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Marietje Schaake

  • International Policy Director at the Cyber Policy Center
  • International Policy Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence

Biography

Marietje Schaake is international policy director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center and international policy fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Between 2009 and 2019, she served as a Member of European Parliament for the Dutch liberal democratic party where she focused on trade, foreign affairs, and technology policies. She writes a monthly column for the Financial Times and serves on the UN’s AI Advisory Body.

Marietje is an (Advisory) Board Member with a number of non-profits including MERICS, ECFR, ORF and AccessNow.


 

publications

Commentary
October 2023

There can be no AI regulation without corporate transparency

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Commentary
July 2021

Opinion: Global spyware such as Pegasus is a threat to democracy. Here’s how to stop it.

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In The News

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News

What Can You Do When A.I. Lies About You?

Marietje Schaake’s résumé is full of notable roles: Dutch politician who served for a decade in the European Parliament, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, adviser to several nonprofits and governments. Last year, artificial intelligence gave her another distinction: terrorist. The problem? It isn’t true. (From the New York Times)
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News

Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries

A new volume, Digital Technologies in Emerging Countries, edited by Francis Fukuyama and Marietje Schaake gathers comparative data on digital technology issues affecting ECs that will inform government policy, the platforms, and civil society around the world.
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Marietje Schaake discusses the misuse of technology and the rise of digital authoritarianism with Youtube CEO Neal Mohan at the 2023 Summit for Democracy.
Blogs

Policy Impact Spotlight: Marietje Schaake on Taming Underregulated Tech

A transatlantic background and a decade of experience as a lawmaker in the European Parliament has given Marietje Schaake a unique perspective as a researcher investigating the harms technology is causing to democracy and human rights.
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