The European Commission has accepted X’s action plan to comply with transparency obligations and ensure researchers’ access to data, in accordance with the Digital Services Regulation. The approved measures represent an important step towards providing researchers, civil society and the general public with greater transparency regarding X’s systems, in particular to monitor X’s systemic risks […]
The Commission is investing around €400 million in postdoctoral researchers
The European Commission has launched the 2026 call for applicationsfor Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowships, with a budget of €399.05 million. These fellowships support researchers who have completed a PhD to carry out their research abroad and acquire new skills in different disciplines and sectors. Researchers will benefit from working with cutting-edge scientific teams and […]
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
On October 24th, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission also preliminarily found Meta, for both Instagram and Facebook, in breach of its obligations to provide users simple mechanisms to notify illegal content, as well as […]
EU invests 608 million euros to train more than 1,800 researchers
The European Commission has announced the results of the 2024 call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (“MSCA”) doctoral networks. With a total of €608.6 million, 149 doctoral programmes across Europe will be funded, providing training and career development opportunities for more than 1 800 doctoral candidates. The selected programmes cover all scientific disciplines and will […]