A selection of media that covered Niels’ research:
‘Digitale autonomie’ video podcast for the ECP – the Dutch platform for the information society, December 2025
‘Russische media in Nederland te zien ondanks sancties‘ interview with the Dutch national TV programme Nieuwsuur, September 2025
Ferreira Gomes, Alexandre, Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Niels ten Oever, Miriam Sanaito, and Susann Lüdtke.
‘Reflections on Europe Day: ‘Unequal societies will produce technologies that will reproduce inequalities’’ Interview with the Amsterdam Center for European Studies
‘Google schrapt de expliciete belofte om kunstmatige intelligentie niet voor wapens of militaire doeleinden aan te wenden. ‘Daar is veel geld aan te verdienen.’’ Mention in Dutch national newspaper Trouw, February 2025
Internet shutdowns
Radio interview at Dutch public national broadcaster Radio 1, April 2023
Ukraine invasion: We should consider internet sanctions, says ICANN ex-CEO
Mention in The Register
Welke knop doet Rusland van het internet verdwijnen?
Quote and reference to Join Statement in NRC
Ukraine invasion brings Internet governance neutrality question into focus
Extended quotes in an article in Data Center Dynamics
What is Web3 and how will it change the way we use the internet?
Extended quotes in an article in the New Scientist
Email is an awful online ID that we use for almost everything.
Extended quote in an article in Vox’ RECODE
Human Rights Are Not A Bug: Upgrading Governance for an Equitable Internet
Report about the governance of the Internet infrastructure – funded by the Ford Foundation
Internet als machtsmiddel
Interview in De Lichtkogel
Who owns the internet?
Extended quotes in an article in The Face magazine
What really went down when the internet went down
Extended quotes in article in Wired
‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ and the Fight Over Offensive Terms in Computing
Research and publication mentioned in the New York Times
Het fundament van het Internet waar niemand omheen kan en weinigen iets vanaf weten
Interview Internet Society Netherlands
How Infrastructure Shapes Our Society
Hoe infrastructuur onze samenleving vormt
Interview in Elektor Magazine
Help, het internet breekt in tweeën
Extended quote in an article in NRC
La Chine exacerbe la bataille pour le contrôle d’internet
Extended quote in an article in Le Temps
Inside China’s controversial mission to reinvent the internet
Extended quote in an article in the Financial Times