Looking for good Brazilian commentary about this.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last wk.

US social media companies are interfering in the Brazilian elections in favour of the Far Right’s Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta is the latest. It’s just blocked the campaign account of President Lula in the final stretch of the election.

New from ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social: Restricting Platform Creep, published in the Hofstra Law Review. hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/u...

The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Blanche on AI: "The answer is not to just all of the sudden try to regulate this"

New law review article: Platform creep in which I discuss three key features of major social media platforms hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/u...

Curious to see the changes. My forthcoming essay suggests that platforms should be treated like bartenders (dram shop law). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

WIRED@wired.com · last mo.

In addition to sending billions of dollars to states, Meta will make substantive changes to its platforms as part of a landmark settlement. www.wired.com/story/meta-w...

Another new paper from ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social: “Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure,” forthcoming in the Cornell Law Review! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

2nd symposium essay: Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure, forthcoming 112 Cornell L. Rev. ___ (2026). I frame social media and AI chatbot harm as epistemic closure, and introduce two ideas: platforms’ connective power and ideological recruitment. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I would have liked 6 more months with this symposium essay but so appreciated the opportunity to write it.

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School@yaleisp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social on her new paper: Digital Platforms and Epistemic Authority (forthcoming in the Texas Law Review). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.

AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself

The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...

the-independent.com

A common comment on my videos about LLM "hallucinations" is that this isn't as much of a problem because LLMs "cite their sources" now. This is a category error. Citing a source implies it was consulted. LLMs do not consult, even with RAG. A citation might be *included* but it's not *consulted*.

I argue in this piece that Big Tech is creating its own digital empire through what I call the Silicon Valley Effect law.stanford.edu/publications... Major AI companies are shaping the transnational legal order by lobbying, direct influence and influencing regulatory discourse.

The Silicon Valley Effect | Stanford Law School

The most influential Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) companies are shaping AI’s legal order and regulatory discourse to protect their business in

law.stanford.edu

Looking forward to citing this in follow up writing on the Silicon Valley Effect (see pinned post)

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

Not just lobbying! our new paper maps 27 mechanisms of regulatory capture used by Big AI + 11 narrative framings that rationalise capture. “Big AI’s Regulatory Capture: Mapping Industry Interference and Government Complicity” will be presented at #FAccT2026 next month arxiv.org/abs/2605.068... 1/

Thread that scholars should also read:

Vauhini Vara@vauhinivara.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Journalists, let’s be careful about the language we use when writing or talking about AI. Here’s a thread — @emilymbender.bsky.social, I know you pay attention to this, too, so feel free to chime in. (1/x)

Read ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social's new article, published by the @knightcolumbia.org: "The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure" knightcolumbia.org/content/the-...

The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure

knightcolumbia.org

New essay about why the right to receive ideas should evolve into the right to access communicative infrastructure (changing what counts as burdening speech in TikTok v. Garland). I am grateful to @katygb.bsky.social @jameeljaffer.bsky.social and @knightcolumbia.org for the opportunity and feedback.

Knight First Amendment Institute@knightcolumbia.org · 5mo ago

In a new essay, @chinmayiarun.bsky.social (@yaleisp.bsky.social) argues that foreign social media platforms are unique associational and speech infrastructures that should be treated differently from other foreign infrastructure, challenging the Supreme Court's view in #TikTok Inc. v. Garland.

"logic of Musk’s empire is total. X shapes the discourse. Grok automates it. Grokipedia rewrites the historical record. Starlink can deliver it all, everywhere, to everyone. Each layer reinforces the others. It’s not about winning arguments in the public sphere. It’s about building a replacement."

Astra Taylor@astra.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Muskism by @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com is now out. My endorsement: “A wholly original and insightful analysis that deserves to be read by the billions of people impacted by Musk’s pathological quest for power and wealth.”

They plan to appeal but this is an interesting development

Martha Albertson Fineman@mlafineman.bsky.social · 7mo ago

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Looking forward to giving this talk at Tilburg (from London) next week www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...

Here we go: I argue that in the digital age, the right to access foreign ideas should be accompanied by a (qualified) right to access foreign communicative infrastructure. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Chinmayi Arun@chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Apropos of nothing I’ll soon be sharing a draft of my essay on the right to access foreign communicative infrastructure

Sometimes it’s convenient to articulate an unwillingness to be regulated as geopolitical conflict.

Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.social · 8mo ago

France’s escalating investigation into Elon Musk’s X has become a fresh flashpoint in the transatlantic fight over platform governance, writes Mark Scott, highlighting how US claims of censorship collide with Europe’s push to hold powerful platforms accountable. buff.ly/UJptso0

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines

During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

futurism.com

Really looking forward to discussing my work on the Silicon Valley Effect at Science Po later this month. Details below if you’ll be in Paris and want to come say hello. www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...

The Silicon Valley Effect

Law & Tech event.

sciencespo.fr

Apropos of nothing I’ll soon be sharing a draft of my essay on the right to access foreign communicative infrastructure

Join us next Wednesday for a webinar on “Governing AI Beyond the Global North: Emerging Frameworks in the Majority World” with Carlos Affonso Souza, Jhalak M. Kakkar, and Paolo S. Tamase! 🗓️ Wednesday, January 21 🕛 10:00–11:30 AM EST 📍 Online DM for Zoom info

The European Commission issued X a fine of €120 million for breaching its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reports Ramsha Jahangir. Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.

Brussels Fines Musk’s X €120M, Firing Shot in Transatlantic Tech Showdown | TechPolicy.Press

Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.

techpolicy.press

As many know, @bjard.bsky.social and I have been drafting a Technology Law coursebook for a few years. We've used it to teach classes at three institutions, including Yale Law School, and others have used chapters in their techlaw classes. We're excited to share the current version more broadly!

In this drought of academic job postings, here's an amazing position for junior faculty in AI Policy and Media at Northeastern. Come join the intellectual community in Boston!!! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

This series features high among my reasons for missing Boston

Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭@mayorwu.boston.gov · 11mo ago

An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜 🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)

Meta designed its teen safety products to be ineffective and rarely used, outright blocking feature tests that might trigger users to spend less time on the platform.

In 2019 Meta did causal research looking at the effects of randomly asking Facebook users to stop using the platform for a month. After the first week of the study, results showed that leaving the platform was good for people’s mental health. Meta then shut the project down.