Chinmayi Arun

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All true. He was so very inspiring and prescient. If you’ve ever asked me why I believe that people with power may choose to sacrifice it to end violence - I learned that from Conor in 2008 when he showed us all how.
It was such a privilege to be his student- I’m still trying to earn it.

I just started this too.

AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone show how today’s innovation economy exploits the very people it relies on and propose a fairer system.

Every time you ask ChatGPT to proofread your email you quietly borrow from the labour of millions. In this sense, cultural production has already become a planetary co-operative. Updating its funding mechanism accordingly is necessary: it is time to socialise AI’s inputs.

@faustogernone.bsky.social

The entire point of Elon's takeover of Twitter, @mcmegan.bsky.social, was to tilt the playing field, which he has done. The whole point of @bsky.app was not to create an alternative space, but an *alternative system* underpinning it so that a future Elon couldn't do that again.

Congratulations John

Naomi Novik! Rooted/ Scholomance series for witches, The Téméraire series for dragons. It’s diverting but not entirely escapist.

Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users

Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm

I’ll have to hijack this account when your articles come out @anatleshnick.bsky.social <3

Thank you

My Stanford Journal of International Law article, the Silicon Valley Effect, argues that Silicon Valley operates like a fourth digital empire, shaping the transnational legal order to protect its business interests.

law.stanford.edu/publications...

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference! We’re grateful to the incredible scholars, discussants, and attendees who made this past weekend such a valuable exchange of ideas on speech, technology, and democracy.

#FESC2025

A transnational approach for a transnational company. I’ll be following this case with interest.

No great surprise but it seems officially that the AI Liability Directive is now about as lively as Mr Praline's Norwegian Blue.

I won’t name & shame here:)
Thanks for sharing this essay. I hope to cite it in my next piece.
Arguably the OG of the broader argument is @rebecca-mackinnon.bsky.social with her ‘Facebookistan’ in Consent of the Networked. My framing is a little different from yours but yes, same universe.

I couldn’t agree more. You wouldn’t believe the amount of pushback this framing got just a year ago

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Such a treat to visit Tulane Law and discuss the Silicon Valley Effect with Matheusz Grochowski’s class. Until next time, NOLA.

Classic academic life. You wake at an ungodly hour because there’s so much to do, you can’t sleep. By the end of the day, you’re walking down a street in New Orleans listening to busker perform a gorgeous electro swingy cover of Nina Simone.

French publishers to take Meta to court over 'use of copyrighted work to train AI'

French publishers, authors and composers are taking Meta (formerly Facebook) to court in Paris for allegedly using copyrighted work without permission from creators or their publishers in order to develop its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model. 👇 #BookSky

I’m very grateful for all your help and support with the writing <3 thank you

ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social published a must-read book review in @lawfare.bsky.social :

‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...

You make me blush @anatleshnick.bsky.social

many thanks to @chinmayiarun.bsky.social for her very thoughtful engagement with @ulises-mejias.bsky.social and my recent book #DataGrab. The review just came out in LawFare: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...

It was such a pleasure. Thanks for the insightful work.

This week at @yaleisp.bsky.social

While the U.S. law banning ByteDance's TikTok is on hold (forever?), America's top downloaded iPhone apps include:

#4 Temu, owned by a Chinese company
8. TikTok
9. Gauth, the AI homework aide by ByteDance
10. Shein (China origin)
12. Lemon8 by ByteDance
13. CapCut by ByteDance

(SensorTower data)

My review of Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry’s book “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” for @lawfare.bsky.social

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...

Looking forward to my short trip to DC next Friday for the Georgetown Journal of International Law symposium where I’ll discuss the Silicon Valley Effect and the global south.
Imagine if the cherry trees decide spring is here 🤞🏾

How Can Fictional Futures Help Us Strengthen Truth SXSW 2025 Schedule | Imagine a world where reliable, well-sourced, and human-verified information is not only flourishing, but public trust in it is growing. Can such a world exist beyond fantasy fict...

Are you going to #SXSW? Don't miss my panel on Saturday morning! schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...