Akriti Gaur

LPE Without Borders: Lessons from the Global South Law and political economy scholarship, immersed in a particular history of Northern law and capitalism, has tended to focus on US law and policy, with occasional excursions into Europe. But in a world...

Today, Reshard Kolabhai lays out some lessons for LPE from the Global South. A focus on Africa, he argues, could helpfully destabilize our narratives about capitalist periods, our assumptions about the links between law and capitalism, and our understanding of progressive development policy.

2025 off to a good start finally (but wonder what they’ll target next)

The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media Abstract. Private or end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram have begun to occupy an important space in digital regulation acro

Hi Daphne! wrote an article examining some of these definitions and how they would apply to “public” aspects of messaging platforms (mostly WhatsApp and Telegram) Also looked into Recital 14’s history and also what dissemination to the public might mean for groups academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Pluribus and the AI hive-mind this week's binge-watch which led to some existential questions

My thoughts on Pluribus, a sci-fi show on Apple TV and how it forces us to think about our own future in the AI “hive mind”. Feel free to add your own existential questions to the mix!
Caution: several spoilers ahead (including episode 3!) open.substack.com/pub/slowtheo...

The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media Abstract. Private or end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram have begun to occupy an important space in digital regulation acro

ISP Fellow @akriti.bsky.social publishes in Oxford Intersections: Social Media in Society and Culture about 'The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media':

academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

First Amendment nerds, help me find a case! It’s mid-century and a justice (Brennan?) writes a dissent (or concurrence?) that talks about disparate impact on African American speakers, citing studies about differences in language use.

Thank you

🚨Two Futures of AI Regulation under the Trump Administration🚨

The first months of the new US administration have been turbulent, making the future of AI regulation anything but clear. We outline two governance scenarios.

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@floridi.bsky.social @akriti.bsky.social

Cross-Border Data Flows and India’s Digital Sovereignty

Wrote about the ambiguity of data transfer provisions in the draft Indian Data Protection Rules for Verfassungsblog. The draft Rules grant unfettered discretion to the executive and raise concerns about India’s own data diplomacy project verfassungsblog.de/cross-border...

Behind the scenes, the company was also quietly dismantling a system to prevent the spread of misinformation. When the company announced on Jan. 7 that it would end its fact-checking partnerships, the company also instructed teams responsible for ranking content in the company’s apps to stop penalizing misinformation, according to sources and an internal document obtained by Platformer. The result is that the sort of viral hoaxes that ran roughshod over the platform during the 2016 US presidential election — “Pope Francis endorses Trump,” Pizzagate, and all the rest — are now just as eligible for free amplification on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads as true stories.

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments TikTok could be banned from the US on January 19th.

TikTok still seems headed for a ban after its Supreme Court arguments

very meta

Honestly would have been more appropriate for Zuckerberg to have made his announcement yesterday so it was on the anniversary of an event his social media platforms helped foment.

Excited to be discussing this on Friday in Paris! Between Meta’s recent announcement on eliminating its current fact-checking ops and the aftermath of elections across the U.S., Europe, and India, there will be a lot to talk about. Thank you for the invitation @hvaloche.bsky.social and Prof Norodom

Thank you so much for organising this and inviting me to speak! Looking forward to Friday.

this is beautiful

bsky.app/profile/joly... and this ofc

reason for being back on @bsky.app - escaping the olfactory ethics discourse

Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Digital Dermatology TelemedicineTelemedicine and artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) are expected to revolutionize healthcare. These digital healthcare services can contribute to increased access to quali...

Our Bonnie Kaplan publishes a book chapter about "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Digital Dermatology"

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...