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mr. dr. Sarah Eskens


Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, EU Law

Assistant Professor, Kooijmans Institute

Assistant Professor, Research Programmes - Law, Law & Technology

Assistant Professor, Research Programmes - Law, Boundaries of Law

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I am a legal researcher interested in questions related to online platforms and mediated communication. My current work focuses on two topics: the developing EU legal framework on disinformation, and the obligations of messaging apps under the Digital Services Act.

I work as an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Before that, I obtained my research master's in Information Law (University of Amsterdam, 2016) and wrote a dissertation on the fundamental rights implications of personalised communication by news media (University of Amsterdam, 2021).

In my work, I look at, among others, the Digital Services Act (‘DSA’), Political Advertising Regulation, European Media Freedom Act (‘EMFA’), and General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).

Next to my research, I am involved in teaching at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I coordinate the master’s specialisation in International Technology Law. I also coordinate and teach a master’s course on European data protection law, and I teach platform regulation and media law in another master’s course. Finally, I coordinate the internships and master’s theses for students in the International Technology Law specialisation.

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  • Commissie Meijers | Amsterdam | commissielid | 2021-03-01 - present

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