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This project contributes to a wider European effort to monitor and understand the legal landscape surrounding online disinformation. Coordinated by the Università di Pisa and connected to the HARD DISC (Human-Centred Approach and Regulatory Dimension in Developing an Interoperable and Secure Cyberspace), the initiative brings together legal scholars from across Europe.
Our contribution focuses on mapping the Irish legal framework applicable to online disinformation. This involves a comprehensive analysis of constitutional provisions, statutory instruments, case law, and soft law measures relevant to the regulation of disinformation in digital spaces.
The research aims to produce a country-specific report and to contribute to the development and periodic updating of a centralised European database hosted on the HARD DISC portal.
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Edoardo Celeste
Edoardo Celeste is an Associate Professor of Law, Technology and Innovation at the School of Law and Government of Dublin City University. Edoardo is the Programme Chair of the Erasmus Mundus Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI), the Deputy-Director of the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI), the coordinator of the DCU Law and Tech Research Cluster, and a founding member of the Digital Constitutionalism Network.
Emiliya Emilova Taushanska
Emiliya Taushanska is a postgraduate scholarship holder in the European Master in Law, Data, and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI). Emiliya holds a Law degree from Università di Trento, where she wrote her dissertation on Privacy and Security issues in the Internet of Things. She also has professional experience as a legal advisor in cybersecurity risk and compliance, having contributed to projects involving GDPR audits, NIS2 compliance tools development, and AI procurement governance policies. As DPO support at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, she also assisted in the development of privacy strategies and regulatory frameworks in applied research settings. Emiliya is a native speaker of Italian and Bulgarian, and is fluent in English and French.
Martin Démas
Martin Démas is a postgraduate scholarship holder in the European Master in Law, Data and Artificial Intelligence (EMILDAI). Martin holds a Master degree in EU law from Université de Tours, where he wrote his dissertation on the Relevance and Convergence of EU and Japanese approaches to regulating AI, as part of a study semester at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan. He also has experience as a research assistant in environmental law, regulation of artificial intelligence and protection of human rights, assisting at the Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Martin is a native French speaker, and is fluent in English and German