Leaving @icahdq.bsky.social annual meeting in Cape Town after a whirlwind 48 hours to join an incredible group at the Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars @penncareylaw.bsky.social.

Today my dissertation, Making Internet Law: How Cyberspace Was Socially Constructed as a First Amendment Speech System, won the Best Dissertation Award from @icaptc.bsky.social. Thanks @sristovska.bsky.social and the kinds folks in the Division for this huge honor!

As someone with a PhD in Comm, this literally made me laugh out loud.

Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This Pope is apparently getting a PhD in media studies at NYU, writing a seminar paper called “Toward an ecology of communication”

clear and unapologetic opposition to mindless media consolidation, fancy that

Zohran Mamdani Says Paramount-WBD Merger "Must Be Stopped"

The New York mayor made the comments ahead of WBD's shareholder vote.

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It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for.

Huge thanks @jrosenworcel.bsky.social for sharing your experience, forward-looking vision, and eternal optimism with my @bostonu.bsky.social Media Law & Policy students. If I didn't have a no-tech classroom policy, I would have taken a photo of it!

Pride flag flying HIGH at Boston University today. I guess they got the message!

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Thanks @bostonu.bsky.social College of Communication for the write up about my scholarship. Communication Law Scholar Urges a Reconsideration of Online Speech: Morgan Weiland wants to prevent making the same deregulatory mistakes with AI as we made with social media www.bu.edu/com/articles...

Communication Law Scholar Urges a Reconsideration of Online Speech

The way we conceptualize the internet and social media—as a sort of “printing press” protected by the First Amendment—is widely…

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Thoughtful thread on the meaning and implications of the social media addiction verdicts.

Blake E. Reid@chup.blakereid.org · 4mo ago

Here’s a slightly longer version of my thinking on the social media verdicts. The trouble I see is that the problems with social media are so multifarious. Addictive design is part of the story, but there are so many more pathologies and harms. 🧵

Glad to have cosigned.

Matt Wood@mattfieldwood.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here's @freepress.bsky.social statement on this important rebuke of Brendan Carr's attacks on free speech and freedom of the press, w/ @techfreedom.org, @publicknowledge.bsky.social, @eff.org, @penamerica.bsky.social, @knightcolumbia.org, @aclu.org & dozens more. www.freepress.net/news/leading...

If you're in Boston Wednesday evening, join me for a talk about how we made the internet into a legal speech technology and why that matters for AI regulation. Details below.

@buhaririinstitute.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🔐 Join us Wednesday, March 18 for a CyberAlliance Seminar with Morgan Weiland, Professor of Communication Law at Boston University College of Communication, as she presents "Courtroom as Laboratory: How the Reno Litigation Produced Legal Facts and Knowledge about the Internet."

In that case, I look forward to regulating AI like a utility, too.

Craig Aaron@notaaroncraig.bsky.social · 5mo ago

As a veteran of the wars for Net Neutrality and against stupidity, I just have to say NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!

I had a fantastic time presenting my dissertation-to-book proposal research to @nusl.bsky.social's faculty colloquium today. Thanks to Lua K. Yuille for facilitating and to @cehaupt.bsky.social for the invitation. Great to see familiar faces (looking at you, Elettra Bietti) and to meet new folks.

BU's @morganweiland.bsky.social discusses Communication Research Center's (CRC) survey showing 74% of Americans oppose government censorship of media, despite Trump admin pressures on ABC over Kimmel. Public supports First Amendment across political lines. sites.bu.edu/crc/2025/10/...

In my October Director's Letter from @bucomresearch.bsky.social, I talk with Drs. @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social & @morganweiland.bsky.social about public views on navigating governmental pressure, protecting free speech, and the future of media freedom. #FirstAmendment sites.bu.edu/crc/2025/10/...

I'm delighted to share that I've been awarded a Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship! www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Boston University Names Seven Junior Faculty Career Development Professors

This year’s recipients study from AI to the structure of the universe

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After many years playing in the @yaleisp.bsky.social sandbox, I'm delighted to make the relationship official as an Affiliated Fellow. Thanks @jackbalkin.bsky.social! law.yale.edu/morgan-weiland

Morgan Weiland

Morgan N. Weiland is an Assistant Professor in the College of Communication at Boston University and holds a courtesy appointment at Boston University School of Law.

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We were in your expert moderating hands, @margotkaminski.bsky.social! Thanks @chup.blakereid.org for the insightful feedback and @yaleisp.bsky.social and Balkin for cultivating this delightful community.

Margot@margotkaminski.bsky.social · last yr.

A great and substantive two days of Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference @yaleisp.bsky.social . Panel on the substance, scope, and methods of the Internet Law Canon was a highlight (with Balkin, Reid @chup.blakereid.org, Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social) @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social

I’m thrilled to share I’ve accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Communication Law at Boston University, with a courtesy appointment at BU Law. Thanks to everyone at Stanford's Department of Communication and Stanford Law School! Can't wait to collaborate with @bucomresearch.bsky.social!