Pamela Samuelson

As legislative sessions begin across the country, AI is a top priority for many lawmakers. Rushed, state-by-state approaches risk chilling innovation and speech. CCIA is helping policymakers pursue responsible, balanced AI regulation at ccianet.org/library/ccia... .

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

Map of ICE Shootings Since Donald Trump Returned to Office

Newsweek created a map showing the locations where shootings linked to immigrations agents have taken place since January 2025.

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z

Entrepreneur Media, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 3:25-cv-09579 - CourtListener.com Docket for Entrepreneur Media, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 3:25-cv-09579 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

The case is Entrepreneur Media, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 3:25-cv-09579, (N.D. Cal.)
www.courtlistener.com/docket/7188...

@Meta.com has moved to dismiss what it calls @TedEntertain.com's "meritless ancillary theories" of secondary liability and DMCA breach apart from plaintiffs' core direct © infringement claims: 🧵

How to Make Sense of Trump’s TikTok Deal | TechPolicy.Press President Donald Trump reportedly has a deal to sell off TikTok's US operations. Anupam Chander explains the developments.

Wrote up some quick thoughts on the final and strange contours of the TikTok deal for @techpolicypress.bsky.social: www.techpolicy.press/how-to-make-...

Cox v. Sony: The Supreme Court’s Quest for a Contributory Infringement Standard The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to shake up American copyright law by articulating a different—and likely a stricter—legal standard for what constitutes contributory copyright infringement in the ...

"The U.S. Supreme Court seems likely to shake up American copyright law ... in the Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment case."
— Opinion by Professor Pamela Samuelson, co-director of Berkeley Center for Law & Technology https://bit.ly/4iWO2V7 #BerkeleyLaw @@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social

Generative AI Is Terrific, But Is it Really Legal? A Morton L. Mandel Conversation 5:00 p.m. Program 6:30 p.m. Reception

video of American Academy program on "Generative AI is Terrific, but Is It Really Legal?" now available
www.amacad.org/events/gener...

Standing room only at the California legislature hearing on AI and copyright, where @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social, Rishi Bommasani and I testified

New Tech Policy Podcast!

@pamelasamuelson.bsky.social (UC Berkeley) and @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social discuss the Supreme Court oral argument in Cox v. Sony, a copyright case that could have major ramifications for the internet.

podcast.techfreedom.org/episodes/426...

UC Berkeley experts discuss legal and economic questions about AI technologies A recent panel discussion at UC Berkeley considered current legal challenges for developers of generative AI (GenAI), as well as economic impacts of the technology. AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT...

Professor Pamela Samuelson, co-director of the Center for Law & Technology, among UC Berkeley experts addressing AI’s legal and economic implications: https://bit.ly/3K0FnUv #BerkeleyLaw #AI @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social

October 28, 2025 In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.

The Depression began after Wall Street stocks crashed 96 years ago today, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us. She cites a wildly off-base claim heard then & now:

"Republican leaders blamed poor Americans for the Great Depression, saying they drained the economy because they refused to work hard."

Sanctions Lifted on a Putin-Backed Autocrat After Lobbying by Trump Allies

NEW: The Trump administration quietly lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the Putin-backed Serbian leader Milorad Dodik after an intensive campaign on his behalf by Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani, Mike Flynn, Laura Loomer & high-priced lobbyists.

"Thomson Reuters ... has provided ICE with access to its [CLEAR] platform. CLEAR creates individual profiles of people by aggregating and connecting thousands of datasets full of typically hard-to-find information, such as court records, business filings, driving records and social media."

THE HILL: SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people BY MIKE LILLIS 10/26/25 06:00 AM ET This isn't a budget debate, it's a hunger crisis -THE REFORMERS

“What’s up?” is the Bluesky prompt for posts.

Our benefits and lifelines are “what’s up” on Nov 1.

As the regime continues to spend lavishly (and anonymously) on “ballrooms,” illegal bombings, and Trump himself,
Americans are struggling:
food, healthcare, jobs, ICE…

Cruelty is the point.
Vote 🗳️

Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal

It’s self-dealing all the way down

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.

Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

Our amicus brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of former judges and government officials, including ones appointed by every Republican president from Nixon through Trump, argues that the President doesn't have the power to impose whatever tariffs he likes.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

Vidi grant for Dr. João Pedro Quintais - IVIR IViR is proud to announce that Dr. João Pedro Quintais has received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his research into generative AI content moderation.

IViR is very happy and proud to announce that Dr. João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social was awarded with a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Congratulations João Pedro! 🥳
www.ivir.nl/vidi-grant-f...

New Policy Brief Warns: U.S. “Free Speech” Attacks Threaten Europe’s Sovereignty and Democracy — Open Markets Institute CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch and Europe director Max von Thun author a brief arguing that dominant U.S. platforms such as Google, Meta and X wield unprecedented power to manipulate pol...

For more check out a new policy brief authored by my colleague @courtneyr.bsky.social and me on why platform monopolies – not EU regulation – are the real threat to freedom of speech.

www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...

Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

Good to see enforcement of the DSA continuing despite Trump's threats.

While the US government claims that the DSA allows "censorship", in the real world Meta is preventing users from exercising their legal rights to challenge its opaque content moderation decisions.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

These pictures need to be in EVERY Democratic candidate's ad for the next several years.

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.

Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2

The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project:

“It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

As a matter of fact, truth matters.

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