Beatrice Balzola holds a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Turin. She graduated in 2021 with a thesis, supervised by Prof. Ugo Pagallo, with the title “The legal regulation of social media and political activities online: problems and perspectives”. Throughout her university years, she committed not only to her studies but also to pursuing her social and political interests: she was nominated President of the LGBTQ+ Club of the University of Turin, and Student Representative for the Department of Law of the University of Turin for two consecutive terms. English and Italian native speaker, she studied 6 months in Zheng Zhou, China in 2013, and won a 10-month Erasmus+ Scholarship from the University of Lapland, Finland in 2017. Cross-culturally savvy and fascinated by the role social media play in today’s society, she is committed to studying the social ramifications of the digital revolution.