17 July 2026
The Limits of Representation
Artificial Intelligence can produce biased outputs. In part, this is because unrepresentative data is used to train, validate and test AI. To remedy skewed datasets and train fairer AI, many call for more comprehensive and systematic data production and processing about diverse people’s bodies and lives, including disabled people. Yet this response rests on a number of assumptions. Drawing on disability data, I argue that we should be cautious about these assumptions when regulating AI. Continue reading >>
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17 November 2025
The Omnibus Package of the EU Commission
The European Commission is planning a fundamental overhaul of European digital regulation, and it wants to move quickly. On 19 November, it intends to publish draft legislation for an omnibus package designed to simplify, reduce bureaucracy, and harmonise various legal acts. The draft was leaked last week, and it is a tough one for everyone who appreciates fundamental rights-oriented regulation. If the proposals obtain the necessary majorities in the legislative process, the cornerstones of data protection law would be fundamentally changed. Continue reading >>24 March 2025
The Politics of Digital Erasure
The removal of over 2,000 datasets from data.gov – specifically from government agencies in energy, environment, and NASA – reveals critical questions about the governance of digital information infrastructure and mechanisms of information control. This essay examines how these changes not only affect American governance but also global research networks that depend on U.S. federal data resources, and what these developments might mean for digital governance worldwide. Continue reading >>
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