Mean’, 7 February 2024.
2023
- RAI Italia, RAI Parlamento Punto Europa, 23-12-2023, https://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-df97f55c-c215-4989-8fbc-aeeab306c04f.html#p=.
- BBC Sounds, discussion relating to YouTuber Kai Cenat’s riot in NYC (5-08-2023), https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001pdyy
- ‘Europe enters patchy road to audit online platforms’ algorithms’, EURACTIV (24-07-2023), https://www.euractiv.com/section/platforms/news/europe-enters-patchy-road-to-audit-online-platforms-algorithms/
- Al Jazeera Newshour, discussion on the AI safety watermark planned by seven US tech companies together with the US government, https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/MfKMaYxWlH
- A viral TikTok jewelry scam is sucking in customers with ‘revenge’ videos by creators who say they too were tricked - BusinessInsider (04-07-2023), https://www.insider.com/trugala-tiktok-jewelry-scam-fools-customers-with-revenge-videos-2023-6
- How the Shein Brand Trip Became a Disaster for a Group of Influencers - TIME (29-06-2023), https://time.com/6290735/shein-influencer-brand-trip/
- TikTokers on Tarte Cosmetics’ Latest Excursion Pulled Back the Curtain on Influencer Brand Trips - TIME (16-05-2023), https://time.com/6279894/tarte-brand-trips-influencer-marketing/
- France Is Cracking Down on the Influencer Industry - TIME (08-05-2023), https://time.com/6277524/france-influencer-marketing-regulation-social/
- Twijfels over uitvoerbaarheid nieuwe Franse regelgeving - Financiele Dagblad (5-06-2023) https://fd.nl/tech-en-innovatie/1477909/twijfels-over-uitvoerbaarheid-nieuwe-franse-regelgeving-voor-influencers
- Twitter’s Verification Fiasco May End in Court - WIRED (26-04-2023), https://www.wired.co.uk/article/twitters-verification-fiasco-may-end-in-court
- Lose some, win some - Business Insider (19-04-2023), https://www.insider.com/dietbet-app-influencers-taking-cut-eating-disorders-lexi-reed-2023-03
- A YouTube stage mom faces abuse allegations from 11 teens in court case - NBC News (16-04-2023), https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/piper-rockelle-mom-trial-court-abuse-allegations-tiffany-smith-rcna77228
2022
- Financieele Dagblad, ‘Kinderen zijn clickmachines, maar worden amper beschermd’, 25 July 2022 (in Dutch).
- Frankrijk ziet aantal influencers toenemen en legt activiteiten aan banden - AD.nl (12-12-2022); https://www.ad.nl/economie/frankrijk-ziet-aantal-influencers-toenemen-en-legt-activiteiten-aan-banden~a827ec200/
- The Depp v. Heard trial is just the beginning for live court cases turning into internet mass obsessions - Business Insider (11-05-2022); https://www.insider.com/the-depp-trial-is-just-the-beginning-gamifying-legal-cases-2022-5