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Kate Klonick
@klonick.bsky.social
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Law professor & journalist looking at tech geopolitics, free expression, internet law, online governance, & AI. Senior Editor at Lawfare. https://klonick.substack.com/ www.kateklonick.com
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 13h
Ignore previous comment. Just scrolled and saw this.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 13h
Cool results Jay! Curious how you controlled for sycophancy.
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 14h
People preferred to get political information from an AI over both in-group and out-group sources!

This reveals that even when we like our own side, we may recognize their potential for bias in political contexts and turn to AI as a neutral alternative.
www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/can-ai-hel...
Can AI Help Us Escape Our Echo Chambers?
Issue 183: Our latest research provides evidence that people see AI as a neutral source of political information and trust it over in-group or out-group members
www.powerofusnewsletter.com
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 19h
SCOTUS denies cert in Doe v. Grindr, which makes 3 artful dodges of Section 230 this term--including MP v. Meta and the Laura Loomer petition.

For those still recovering from the SCOTUS internet law nightmare of 2023-2024, this is a relief, but I'll admit I'm surprised given the Court's appetite.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 23h
"The DOJ will continue engaging tech companies to *eliminate platforms* . . ."

This is your daily reminder Bondi specifically, and MAGA generally, spent the last 4 years accusing the Biden admin of jawboning tech companies to take down content in violation of the 1A.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 1d
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 2d
In Lieu of In Lieu of Fun
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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 2d
Been thinking of podcasting again, this time about Law and AI.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 2d
They just closed campus for tomorrow due to the storm.

This gif is especially appropriate:
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d
Shared courtesy of my Penn History colleague, Ben Nathans
Image: A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” engraving, originally published in the Pennsylvania Gazette in 1754. Each segment of the snake has the name of a university sent Trump’s “compact”: Texas, AZ, Vanderbilt, USC, Dartmouth, UVA, Brown, Penn, MIT.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 2d
Love you @semaforben.bsky.social !! And you have interesting perspective on this question but like… from a very limited vantage point.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 2d
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...

This is a fun question but terrible execution. It could have talked to media/comms scholars or social scientists/engineers who study this stuff

And instead it’s a collection of viral nostalgia anecdotes and convos with @semaforben.bsky.social !?
Is ‘Going Viral’ Dead?
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve seen posts claiming this “truth” is evidence of dementia, but IMO that’s not the right frame. This is strategy. Since 2021, the right has been rewriting history, bending timelines, to connect their grievances (Covid) and conspiracy theories (Jan 6, censorship, etc) to the Biden administration.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 3d
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 3d
Ah Thanks. Appreciate the info. FWIW what I wrote is definitely the messaging stateside. I’m glad there was more going on but the news coverage I read made it sound like the law was happening and that’s what I heard from people in the EU as well. Obvi there’s the CJEU post-, but that’s always true.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 3d
Not really what?
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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 9d
Listeners' Choices Online is now online. I hope you will choose to listen to it!

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
So long TikTok deal!

We ride at dawn, @alanrozenshtein.com !
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
Would be interested if people have more insight into how this came about. But maybe it's that Germany has real historical experience with State listening in on your private life and decided now was not the time to experiment with that.

Whatever the case, they voted no, which was great news.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
But yeah, everyone was kinda resigned that we were going to lose this battle in the EU. Everyone just seemed like they were in agreement. It is always really hard to push against a movement that can frame itself as "protecting children"

But then a few weeks ago, Germany suddenly changed course

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
The reason why is simple: once you "backdoor" an end-to-end-encryption it really isn't encrypted at all anymore -- the end.

As fascism rises worldwide and states increasingly deploy digital surveillance measures, a "backdoor for CSAM" quickly becomes a "backdoor for state surveillance"

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
This is a perennial debate: child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is now mostly spread through encrypted networks where it escapes detection.

That's a huge problem, but its also a huge problem to backdoor an encrypted chat even if its "just" for CSAM

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d
Want to call out a really huge (and surprising) win for E2EE.

So since 2022, there's been a bill in the EU that was looking like it was fait accompli to force companies to backdoor encrypted chats to scan for CSAM

It was really bad from a privacy perspective

www.euronews.com/next/2025/10...

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Germany’s no halts EU plan to combat child sexual abuse content online
The European Commission proposed the measures in 2022, but member states cannot reach an agreement, citing privacy and cybersecurity concerns.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d
Breaking News: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, a Venezuelan opposition leader, for her work promoting democracy.
María Corina Machado Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Live Updates and Video
The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised “her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela.”
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 5d
Nothing makes me feel more patriotic than the natural beauty of this country.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d
Good time to read @mollyroberts.bsky.social:

“It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...
Next Up: Letitia James Molly Roberts Monday, October 6, 2025, 9:59 AM Share On: f X in $ It's hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey-until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.
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