Onur Bakiner
@bakiner.bsky.social
Assoc. prof. of political science & director of Tech Ethics Initiative at Seattle University. Works on tech governance, human rights, law & society, transitional justice. He/him.
‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger
‘This process has turned into a form of torture’: inside the trial of Erdoğan’s challenger
The long read: He was elected mayor of Istanbul in 2019, and had announced his candidacy for the 2029 presidential elections. But Ekrem İmamoğlu is now behind bars, and his trial, on charges including fraud and organised crime, could take 12 years
theguardian.com
I’m pleased to share that Policing Patients is now out in paperback and audiobook and ON SALE!
Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 4w agoIn Policing Patients, @lizchiarello.bsky.social takes you inside the culture of surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients. Out now in #paperback. Read a free preview and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Sociology #Healthcare
Brilliant work-in-progress lunchtime talk on healthcare billing reform by Ass't Prof. Chryssa Deliganis, as part of Seattle University School of Law's Summer Scholarship Workshop Series, organized by Intellectual Life Vice Dean Seth Endo. Prof. Deliganis -- one of our star... 1/2
HYPERSCALE is hitting bookstores on October 20. Preorder it now! In the book, I dig into how the data center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point, and the incredible efforts of people pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech. Get your copy: hyperscalebook.com
Is A.I. creating jobs or killing them? Adding to inflation or fixing it? Boosting productivity or doing little? Nobody knows. And our data (public & private) isn't providing clear answers. My latest on the A.I. data gap and the challenge it poses for policymakers: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/b...
A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
nytimes.com
Today we beat Stephen Miller’s lawsuit mill in court! For 3 years I’ve been a defendant in a case filed by America First Legal on behalf of Gateway Pundit & a random antivaxxer we’d never heard of until she sued us. The plaintiffs claimed we “censored” them. It was a lie. They just lost.
![Case 3:23-cv-00571-TAD-KDM
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
MONROE DIVISION
JILL HINES ET AL
VERSUS
ALEX STAMOS ET AL
CASE NO. 3:23-CV-00571
JUDGE TERRY A. DOUGHTY
MAG. JUDGE KAYLA D.
MCCLUSKY
MEMORANDUM RULING
Before the Court is a Renewed Joint Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject
Matter and Personal Jurisdiction [Doc. No. 191] filed by Defendants, Alex Stamos,
Renée DiResta, the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, the
Leland Stanford Junior University, Kate Starbird, Graphika, Camille François, the
Atlantic Council, and Graham Brookie (collectively, "Defendants"). Plaintiffs, Jill Hines ("Hines") and Jim Hoft ("Hoft") (collectively, "Plaintiffs"), filed an Opposition
[Doc. No. 207]. Defendants then filed a Reply [Doc. No. 209].
For the reasons set forth, Defendants' Motion is GRANTED.
I. BACKGROUND
This case is before the Court on limited remand to determine jurisdiction.
Hines v. Stamos, 111 F.4th 551 (5th Cir. 2024); see also [Doc. No. 112]. On May 2,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n/bafkreih6kcz2ednyviypovpsbo3zbyl4xticv54avmgap4e2q6vpdgxyqm)
Award-winning Somali referee, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, has been removed from the World Cup roster after being denied entry to the US despite holding a valid visa.
Pope Leo’s first encyclical marks an unprecedented alliance between the Church and Silicon Valley. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
Pope Leo’s first encyclical marks an unprecedented alliance between the Church and Silicon Valley.
wired.com
Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...
Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool
Uses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools...
amacad.org
AI companies are writing their own constitutions. Meanwhile, a shared vocabulary for contesting algorithmic power has been traveling across red and blue states, from legislatures to civil society. New from me in @science.org: "A Civic Grammar for AI Rights" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧵
A civic grammar for AI rights
Earlier this year, the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic, developer of the large language model Claude, published a document it calls “Claude’s Constitution,” described by the company as ...
science.org
To learn more about the demise of this year's RightsCon gathering, Justin Hendrix spoke to the executive director of Access Now, Alejandro Mayoral Baños, and the director of RightsCon, Nikki Gladstone, about their experience, why this moment matters, and what's next for the community they convene.
RightsCon Organizers Take Stock of What's Next After Zambia
A conversation with Access Now executive director Alejandro Mayoral Baños and RightsCon director Nikki Gladstone.
techpolicy.press
In my recent conversation with Politico on my new coauthored book, Auditing AI, I discuss why AI audits matter, why accountability can’t be left only to computer scientists, and how we can evaluate systems for real-world harms. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
The push to audit AI systems
politico.com
As part of a new Turkish benchmark for LLMs, we tested 20 models with an evaluation dataset, HCBfT-TR200, developed at Galatasaray University. The results highlight significant performance gaps across the industry. 🧵 1/7
This month, Roman and Elizabeth are joined by Dr. Alondra Nelson, a leading expert on AI. She discusses why AI is a challenge to regulate, what to think of the tug of war between the states and the federal government on the topic. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4mSs8nZ
NEW: Pope Leo XIV told the world’s press today that the Catholic Church’s moral imagination has long been too narrowed to sexual ethics — and that war, migration, and human dignity are the “much greater, more important issues” of our time.
“I Cannot Be in Favor of War” — Pope Leo XIV's Wide-Ranging In-Flight Press Conference From Africa
On the flight back from Africa, Leo addressed Iran, migration, the death penalty, and LBGTQ issues. He said he carries a photo with him of a Lebanese boy who was killed in the conflict.
thelettersfromleo.com
Hungarians deserve every congratulations for giving Peter Magyar a bigger margin than Orban has ever gotten in all of his rigged elections - and this within the system that Orban rigged. Magyar now has a constitutional majority to undo Orban's constitutional prison and govern as a democratic leader.
Orban concedes, in blow to reactionary authoritarians everywhere www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/04/orba...
Orban concedes defeat - Lawyers, Guns & Money
A great day for liberal democrats everywhere. Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, a lodestar for MAGA culture warriors and right-wing populists in Europe, conceded defeat on Sunday in a general el...
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
Tomorrow's elections will have effects beyond Hungary. The defeat of Orban would be a win in the global fight against authoritarianism, fascism, and xenophobia.
Timothy Snyder@timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4mo ago1/3. Very helpful summary in preparation for the epochal Hungarian elections tomorrow. See also essays by Anne Applebaum and Lászlo Gendler and commentary by Kim Scheppele mikegalsworthy.substack.com/p/why-an-orb...
It is wild to me that we show Hungarian domestic intelligence are undertaking illegal mass domestic surveillance using US 🇺🇸 tech, and not a single US news outlet has covered it!!
New Publication in Press at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology!! Why Do People Dislike Gender Role Violators? A Test of Three Models Led by Alan Lambert, and a variety of terrific colleagues (publication coming soon).
I wish the AI discourse would move on from binaries— “yay or nay,” destroy us or save us—to a real discussion about democratic control and regulation. It’s like we’ve forgotten that government can competently do such things.
William B. Fuckley@opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4mo agoI agree with this, and the thing too is that LLMs are the printing press: you cannot uninvent a technology. social media as it currently exist are specific networks from specific companies and you can destroy networks. modern social media can be made to go away in a way that LLMs simply cannot.
I agree with this, and the thing too is that LLMs are the printing press: you cannot uninvent a technology. social media as it currently exist are specific networks from specific companies and you can destroy networks. modern social media can be made to go away in a way that LLMs simply cannot.
Tristan Palmgren@tristanpalmgren.bsky.social · 4mo agoSocial media has been a bigger global disaster than I think LLMs are capable of in the near or medium term future. It wasn't LLMs that got us to the world-historical disaster of the Trump administration, the global fascist resurgence, or to throwing vaccines in the trash.
A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week. www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Supply-Chain Risk Designation Halted By Judge
A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week.
wired.com
The AI economy looks...really precarious. So @matteowong.bsky.social & I did a bunch of reporting to try to figure out what happens when a potential bubble collides with a war in Iran and a potential resource shortage. The answer is...arguably the most dire stuff i've heard from smart ppl in a while
The AI Boom Wasn’t Built for the Polycrisis
“There are too many ways for it to fail for it not to fail.”
theatlantic.com
Vietnam is Southeast Asia’s first country with a comprehensive AI law. Modeled on the EU’s risk-based approach, it emphasizes human oversight, risk classification, and digital sovereignty as part of Hanoi’s 2045 development push, reports Tech Policy Press fellow Lam Le.
Vietnam’s New AI Law Balances Innovation Push With Tight State Control
The Law on Artificial Intelligence draws on preceding legislation, notably the EU’s AI Act, which includes risk-based management of AI, reports Lam Le.
techpolicy.press
The EU is pushing ahead with AI Act changes that weaken protections for high-risk systems and leave no meaningful path to redress, even as evidence of harm mounts, write CDT Europe’s Laura Lazaro Cabrera and Magdalena Maier.
Europe Is Looking To Water Down AI Protections. It Should Reinforce Them.
As the omnibus proposal moves toward trilogue negotiations, decision-makers must not lose sight of the AI Act’s goals and effectiveness.
techpolicy.press
A Belgian aristocrat who served as diplomat and European commissioner will have to face trial regarding his possible involvement in the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the Congolese prime minister and independence leader assassinated in 1961. www.ft.com/content/16c5...
Belgian aristocrat to face charges over murder of Congo’s first premier
Étienne Davignon, 93, is the only surviving former official accused in connection to Patrice Lumumba’s death
ft.com
Jürgen Habermas, the leading figure of the second generation of the Frankfurt School, has died at the age of 96. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Jürgen Habermas im Alter von 96 Jahren gestorben
Jürgen Habermas ist in Starnberg gestorben. Das teilte der Suhrkamp Verlag mit.
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