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OpenAI must face part of Intercept lawsuit over AI training www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

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1/4 My tribute to Professor Spiros Simitis (1934-2023) is now out in the inaugural issue of GW JOLT, the new tech journal at George Washington U Law School. In it, I trace the important influence of Prof. Simitis on data privacy law. gwjolt.org/files/volume...

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Here's my theory connecting the TikTok sale-or-ban law, cars, AI, and more: The National Security Internet. How the national security turn for digital regulation threatens free expression, economic development, and efforts to combat climate change. Will post on SSRN soon.

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In a few minutes--2 pm London time--I'm participating in a European Society of International Law program on sanctions. Will discuss the TikTok Law, the AI Diffusion Rule, Connected Vehicles, Supply Chain Rule, etc. Register here: esil-sedi.eu/wp-content/u...

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9 Justices and three D.C. Circuit judges, but who's counting! I'm just excited that Anupam and I get to keep our frenemy Vaudeville act going for a little longer.

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On Monday, I'll be at Harvard Law School debating @alanrozenshtein.com on constitutionality of TikTok sale-or-ban law, moderated by @zittrain.bsky.social. Alan may have 9 Justices, but I will have the 1st Amendment on my side. Come watch (in person or online)! 12EST. hls.harvard.edu/events/harva...

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Before they left their home, Hijazi recalled, one of the girls had insisted on taking pictures of the cats in the garden “because maybe we won’t see them again.” In the end, she said, “the cats survived and the girls are gone.” apnews.com/article/isra...

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When the WSJ reports on the topic of your current research paper, and accidentally happens on the same name (though I call it "Anywhere But China"). www.wsj.com/world/china/...

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When a "no" still makes you feel good.

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Interesting (but behind a paywall) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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From FTC Chair's letter barring FTC leadership from ABA events or any FTC staff from paying to attend ABA events: naming "investigating Big Tech's monopoly power and censorship practices is one of my highest priorities"

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Judge ordering restoration of foreign aid: WH has offered no explanation for suspending "all congressionally appropriated foreign aid, which set off a shockwave and upended reliance interests for thousands of agreements with businesses, nonprofits ... was a rational precursor to reviewing programs"

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I joined the PoliticoTech podcast to talk about the #AIActionSummit. We discussed the contrast between VP Harris and VP Vance's speeches, the launch of Current AI and building an ecosystem for public goods, and my remarks on three fallacies of AI at Elysee Palace podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

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"You now have some of the biggest corporations in the world accepting the word of the Trump Justice Department that this statute won't be weaponized against them," says @anupamchander.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...

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Good story by my @bloomberg.com colleague Iain Marlow on the $500m in US foreign aid going to waste as a result of attack on USAID. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Code of Conduct on Disinformation, now officially integrated into the #DigitalServicesAct

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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

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“Relocate” is such a stupid, bloodless euphemism. Partition was not analogous to moving from the West Village to Westchester.

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I had to check to see whether this was real because I couldn't believe my eyes. Boy, this is indeed as poorly argued as its title might suggest.

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An executive order that lacks a constitutional or statutory basis -- or, worse, is directly contrary to the Constitution or a valid statute -- is not law, and that's the reason so many of these EOs are invalid. Saying a valid EO is not "law" is not how I'd put things, though vocabularies vary.

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$7M worth of awards from Brown are listed in this dumbbase. The largest award is for roughly $3M. And it is about .... looking at how climate change affects waterfront communities, and doing research on building resilience to climate change. Clearly this is a woke leftist conspiracy.

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PSA: @virginatlantic.bsky.social is the best airline for East Coast to London hop across Atlantic. Fantastic crews. Great video selection. Nice planes.

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Finally, there's a moment to revise an old diaspora bond paper... I rely on the classics, i.e. @anupamchander.bsky.social in this case (read draft here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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"An obscure British government committee is to be asked this month to advise Home Secretary Yvette Cooper whether to go ahead with government demands that Apple provide British agents with a secret backdoor ... enabling British spies to secretly copy and read users’ private data."

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I created a new AI law seminar class, and I'm highlighting a few readings from it each week. Week 5 looks at algorithmic decisionmaking and discrimination, via great papers like: The Racist Algorithm? by @anupamchander.bsky.social repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol115/i... and...

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Biden Administration put in "Buy America" provisions for electric charging stations--slowing the rollout of electric chargers, resulting in a total of 58 electric chargers over 3 years, despite a $5 billion program and a promise of 500,000 charging stations. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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You too can be a macro data refiner at Lumon Industries! No #severance needed. Hat-tip @taylorlorenz.bsky.social's UserMag: www.usermag.co lumon-industries.com?utm_source=s...

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Vatican’s Caritas outraged at ‘reckless’ USAID cuts, says millions will die, others left in poverty apnews.com/article/vati...

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The Missing Post Office, on the remote Japanese island of Awashima, is a repository for 60,000-plus pieces of mail from all over Japan to those with no forwarding address. Lost friends and pets; past and future selves; and, most frequently, the dead. Gift link to our story: wapo.st/4gtdy1n

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what's the global impact of the US pausing, or giving up, on internet freedom? with quotes from @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social @older.bsky.social by @techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social @ramshajahangir.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/with-us-comm...

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"US officials kept around 100 deported Indian migrants in shackles for their 40-hour flight home, including during bathroom breaks..." -- I think they "normalized Indian hate" www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/i...

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Would love to be wrong: Hans said his view is that Trump's actions in his first weeks in office pose a constitutional crisis representing "the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War.” www.reuters.com/legal/us-sup...

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If you missed it in the New York Times, you can read it in the Salt Lake Tribune. www.sltrib.com/opinion/comm...

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Palantir designed to "power the West to its obvious innate superiority," says CEO Alex Karp. I'm surpised no one picked up on this. It was quite near the top of the call. Or did everyone else think, 'yeah that's totally fine and normal'. www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/p...

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"The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability to view fully encrypted material, not merely assistance in cracking a specific account, and has no known precedent in major democracies."

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UK Apple Users: the UK government is likely to stop Apple offering encrypted storage in the UK. If you have not already, turn on Advanced Data Protection now — it will be harder for them to turn off than stop offering support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/... full story in WaPo: wapo.st/4k2AF5Z

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Trump's executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court is available here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Fairness in broadcasting questioned by current President, with threat to broadcast license thrown in...

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NEW: With cuts at USAID and restructuring at the State Department, US leadership on internet freedom and the free flow of information is in doubt. Experts are concerned the US will cede important ground to China and Russia. From me and @ramshajahangir.bsky.social for @techpolicypress.bsky.social:

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On Jan. 17, the Supreme Court upheld the TikTok ban in a 9-0 decision. @anupamchander.bsky.social, G.S. Hans, and Edward Lee write that the ruling marks a low point for the First Amendment and sets a worrying precedent not only domestically, but also abroad.

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My latest: With the U.S. funding freeze, an entire ecosystem of vital China-related work is now in crisis. Dozens of scrappy nonprofits in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the US are at risk of suspending their operations, firing employees, and even shutting down. www.aspistrategist.org.au/with-us-fund...

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Here is a list of groups actually litigating against the barrage of illegal and unconstitutional actions by the the Trump Administration. LAW FIRMS should be providing pro bono support. Don't cower in a corner. Your business depends on the rule of law. 1/ www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...

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Looking forward to seeing friends in Atlanta at this @emoryuniversity.bsky.social global AI regulation conference that @iajunwa.bsky.social has organized so wonderfully with a little help from me.

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I send people this @nytimes.com and @splc.org brief about children's 1st Amendment rights all the time. It is timely again since KOSMA seems to be moving. The relevant con law parts are at 6-8. The part that makes me get chills and tear up is at 10-12. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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