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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 16d

Will Brendan Carr go on a podcast about this?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

Emergency call service was disrupted across Louisiana and Mississippi for more than two hours on Thursday afternoon, officials said, citing damage to fiber optic lines operated by AT&T.

911 Service Is Disrupted Across Louisiana and Mississippi

Damage to fiber optic lines operated by AT&T was to blame for the outage, the authorities said, but foul play was not suspected.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 19d

More than any other Court in history, the Roberts Court uses its docket discretion for the purpose of reconsidering and overruling precedent.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 22d

The Federal Communications Bar Association has an annual dinner, where, by tradition, the FCC Chair gives a speech.

Is Jimmy Kimmel available to emcee the event? The FCBA should seriously consider it.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Jul 16

I wrote a little bit about how California proposed a law making broadband affordable for poor people.

And how telecom lobbyists have already destroyed the effort:

California Proposed A Law Making Broadband Affordable For Poor People. Telecom Lobbyists Have Already Destroyed It.

Last January, Democratic California Assemblymember Tasha Boerner introduced the California Affordable Home Internet Act (AB 353), which mandated that large ISPs in the state needed to provide broad…

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · Jul 11

UC Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania (@tnarecha.bsky.social) weighed in on CA's effort to regulate streaming services, saying it can attempt to enact “consumer protections aimed at California residents, even if they affected out-of-state content providers.” calmatters.org/newsletter/c...

Big changes unfolding for CA housing

Between an increasingly influential union and a new state housing agency, one of California’s biggest crises is getting a shakeup.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jul 8

lol! well, at least there's always money...

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Josh Landau @jslandau.cc · Jun 30

From a discretionary denial decision last week: "it is an inefficient use of Board resources to review the ’540 patent that has been dismissed from the litigation."

So if it's in litigation, it's a waste of resources to review. And if it isn't... it's a waste of resources to review.

GMAFB.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 25

But still deceptively advertised, see bsky.app/profile/tnar...

Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 25

But it still says "brought to life in the USA" which would seem to run afoul of FTC guidelines, see www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

What will Andrew Ferguson do?? Probably nothing.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 25

But it still says "brought to life in the USA" which would seem to run afoul of FTC guidelines, see www.ftc.gov/business-gui...

What will Andrew Ferguson do?? Probably nothing.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 25

a fairness doctrine for polarized media

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Jun 25

The merger condition is a new strategy in the Republican-controlled FTC's fight against alleged advertising boycotts, which could help Elon Musk's X social network and President Trump's own Truth Social platform.

Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts

Merging firms agree to FTC demands in order to create world’s largest ad agency.

arstechnica.com

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 24

I think yes as a matter of (c) law, but perhaps no as a matter of contract law, depending on the subscription's Terms of Use. If this holds, the distinction btw property & contract rules--elaborated most recently by the Supreme Court in Lexmark v. Impression Products--may become even more important.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 23

Great piece + thread

bendinovelli.bsky.social @bendinovelli.bsky.social · Jun 10

In @theatlantic.com, Asad Ramzanali and I argue why an “abundance agenda” approach hasn’t solved and won’t solve a long-held policy goal of providing affordable, high-speed internet to everyone in the United States. 1/7

Red Tape Isn’t the Only Reason America Can’t Build

The failure to deploy rural broadband has become synonymous with excessive bureaucracy. The real story is more complicated.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 23

A screenshot from SSRN that reads: "The Federalist’s Dilemma: State AI Regulation & Pathways Forward. George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 25-07."

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 23

Why federalism should embrace a federal moratorium on state regulation of AI is ... a take.

Exactly the sort of post-hoc ends-oriented nonsense you'd expect

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 19

AI governance is (at least) a competition problem, more than a copyright problem.

Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 4

Turning a promising program for bridging the digital divide into an Elon Musk giveaway.

Infuriating.

Harold Feld @haroldfeld.bsky.social · Jun 4

Lutnick confirms that there will be a new NOFO and a required rebid to ensure "technological neutrality." Claims will have comments in 90 days and Commerce reply in 90 days. So a minimum of 180 days delay. From when new NOFO actually released.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · Jun 2

But what is "good" penmanship? I, for example, have developed a novel script that features a unique way of connecting d's to other letters, of writing common words such as "the," & of more efficiently writing s's at the end of words. Such innovations should surely be rewarded on the teaching market.

Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks, @ssrn.bsky.social, for highlighting my recent work with the brilliant Scott Shenker!

SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · May 29

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a selection of recent #research on #cybersecurity & data privacy.

Read more: http://spkl.io/63320ffily

#Academicsky #AcademicChatter #dataprivacy

The Latest Research on Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

This list includes a selection of the latest research on cybersecurity & data privacy posted to SSRN in 2025. Understanding the Cyber Risks of Artificial Intelligence: An Ongoing, Comprehensive…

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · May 29

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a selection of recent #research on #cybersecurity & data privacy.

Read more: http://spkl.io/63320ffily

#Academicsky #AcademicChatter #dataprivacy

The Latest Research on Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

This list includes a selection of the latest research on cybersecurity & data privacy posted to SSRN in 2025. Understanding the Cyber Risks of Artificial Intelligence: An Ongoing, Comprehensive…

spkl.io

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 22

Again, for the folks in the back:

The Roberts Court is historically unique in its willingness to hear cases to reconsider and overrule precedent.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Certiorari in Important Cases

The Supreme Court has wide discretion to choose the cases it will decide. But how does the Court exercise this discretion? The Supreme Court’s rules explain tha

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 22

Just at me OK?

Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 21

Is summer research salary a tip for good academic year service?

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 20

Before funding these tax-and-transfer bailouts for AT&T and other telcos, we should force those companies to account for the billions of dollars they've already wasted. See, e.g., harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/07...

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · May 13

FTC, where you at?

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · May 13

Customers have been incredulous about VPNSecure's owners not knowing about the purchased lifetime subscriptions before buying the company.

VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them

“We acknowledge that notifying users after the deactivation was a poor experience…”…

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