Daphne Keller
@daphnek.bsky.social
Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
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Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
February 16, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Reading American history will break your heart a thousand times but it will also fill you with such admiration and awe for all the people who were excluded from the protection of America’s founding principles and fought to promote, protect and expand them anyways
Ah, the President of ANTIFA. I think he’s the guy from Portland who slept on my friends’ couch for a week in the 90s, and then everyone in the house got scabies.
Just got off the phone with the President of Antifa. They said they have a cell in Florida that set up a fake tailoring shop, where they created this custom garment to humiliate Michael Flynn.
Flag code violation
February 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Ah, the President of ANTIFA. I think he’s the guy from Portland who slept on my friends’ couch for a week in the 90s, and then everyone in the house got scabies.
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critical 🧵 on rubio’s speech at MSC
Rubio's #Munich speech was met with a 'sigh of relief' in Europe: grateful for reassurance of partnership. THIS IS BAFFLING when you examine the white Christian nationalist undertones of his speech
See here for the full speech: www.state.gov/releases/202...
See here for the full speech: www.state.gov/releases/202...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Munich Security Conference - United States Department of State
SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you very much. We gather here today as members of a historic alliance, an alliance that saved and changed the world. When this conference began in 1963, it was in a nation – ...
www.state.gov
February 16, 2026 at 11:19 AM
critical 🧵 on rubio’s speech at MSC
So so so happy to see privacy experts engaging in depth about tradeoffs between privacy and transparency -- in every context, but particularly under DSA Art. 40.
Preso on this was stellar.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preso on this was stellar.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 AM
So so so happy to see privacy experts engaging in depth about tradeoffs between privacy and transparency -- in every context, but particularly under DSA Art. 40.
Preso on this was stellar.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Preso on this was stellar.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
A presenter just mentioned internal TikTok data showing their 90th percentile child users watch 4.5 hours/day. (I think i got that right.)
Some quick searching tells me that’s how much time the average 2-11 yr old used to spend watching TV. 1/
www.nielsen.com/insights/200...
Some quick searching tells me that’s how much time the average 2-11 yr old used to spend watching TV. 1/
www.nielsen.com/insights/200...
TV Viewing Among Kids at an Eight-Year High | NielsenTV Viewing Among Kids at an Eight-Year High | Nielsen
Patricia McDonough, SVP Insights, Analysis and Policy, The Nielsen Company American children aged 2-11 are...
www.nielsen.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
A presenter just mentioned internal TikTok data showing their 90th percentile child users watch 4.5 hours/day. (I think i got that right.)
Some quick searching tells me that’s how much time the average 2-11 yr old used to spend watching TV. 1/
www.nielsen.com/insights/200...
Some quick searching tells me that’s how much time the average 2-11 yr old used to spend watching TV. 1/
www.nielsen.com/insights/200...
Interesting rundown of how S Ct justices have used gender pronouns in cases where that was an issue. I'm actually a little surprised and pleased by how generally respectful they've been in their use of he/she. It looks like "they" hasn't come up.
www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/the-...
www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/the-...
The justices and gender pronouns
Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J. At issue was whether Idaho and West Virginia laws that prohibit transgender women […]
www.scotusblog.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Interesting rundown of how S Ct justices have used gender pronouns in cases where that was an issue. I'm actually a little surprised and pleased by how generally respectful they've been in their use of he/she. It looks like "they" hasn't come up.
www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/the-...
www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/the-...
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5/ Bottom line: The First Amendment would mean nothing at all if the FTC could use "consumer protection" as a talisman to regulate whatever it wants.
The agency should leave speech to the discretion of speakers, where it belongs, and stick to issues within its jurisdiction.
The agency should leave speech to the discretion of speakers, where it belongs, and stick to issues within its jurisdiction.
February 13, 2026 at 1:05 AM
5/ Bottom line: The First Amendment would mean nothing at all if the FTC could use "consumer protection" as a talisman to regulate whatever it wants.
The agency should leave speech to the discretion of speakers, where it belongs, and stick to issues within its jurisdiction.
The agency should leave speech to the discretion of speakers, where it belongs, and stick to issues within its jurisdiction.
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Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.
Great summary of the EU Commission’s interpretation of researcher scraping rights in its DSA enforcement against X.
A major and unique backdrop here is that X (1) used to offer all this data to researchers in its API and (2) continues to offer it to anyone willing to pay.
A major and unique backdrop here is that X (1) used to offer all this data to researchers in its API and (2) continues to offer it to anyone willing to pay.
Now that the underlying decision in the European Commission’s €120 million fine against X is in the public domain, Oliver Marsh and LK Seiling examine what it reveals about data access under the Digital Services Act.
What the X Fine Reveals About Data Access Under Article 40 of the Digital Services Act
Oliver Marsh and LK Seiling unpack the recently published X enforcement decision and what it says about DSA researcher data access rules.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Great summary of the EU Commission’s interpretation of researcher scraping rights in its DSA enforcement against X.
A major and unique backdrop here is that X (1) used to offer all this data to researchers in its API and (2) continues to offer it to anyone willing to pay.
A major and unique backdrop here is that X (1) used to offer all this data to researchers in its API and (2) continues to offer it to anyone willing to pay.
Utterly foreseeable and deeply chilling. FTC hiring an attorney whose full time job will be to, as Chairman Ferguson put it in his leaked memo to Trump when he was trying to get the job, fight the “trans agenda.”
Oh cool they’re going to try to use the FTC to go after trans kids now. Cool cool cool.
www.usajobs.gov/job/856161000
www.usajobs.gov/job/856161000
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Utterly foreseeable and deeply chilling. FTC hiring an attorney whose full time job will be to, as Chairman Ferguson put it in his leaked memo to Trump when he was trying to get the job, fight the “trans agenda.”
Oh thank god. This case is important because it’s important — for free speech, for documenting ICE abuses, for spotlighting app stores’ craven behavior, and more.
But also, watching someone call these “free speech warriors” on their sheer rank hypocrisy will be a joy.
But also, watching someone call these “free speech warriors” on their sheer rank hypocrisy will be a joy.
FIRE sues Bondi, Noem for censoring Facebook group and app reporting ICE activity
Two Midwesterners are fighting back after the platforms they created to report on public Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity were censored by government officials.
www.thefire.org
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Oh thank god. This case is important because it’s important — for free speech, for documenting ICE abuses, for spotlighting app stores’ craven behavior, and more.
But also, watching someone call these “free speech warriors” on their sheer rank hypocrisy will be a joy.
But also, watching someone call these “free speech warriors” on their sheer rank hypocrisy will be a joy.
I’m teaching child safety cases to my class today, and it’s super hard to distill down key points in the deluge. But maybe I’ll just start by quoting @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social.
“‘having lawyers get up and give speech contests in front of a jury’ is one of the worst ways he can imagine of settling the scientific disputes about social media and its effects on mental health.” — @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Can Instagram Ruin Your Life? The Jury Will Decide.
The first in a wave of legal cases alleging that social media is dangerously addictive is now on trial.
www.theatlantic.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM
I’m teaching child safety cases to my class today, and it’s super hard to distill down key points in the deluge. But maybe I’ll just start by quoting @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social.
We've all been working with -- and newspapers have been regularly reporting based on -- flawed data that wildly overstates how much AI-generated CSAM is out there.
@riana.bsky.social's letter
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
more from @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/s...
@riana.bsky.social's letter
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
more from @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/s...
Letter to NCMEC about AI-CSAM Report Statistics
Today, Bloomberg issued a jaw-dropping report about the hundreds of thousands of CyberTipline reports with a generative AI component that Amazon filed to the National Center for Missing and Exploited ...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu
February 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
We've all been working with -- and newspapers have been regularly reporting based on -- flawed data that wildly overstates how much AI-generated CSAM is out there.
@riana.bsky.social's letter
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
more from @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/s...
@riana.bsky.social's letter
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
more from @masnick.com www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/s...
Kudos to Cooley. The timeline for 1L hiring right now is nuts, and it is terrible for the students.
news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
Bloomberg Law
news.bloomberglaw.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Kudos to Cooley. The timeline for 1L hiring right now is nuts, and it is terrible for the students.
news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
news.bloomberglaw.com/product/blaw...
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When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
Greetings, fellow sports fans! I’m guessing someone on here will be standing by to translate whatever Bad Bunny says in Spanish in real time. Who should we follow for that?
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Greetings, fellow sports fans! I’m guessing someone on here will be standing by to translate whatever Bad Bunny says in Spanish in real time. Who should we follow for that?
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
And they say it's the EU that's doing extraterritorial censorship...
Holy cow. This 5th Circuit ruling on U.S. copyright overriding other countries' copyright laws, while a little arcane in its details, is a huge mess for everything from basic commercial licensing to national sovereignty and comity.
A Volcanic Opinion in the Fifth Circuit Destabilizes International Copyright Law—Vetter v. Resnik (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa [Eric’s note: this is another Long Read post from Prof. Ochoa, clocking in at over 10k words.] Territoriality is a fundamental principle of international intellectual prop...
blog.ericgoldman.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
And they say it's the EU that's doing extraterritorial censorship...
Holy cow. This 5th Circuit ruling on U.S. copyright overriding other countries' copyright laws, while a little arcane in its details, is a huge mess for everything from basic commercial licensing to national sovereignty and comity.
A Volcanic Opinion in the Fifth Circuit Destabilizes International Copyright Law—Vetter v. Resnik (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa [Eric’s note: this is another Long Read post from Prof. Ochoa, clocking in at over 10k words.] Territoriality is a fundamental principle of international intellectual prop...
blog.ericgoldman.org
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Holy cow. This 5th Circuit ruling on U.S. copyright overriding other countries' copyright laws, while a little arcane in its details, is a huge mess for everything from basic commercial licensing to national sovereignty and comity.
BRING IT. This lawsuit -- or at least the part about FTC's unconstitutional abuse of antitrust authority -- is long overdue.
They literally *conditioned a merger* on advertisers' agreement to spend money in accordance with the administration's preferences about speech.
They literally *conditioned a merger* on advertisers' agreement to spend money in accordance with the administration's preferences about speech.
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM
BRING IT. This lawsuit -- or at least the part about FTC's unconstitutional abuse of antitrust authority -- is long overdue.
They literally *conditioned a merger* on advertisers' agreement to spend money in accordance with the administration's preferences about speech.
They literally *conditioned a merger* on advertisers' agreement to spend money in accordance with the administration's preferences about speech.
I'm hearing some very different takes on the 2016-2026 timeline evolving EU platform regulation.
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I'm hearing some very different takes on the 2016-2026 timeline evolving EU platform regulation.
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
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In the DOJ's Epstein documents, Lawrence Krauss, facing a complaint of sexual misconduct, noted Australia's plaintiff friendly defamation laws: "We may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in Australia, where basically anyone can sue and win)"
February 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM
In the DOJ's Epstein documents, Lawrence Krauss, facing a complaint of sexual misconduct, noted Australia's plaintiff friendly defamation laws: "We may need to initiate a lawsuit (and against Gizmodo in Australia, where basically anyone can sue and win)"
Musk’s Starlink Blocks Russian Troops’ Internet Access at Ukraine’s Request
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 PM