Blog posts
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Should social media be banned for children? Digital resilience with Esther Rozendaal, Lore Sleeckx and Reinout Vermaercke | The Digital Period S3E2
Should social media be banned for children? As concerns about young people’s social media use continue to grow, governments have increasingly turned to restrictive measures. Australia has a ban on social media access for young people, while similar policy discussions have gained momentum across Europe, where the European Commission just proposed the new KIDS Act…
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The Digital Period Podcast Season 3 x ReSocial
Written by Manon Carrere Meta promises you to connect you to the ‘people and things you love’. Social media has become infrastructure. Most of us do not experience social media as one thing: we can use it to stay informed, communicate, or find forms of community that may be harder to access offline. While it…
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Feminist FemTech: three lessons for better technology from CPDP ‘26
In May 2026 we organised a workshop at the CPDP conference called ‘Lessons from feminist FemTech on democratic value-based data infrastructures’. We organised it because we realized the complexity around making actually useful technology work in today’s society and solving these problems requires many different kinds of expertise in the room. We are Judith Zoë…
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Dear participants of CPDP
Dear participants of CPDP, Hi! I am Judith, a lawyer and philosopher from the Netherlands. This year, I will be present with The Digital Period at the Conference on Computers, Privacy, and Data Protection (CPDP) to talk with participants about period tracking apps. You can find me between 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM and 2:30…
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Contesting the privacy paradox
According to the privacy paradox we prioritize convenience over privacy. During my conversations with people about period apps, they often ask if I track my period. Many are aware of the fact that I value my privacy and have strong views about how personal data processing. Therefore they sometimes I assume I do not use…
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Let’s talk about period apps
Hi! My name is Judith. I would like to talk to you about period apps. Period apps play a role in a part of our lives that is extremely intimate. They are one of the most downloaded health apps worldwide. Understanding why someone tracks their period can tell you a lot about who they are and…
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Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellows 22/23
Super happy to let everyone know that I am one of the thirty Alfred Landecker Democracy Fellows 22/23! The Landecker Democracy Fellowship is created by the Alfred Landecker Foundation and Humanity in Action. The common denominator of this year’s projects is that they all revolve around the challenges and opportunities of democracy in the digital age. My…