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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · 14d

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

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.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · 16d

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

ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · 22d

The Digital Divide in International Cyber Law #ILW25

With: @chris4short.bsky.social, Jennifer Tridgell, Fabian Rogers, Roxana Vatanparast, and Rosey Wong.

Register for International Law Weekend 2025 here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2025-reg...

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jun 19

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.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jun 4

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.

Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jun 4

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....

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jun 1

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....

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jun 1

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....

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · May 14

i love that techbros reinvent buses every few years

TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · May 14

Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters

Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch

Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 14

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...

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · May 12

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

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...

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · May 12

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...

Tanner Lecture Two with Ruha Benjamin

YouTube video by Mahindra Humanities Center

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Dimitri Van Den Meerssche @dimitrivdm.bsky.social · Mar 6

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.

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The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion | German Law Journal | Cambridge Core

The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion - Volume 25 Issue 8

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Rohan Grey @rohangrey.bsky.social · Mar 11

🚨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.

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başak 🌺 @bashakito.bsky.social · Feb 26

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...

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

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · Feb 26

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.

Völkerrechtsblog @voelkerrechtsblog.org · Feb 26

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

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Feb 26

📣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...

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

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Stefania Di Stefano @stefaniasds.bsky.social · Feb 18

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/

Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣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.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Feb 18

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...

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Feb 18

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.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Feb 18

📣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.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Feb 17

🚨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.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jan 9

"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.

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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 ...

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Jan 3

Simulacra & Simulation

Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Jan 3

"AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles going viral right now have been on the platform for well over a year and all of them stopped posting 10 months ago after users almost universally ignored them." www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...

Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook

The Meta AI profiles everyone is mad about are old, were a colossal failure, and many are already dead.

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Roxana Vatanparast 🌹 @roxanav.bsky.social · Dec 26

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...

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.

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