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February 13, 2026 at 8:09 AM
potato.software
📱 The latest research article from Dr. @xadodge.bsky.social and @diydigsafety.bsky.social. It explores why young people may avoid talking to adults in the aftermath of digital harms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @journals.sagepub.com #Tech #digitalcriminology #potatosafety #artswithimpact
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
smuarts.bsky.social
📱 The latest research article from Dr. @xadodge.bsky.social and @diydigsafety.bsky.social. It explores why young people may avoid talking to adults in the aftermath of digital harms. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @journals.sagepub.com #Tech #digitalcriminology #cybersafety #artswithimpact
diydigsafety.bsky.social DIY Digital Safety @diydigsafety.bsky.social · 17d
📣 We are excited to share our latest peer-reviewed article published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

📌 These findings underscore the need for adult interventions in young people’s lives to shift from fear-driven approaches toward balanced, non-judgmental, and youth-centred responses.
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
smuarts.bsky.social
On this snowy afternoon, we're catching up on some recent academic articles co-authored by Dr. @xadodge.bsky.social, a member of the @diydigsafety.bsky.social research team! #SMUCriminology #criminology #digitalcriminology #cybersafety #artswithimpact
diydigsafety.bsky.social DIY Digital Safety @diydigsafety.bsky.social · Dec 10
We often hear the importance of care in research with young people, but what does this look like in practice? 🤔

📣 We're excited to share our latest academic article with concrete strategies that scholars across disciplines can use.

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February 11, 2026 at 6:21 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
When I moved from Twitter to Bluesky I made a starter pack for digital #criminology check it out! #digitalcriminology go.bsky.app/Fequm3N
February 8, 2026 at 8:48 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
#internationalpoliticalsociology #digitalcriminology #STS
rosamundevb.bsky.social Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Dec 19
Very excited and proud to share that our FWO-Weave INFRASEC (The Infrastructuring of Algorithmic Passenger Security: A comparative analysis of infrastructural processes at the national and international level) proposal has been funded! @ikkibop.bsky.social @matthiasleese.bsky.social #AI #PNR
fwovlaanderen.bsky.social Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO) @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social · Dec 12
💡 De nieuwe onderzoeksprojecten fundamenteel onderzoek werden toegekend 👉 www.fwo.be/nl/resultate...
We wensen alle onderzoekers veel succes 👏
January 28, 2026 at 11:50 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Deadline extended to 21st of January! #surveillance #AI #digitalcriminology
rosamundevb.bsky.social Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Jan 6
Still time to submit your abstracts till 10th of January for #SSN2026! Join us in Lille!

All info: ssn2026.sciencesconf.org

#surveillance #surveillancestudies
January 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
As Online Hate Turns Violent, Europe Still Lacks a Far-Right Strategy #digitalcriminology www.techpolicy.press/as-online-ha...
As Online Hate Turns Violent, Europe Still Lacks a Far-Right Strategy | TechPolicy.Press
Europe faces rising street violence fueled by online hate, yet still lacks a coherent strategy beyond tech fixes to confront racism, writes William Burns.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
warrcrim.bsky.social
For those interested in #DigitalCriminology and #DigitalVictimology
theserfstv.bsky.social The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Dec 10
New scathing report from the UN shows that AI technology and reduced social media safety features have dramatically increased online harassment and violence directed towards women.

It's also making journalists and activists lives much harder
Online violence1 is an escalating threat to women’s participation in public life and democratic deliberation in the AI Age, especially in the context of rising authoritarianism, increased repression of women’s rights organizations, and networked misogyny. It is designed to stymie women’s freedom of expression and part of a burgeoning strategy to roll back their hard-won right to gender equality and empowerment. New data from a UN Women-comissioned survey of women in the public sphere, focused on women human rights defenders, activists and journalists, demonstrates the scale of the problem and the function of artificial intelligence technologies in its manifestations. It also highlights an alarming trend in the trajectory of online violence to offline attacks, abuse and harassment, proving that there is nothing virtual about online violence. The global survey, fielded in late 2025 in five languages2, was modelled on a 2020 survey which underpinned a landmark study, an excerpt from which was published by UNESCO in 2021 titled The Chilling: Trends in Online Violence Against Women Journalists. This report analyzes the responses of over 6403 women-identifying survey participants from 119 countries and delivers the following key findings:4 70% 24% 41% 640 women respondents FROM 119 countries 42% of women human rights defenders, activists, journalists and media workers surveyed have experienced online violence in the course of their work said that they had experienced AIassisted online violence experienced offline attacks, abuse or harassment that they linked with online violence DEFINING ONLINE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN of women journalists and media workers surveyed said that they had experienced offline harm triggered by online violence — more than double the incidence rate recorded in 20204
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Shouldn’t we start criminalising such big tech practices as organised crime? Or is this another example that demonstrates that we should shift the focus from crime to harm #digitalcriminology #rhizomaticharm
rosamundevb.bsky.social Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Nov 23
Top Meta staff allegedly compared Instagram to a drug and worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children, even as they appeared to acknowledge their technology was harmful. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘We’re basically pushers’: Court filing alleges staff at social media giants compared their platforms to drugs
Meta said the allegations “rely on cherry-picked quotes and misinformed opinions” to present a misleading narrative.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
degruyterbrill.bsky.social
"De Gruyter Handbook of #DigitalCriminology" edited by: Mareile Kaufmann and Heidi Mork Lomell

#OpenAccess: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Cover of "De Gruyter Handbook of Digital Criminology" edited by: Mareile Kaufmann and Heidi Mork Lomell
September 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
For anyone at #eurocrim25 and interested in anything digital, we will have a short meeting at 12.30 in DC700 to discuss the set up of a working group! #eurocrim2025 #digitalcriminology
September 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
#criminology #eurocrim #crimsky #digitalcriminology
rosamundevb.bsky.social Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Aug 28
After the board denied the set up of a working group on digital criminology because they consider it too similar to cybercrime, they now respond in a very defensive and concerning way to the request to have a democratic vote on motion below. I think it’s time for some self-reflection within the ESC.
stevetombs.bsky.social Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · Aug 21
The European Society of Criminology is normalizing war crime, crimes against humanity and genocide. We demand action from the ESC: please sign the petition to end complicity and circulate widely
@europeangroup.bsky.social @critcrim.bsky.social

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August 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Very excited to be partner in a new Horizon Europe project SALVUS (Ensuring SAfer justice outcomes in onLine and undercoVer child sexUal abuse inveStigations) @crisresearch.bsky.social! More info about the project: www.vubtechtransfer.be/salvus #AI #digitalcriminology #childrensrights
SALVUS
The ERIS team proudly announces that the SALVUS consortium has received an EU grant. Prof. Rosamunde Van Brakel, from the Law, Science, Technology and Society Research Group of VUB, will coordinate
www.vubtechtransfer.be
August 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
These panels are part of a collection of 7 panels and a book panel on digital criminology at #EUROCRIM2025 that I have coordinated with Mareile Kaufmann and @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social #digitalcriminology #criminology #crimsky
August 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Excited to see the programme is out for #EUROCRIM2025! Looking forward to speak in two of the digital criminology panels 🤩

#digitalcriminology #greencriminology #surveillance #morethanhuman #AI #environmentalcrime
screenshot panel abstract book panel Marc Schuilenburg screenshot panel abstract digital policing environmental crime
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Excited to be in Canada for #SSN2025 workshop on #surveillance & #AI at the Uni of Ottawa organised by @ubisurv.net!
I will present on green surveillance, policing fishery crimes & the need for more-than-human governance!
#digitalcriminology #greencriminology surveillance-studies.net/conference/
Conference – Surveillance Studies Network
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May 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
warrcrim.bsky.social
This raises a concern that I've voiced before with #HMPPS video visits

The apps harvest data from mobile devices (you cant use computers for the visits), including geographic data, bio-metric data, meta and footage data, etc.

What is the future life of such data?
#Criminology
#DigitalCriminology
carissaveliz.bsky.social Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · May 20
And.... it finally happened. #23andMe is a perfect #privacy example to learn from. When companies who amass troves of very personal data go bankrupt, the data gets sold or acquired by other companies, further complicating already questionable "consent" practices.
23andMe sold out of bankruptcy to Regeneron
Drugmaker’s takeover could raise privacy concerns among genetics start-up’s 15mn users
www.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Very happy to co-organise this great event with such an exciting programme and stellar keynotes!

Also there are still a few places left to attend on-site, get in touch and join us in Rotterdam 19-20 June!

#surveillance #AI #publicsafety #digitalcriminology #criminology

@crisresearch.bsky.social
marcschuilenburg.bsky.social Marc Schuilenburg @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social · May 16
The full program for our symposium - AI-Imaginations & Public Safety – at Erasmus University Rotterdam is now online!

Keynote speakers:
- David Lyon
- Mareille Kaufman
- Selmar Smit

Along with an excellent line-up of more than 30 speakers.

More info on the blogpost of AI-Maps: bitly.cx/hLHvl.
Unveiling the Program for AI-Imaginations and Public Safety Symposium, organized by AI-MAPS!
AI-MAPS is proud to present the full program for our upcoming symposium: AI-Imaginations and Public Safety
bitly.cx
May 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Looking forward to #EUROCRIM2025 in Athens!

Very happy that all our panels on digital #criminology with a stellar line up of speakers have been accepted.

The collection of panels have been coordinated by Mareile Kaufmann, @marcschuilenburg.bsky.social and myself #digitalcriminology #surveillance
May 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
‼️ Are you interested in children’s rights, digital forensics and digital evidence come and work with me and join a great team @crisresearch.bsky.social!

Deadline 9th of May !

#postdoc #digitalcriminology #criminology jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
jobs.vub.be
May 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
warrcrim.bsky.social
For those with an interest in #DigitalCriminology, #SurveillanceCapitalism, and #policing.

One element of the #TechnoUtopianism that is besieging #CriminalJustice at present is a lack of thought about #HumanRights and #Ethics
jasonkoebler.bsky.social Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Apr 17
NEW: A secretive surveillance company is building "AI persona" bots for cops intended to gather evidence on people. Personas include "college protesters," "radicalized" divorced moms, children. We have docs that shows how it works and what cops can do with it:

www.404media.co/this-college...
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
www.404media.co
April 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
A reminder that we have a great talk scheduled for tomorrow noon CET at VUB by @ubisurv.net on Cities at the End of the World: Technology & Urbanism in an Age of Crisis

Also possible to join online, get in touch for a link!

#AI #smartcities #surveillance #urbanstudies #digitalcriminology
pic of flyer of the talk
April 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
Come and work with me in Brussels @crisresearch.bsky.social! I’m looking for a postdoc specialised in children’s rights and digital #criminology. Please repost& send to anyone who might be interested.

Deadline 9th of May

#digitalcriminology #surveillance

jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Postdoctoral Researcher Children's Rights and Online Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
jobs.vub.be
April 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
rosamundevb.bsky.social
#digitalcriminology
rosamundevb.bsky.social Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · Mar 28
Next week I will be publishing a postdoc vacancy on children’s rights & digital investigations to work @crisresearch.bsky.social in Brussels on a new EU Research Project on digital investigations of child sexual abuse. Keep an eye out for it here, linkedin and VUB jobsite! #criminology #crimsky
All jobs
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March 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM