The Brussels Effect
The Brussels Effect, Giovana Fleck, Surabhi Srivastava, Jitse Goutbeek, Hounaz BeheshtiA fresh perspective on EU policy
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What Europe Ought to Do to Build a Resilient Media in the age of AI
Journalism is under pressure around the world. Press freedom globally reached its 25th consecutive year in a low, according to Reporters Without Borders. Only in Europe, during the first semester of 2026, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (M...
Slowing down AI requires thinking clearly about exponential growth
AI is developing at a pace that worries even the people building it. In July, more than 1,300 employees of AI companies asked the US government to support an international effort to build the tools needed to deliberately pace AI’s advance....
Announcing our Summer Break
As the summer period approaches, The Brussels Effect will be taking a short break, and will resume its activities in August.
Stay tuned for upcoming updates, and thank you for being part of this journey.
The Brussels Effect Team
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AI Insiders Sound the Alarm while the EU Retreats
TechCrunch, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
If you follow public discussions on AI Technology, you cannot help but feel the polarization of the public opinion in two major groups, the AI Optim...
The Brussels Effect Named Sweden's National Winner of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize
We are proud to announce that The Brussels Effect has been selected as Sweden’s national winner of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize.
This prestigious prize, awarded by the European Parliament and the Foundation of the International Cha...
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This blog is directed towards young thinkers, aspiring policymakers, and anyone eager to understand EU affairs.
Journalist and Information integrity manager @ RNW Media
More of genuine thinking. Less of brain rot. I write about media, AI, gender and politics (India and global). All my writing is AI-free.
Writes about: * Magic: The Gathering decks I worked on * AI policy * Dutch Politics * Boardgame Strategy
Journalist and human rights advocate with expertise in EU media, free speech and tech policy. She presses for media to be funded as democratic infrastructure and works on semantic resilience, how democracies sustain shared meaning in the AI age.
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