over the last decade I’ve observed leftists in the US turn against free expression as a value and mock defenders of the 1st amendment as inherently “libertarian.” I wondered if they preferred something more like the UK model; which just allowed JK Rowling to bully Amnesty into deleting a report

Experts (at least me) also say it violates the First Amendment right of access

NPR@npr.org · 4d ago

The president's media company is offering investors early access to his Truth Social feed for up to $100,000 a month. Experts say the service may violate insider trading laws.

This is a great opportunity! You will work on cutting edge and interesting issues and you will get to work with @snowjake.bsky.social. Incredible all around!

Jake Snow@snowjake.bsky.social · 6d ago

COME WORK at the ACLU! @aclu-norcal.bsky.social is hiring attorneys to work on tech and civil rights (my team) and the criminal legal/immigration system. These folks will work at the cutting edge of legal and policy efforts in California and beyond. Apply here: www.aclunorcal.org/jobs/staff-a...

Said it before, saying it again: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn sites isn't the "pornography" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. If you don't put "nonconsensual" in your law, you're just banning porn and you're no different from the Heritage Foundation. www.kare11.com/article/news...

Probably won't get nearly as much engagement as my XKCD-inspired flowchart, but here is the article I wrote for @lawfaremedia.org on the three media narratives of the Hugging Face/Open AI scandal & how lhey shape the regulatory response www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

The AI That Hacked Its Way Out and the Hype That Followed It

The real lesson of the Hugging Face breach isn't that AI went rogue—it's how self-serving hype steers regulators toward the wrong fixes.

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Kate Klonick@klonick.bsky.social · last wk.

Sat down to write about the Hugging Face/AI incident. Ended up drawing this instead.

OK! I have read the complaint in the "Grok (OK, fine, xAI) (OK, fine, SpaceX) sues Minnesota over obscene deepfake law" lawsuit, and I'm here to break it down. Link to the complaint below, so you can follow along. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

sometimes the universe just tosses a gift directly into the laps of @michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @notalawyer.bsky.social

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

This is so accurate it is physically painful.

Kate Klonick@klonick.bsky.social · last wk.

Sat down to write about the Hugging Face/AI incident. Ended up drawing this instead.

This would be a good year for some other outlet to start (1) a liveblog of SCOTUS decision days and (2) a user-friendly SCOTUS docket tracker. SCOTUSblog is a gatekeeper because they're the ones doing those things and the Court's own website is meh, but they should not be the gatekeeper anymore.

Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · last wk.

A pretty clean illustration of how SCOTUSblog's editorial coverage has shifted since its merger with a conservative media outlet: At its big-ticket Supreme Court term preview conference in the fall, the marquee event is...a panel featuring the GCs of Boeing, TD Bank, and ExxonMobil

Very pleased that @dtspartnership.bsky.social has republished the @feerst.bsky.social piece that Daphne referenced in her keynote and the below thread: Your Speech, Their Rules: Meet the People Who Guard the Internet dtspartnership.org/media/your-s... No logins, no paywalls.

Daphne Keller@daphnek.bsky.social · 2w ago

My keynote at #TrustCon yesterday was a heartfelt love letter to frontline Trust and Safety workers. I even managed not to tear up, go over time, or (I hope) tell too many early Google war stories.

You could have made it shorter, LeBron.

In times like this I seriously consider moving back to Philly.

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

Is it happy? Is it angry? Does it just want to tell you about the freedoms of open source and steal your fries? Never felt more seen by an animal bot account.

Possum Every Hour@possumeveryhour.io · 2w ago

Reports indicate the Senate Commerce Committee may soon consider a package of kids' safety and AI bills alongside proposals to preempt state AI laws.

Senate AI and Kids Safety Package Won’t Justify Preempting State AI Laws

Press reports indicate that the Senate Commerce Committee is preparing to markup a package of kids’s safety and artificial intelligence legislation on July 29. For months, the White House has been in talks with Republican Senate leaders to strike a deal on kids’ safety and AI bills that would also preempt certain state AI legislation. […]

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My keynote at #TrustCon yesterday was a heartfelt love letter to frontline Trust and Safety workers. I even managed not to tear up, go over time, or (I hope) tell too many early Google war stories.

Masterful keynote. Anyone in T&S who couldn’t swing the budget or approval to make it to TrustCon should watch this on YouTube once it gets posted.

Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 2w ago

Once again, @charlottewillner.bsky.social is giving a wonderful opening talk for #trustcon, kicking it off around the theme of "what did you want to be when you grew up?" and connecting to that to how much the entire trust & safety field has grown up and matured.

I'm at #TrustCon2026 come say hi! Great to start TrustCon with a warm intro from T&S superhero @charlottewillner.bsky.social and an incredible keynote from @daphnek.bsky.social on protecting users' rights. Come find me to talk kids safety, T&S vendors, and governance of AI powered T&S, and football.

One of the great misconceptions of trust and safety is that it is primarily about removing and suppressing communication. Thankfully @daphnek.bsky.social is putting freedom of expression at the center of T&S.

when sex workers do this they get debanked

Jesse Felder@jessefelder.com · 3w ago

‘On Friday, after 65 bids, one of Huang’s pre-worn and signed jackets sold at auction at Sotheby’s for $960,000, much higher than the pre-sale estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. He wore the jacket in 2023, at an event at Foxconn in Taipei, Taiwan.’ www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/l...

CDT joined @lgbttech.bsky.social, @trevorproject.bsky.social, & @stopspyingny.bsky.social in filing an amicus brief in NetChoice v. Weiser, arguing Colorado's law requiring social media platforms to display state-mandated warning labels violates the First Amendment:

CDT Files Joint Amicus Brief In Opposition to Misleading Social Media Warning Labels

Also authored by CDT Intern Tia Vaish. CDT, alongside the LGBT Technology Institute, Trevor Project, and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, filed an amicus brief in NetChoice v. Weiser before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The case challenges Colorado House Bill 24-1136. This law compels social media platforms, defined broadly by […]

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This is a great discussion of AI-generated NCII - a critical and growing problem - with @eredmil1.bsky.social, one of the leading experts on the issue. Thanks to @lawfaremedia.org for hosting it.

Lawfare@lawfaremedia.org · 3w ago

On Lawfare Daily, @noupside.bsky.social spoke to @klonick.bsky.social and @eredmil1.bsky.social about the people who create AI-generated sexual content and whether prominent technical proposals can actually prevent AI systems from generating exploitative content. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

As threats against broadcasters continue, on @cdt.org's Tech Talk, @ashkhen.bsky.social and I chat with Jamal about broadcasters' First Amendment rights and how the bona fide news exemption from the equal time rule helps keep audiences informed. Listen here! cdt.org/insights/tec...

Tech Talk: The FCC, The View, and Press Freedom

We have another exciting show for you!  This summer, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Media Bureau took the unusual step of seeking public comment on whether ABC’s The View qualifies as a...

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Boo, indeed.

David Kaye@davidakaye.bsky.social · 3w ago

this U.N. special rapporteur is using their position to attack trans rights. It’s an abuse of the position, an anti-rights agenda, and it’s condemnable. boo.

Disincentivizing widely-used online services from offering strong encryption. During a war with Iran. A country that's been conducting cyber operations against U.S. targets for years. That's what both parties think belongs in the NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL.

John Perrino@johnperrino.com · 3w ago

There's another effort to break encryption in the US Senate! The STOP CSAM Act was added to the current version of the annual defense spending bill, known as the NDAA. If passed, it could require Internet infrastructure services and online platforms to break encryption to scan all data.

John is right and I am tired.

John Perrino@johnperrino.com · 3w ago

There's another effort to break encryption in the US Senate! The STOP CSAM Act was added to the current version of the annual defense spending bill, known as the NDAA. If passed, it could require Internet infrastructure services and online platforms to break encryption to scan all data.

Everything is content moderation - even the World Cup.

Aliya Bhatia@aliyabhatia.bsky.social · 3w ago

What does footy have to do with content moderation? A lot. Between AI-generated Kimmel rants, racist speech targeting French players, and VARgentina conspiracies, T&S teams have their hands full ahead of the World Cup semi finals beginning today: cdt.org/insights/its...

Tell the Senate to reject Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence. Clayton just subpoenaed four @nytimes.com journalists over their reporting on the Air Force One plane Qatar gifted to President Trump. Someone who targets reporters shouldn’t be DNI.

📣 Take Action: Write a letter opposing Jay Clayton’s confirmation as director of national intelligence

Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s death wasn’t a tragedy. It never needed happen. And as with the others like him, I suspect we’ll at some point see the evidence that it was a crime. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.

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Oh cool, an Easter egg feature that traps you in a driverless car and kidnaps you when it's decided you've misbehaved. Imagine what a hacker group or ICE can do with this. The fact that this is even functionally possible is horrifying.

“I didn’t do it. But if I’d done it, how could you tell me that I was wrong.”

Postcard From The Past@pastpostcard.bsky.social · 4w ago

Dear Auntie You will be surprised to hear that I am going to prison tomorrow.