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Microsoft revokes cloud services from Israel’s Unit 8200 The tech giant blocked access after we revealed the Israeli army had been using its servers to store millions of Palestinians' intercepted phone calls.

Microsoft revokes cloud services from Israel’s Unit 8200 www.972mag.com/microsoft-cl...

Very much looking forward to discussing the Digital Divide in International Cyber Law in New York in October. #ILW25

Unfortunately a still relevant piece I wrote 17 (!) years after I wrote it on the invocation of the preemptive use of force doctrine in relation to Iran's uranium enrichment program.

I also discuss alternative governance structures and institutions on CMI that play an important role in the distribution of rights and duties, incl. voluntary cooperation arrangements, private law regimes, and increased securitization, surveillance & militarization of the seas.

Pre-print of a short new piece of mine on critical marine infrastructure (CMI) is up! I outline some of the international legal principles applicable to CMI generally, focusing on the Law of the Sea, laws applicable to CMI damage, and their limitations. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

i love that techbros reinvent buses every few years

Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...

The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance The tech arm of Trump 2.0 isn't just reshaping government — it's consolidating control over the data infrastructure that makes modern governance possible. By centralizing data flows and gutting public...

The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...

YouTube video by Mahindra Humanities Center Tanner Lecture Two with Ruha Benjamin

Absolutely beautiful talk by @ruha9.bsky.social. How to put technology in service of collective healing and worldmaking?

Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...

New work with Gavin Sullivan in the German Law Journal!

Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.

Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.

cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)

‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.

Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin

Some of you might have received the ESIL president's email this morning. What you might not know is that a group had been preparing to publish a letter that is open for signatures - most of the points of which are not addressed in this morning's email.

voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...

Academic freedom lies at the heart of our profession and we must protect it at all costs.

In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.

Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin

📣Academic freedom is a fundamental pillar of our profession. Read our statement by over 150 international lawyers & ESIL members on troubling decision by Freie Universiteit Berlin to curtail academic freedom ahead of ESIL 2025. Letter is open for signature. voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...

Very happy to share the publication of this Special Issue on Law and Technology, guest edited with my wonderful colleagues of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on Intl Law and Technology @roxanav.bsky.social, @barriesander.bsky.social, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social and Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi. 1/

Thank you to the contributors, @rachelgriffin.bsky.social elgriffin.bsky.social @schrammmo.bsky.social y.social @hlahmann.bsky.social & Tsung-Ling Lee, & the EJLS editorial team for their hard work in helping make this Special Issue come together. Special Issue link: ejls.eui.eu/wp-content/u...

The contributions unpack different facets and functions of the language of fairness in digital governance through critical reflections on the EU DSA, machine learning in military decision-making support systems in Gaza and the West Bank, and digital health governance in the ASEAN.

📣Special Issue on Law & Technology, on the theme Is Fairness in Digital Governance a Trap?, available open access in the European Journal of Legal Studies, guest edited by the ESIL IG on International Law & Tech team.

🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.

Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.

@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.

Firefighters continue to battle blazes as L.A. braces for more days of fire weather Five people have died, more than 2,000 structures have burned and at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders because of the wildfires burning across Los Angeles County. “We are absolutely ...

"The best place to view Los Angeles of the next millennium is from the ruins of its alternative future." Mike Davis

Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.

www.latimes.com/california/l...

Simulacra & Simulation

Finland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.

The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity between Finland and Estonia, was cut on Wednesday, Finland’s police said in a statement, the latest in a slew of disruptions to undersea infrastructure that are being investigated as acts of sabotage.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...

A little Christmas Eve treat: French apple tart

AI is not replacing labor but creating new forms of human labor. If AI is being sold as more efficient and cost-saving, it’s a lie. It’s a resource intensive algorithmic system that is creating new costs and harms. In the health care context, those harms can be devastating.

Since I cannot find one, here is a starter pack for the slightly niche topic of every aspect of PIL and the interwebs. Please feel free to send me so I can add you :D

#ICYMI: Read the latest volume of the Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting here:

📚 https://cup.org/3ZXILol

@ajil.bsky.social  #InternationalLaw

Graded 8 exams and 1 essay today. Please clap.