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#FreedomOfSpeech discussions all day at the @mfia-clinic.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social #AAC2025 conference: 🧐👉 law.yale.edu/isp/initiati...

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Access & Accountability 2025
Access & Accountability 2025 Preserving the Architecture of AccountabilityFriday, October 318:00    REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN   Room 122     Coffee and light breakfast9:00    WELCOME   Room 127by David ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Kicking off the @mfia-clinic.bsky.social @yaleisp.bsky.social #aac2025 conference on this lovely fall day in #NewHaven
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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thomaskadri.bsky.social
My new piece with @sonjawest.bsky.social is live in the Journal of Tort Law!

Our original 50-state survey of 466 deepfake laws reveals a complex landscape in which lawmakers are experimenting with novel criminal, civil & administrative tools to address deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
As deepfake technology becomes increasingly sophisticated and accessible, American lawmakers are responding with a flurry of urgent legislative action to address its potential harms. Our 50-state survey of proposed and enacted deepfake legislation reveals a complex regulatory landscape in which jurisdictions are adopting a range of legal approaches, including criminal punishments, civil remedies, or a combination of methods. We also find that legislators are frequently turning to tort-law frameworks to address the harms of deepfakes. This article explores the current landscape of tort-based regulations of deepfakes. In addition to providing an overview of the most recent legislative developments, we unpack and compare the various tort-law methods arising at the state and federal level. We further consider how lawmakers are modifying existing tort laws to address the unique concerns raised by deepfakes. While individualistic tort remedies allow victims of deepfakes to seek direct recourse through familiar private rights of action, our analysis also identifies practical and conceptual limitations with this approach. Traditional tort frameworks struggle to address key challenges posed by deepfakes, including anonymous creation, viral distribution at technological scale, and harms affecting both individuals and society broadly. In light of these limitations, legislators are innovatively adapting traditional tort concepts—such as standing, mental states, causation, immunities, and remedies—to address deepfakes’ unique characteristics. Yet the very need for these adaptations reveals some of tort law’s shortcomings and suggests a space for complementary regulatory approaches. We consider some potential approaches that could provide this more complete framework, like tort liability for entities that enable deepfake creation and circulation, and civil enforcement mechanisms that empower state actors to vindicate both individual and societal interests. Ultimately, our finding…
October 31, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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profdiggity.com
🤓 Register to contribute to the #FSF40 #hackathon. The energy since the event in #Boston a few weeks back has been great, and I really see a bright future (with your help!) 👇
www.fsf.org/events/fsf40...
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. Hannah Bloch-Wehba's (Texas A&M University School of Law) talk about: "How Tech Took Over"

📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025
⏰12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405

DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @klonick.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration’s peace plan for Gaza, the government shutdown, and more.
Rational Security: The “Don’t Upset the Masks” Edition
YouTube video by Lawfare
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October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Our @profdiggity.com in @zdnet.bsky.social on #copyright and #AI
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I recently spoke with @zdnet.bsky.social about the release of #OpenAI’s #Sora2, a tool that can generate lifelike videos from text prompts.
October 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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profdiggity.com
I recently spoke with @zdnet.bsky.social about the release of #OpenAI’s #Sora2, a tool that can generate lifelike videos from text prompts.
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
At this week’s Ideas Lunch, we had the pleasure of hosting @ariezra.bsky.social’s enlightening presentation on “Challenging Technology Expertise!”
April 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Face verification is a serious threat to #privacy. There is a lot to watch these days, but please take this campaign by @fightforthefuture.org seriously! www.stoponlineidchecks.org
April 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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evangreer.bsky.social
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Starting off #Monday with a fresh new look 🤩 privacylab.yale.edu

We are updating all of our #ssd training materials to better approach the creeping #surveillance over our #privacy landscape. Stay Tuned! 📺
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March 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I wrote a post about how AI will interface with end-to-end encryption. TL;DR maybe not so well! blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/01/17/l...
Let’s talk about AI and end-to-end encryption
Recently, I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end encryption and AI.” I’m extremely grateful to see t…
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January 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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profdiggity.com
Timing attacks on @signal.org have always been a possibility re: media attachments because of the use of a CDN. This does not mean #Signal E2EE is "broken" but is something users should be aware of. I'm glad we have a demo to point to. Super important for many apps. gist.github.com/hackermondev...
Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform
Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform - research.md
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January 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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profdiggity.com
It's pretty damning that @Apple broke multiple wiretap laws and the settlement is *tiny* for a multi-trillion-dollar company. Hey #Siri, what does #privacy mean to you? psafe.ly/NKFkS2
psafe.ly
January 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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You may remember that I have to teach con law this spring after a 2-year long break, and I've been planning to go full crit, and also close reading of full texts (mostly but not exclusively cases) on core themes of our conflicts past and present. In case you're curious about the final readings:
January 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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oonahathaway.bsky.social Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · Jan 1
I'm so honored to have been nominated to be the President-elect of the American Society of International Law (@asilorg.bsky.social), the leading scholarly society in the international law field. Founded in 1906, ASIL has over 3000 members from more than 100 countries. To learn more: www.asil.org.
Image shows clip from American Society of International Law newsletter, with heading "ASIL Leadership Nominees Announced." Text in image includes a list of current nominees, including President-elect, Honorary President, Vice-Presidents, Executive Council Members, and Counsellors, together with headshots of many of those listed.
January 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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heredragons.be
Day 1 - #retrorandom - So no one will be surprised that I've found a picture of a Dragon to kick off this year of random photos from my archives! There's a lot to unpack here too. What we're seeing here is a Dragon with both VGA (right) and an MSX2 chipset (left) ... 1/3
January 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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craignewmark.bsky.social
"... the damage caused by the Salt Typhoon hacks, the breach occurred in large part due to telecommunications companies *** failing to implement rudimentary cybersecurity measures*** across their IT infrastructure. "

#pausetake9
#CyberCivilDefense

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White House: Salt Typhoon hacks possible because telecoms lacked basic security measures
The White House said Friday the Salt Typhoon breach occurred in large part due to failures at telecom companies to protect their systems.
cyberscoop.com
January 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
Thank you to Abdi Aidid for an inspiring talk on “Privacy's Prediction Paradox” at today’s Law & Tech Talk!
November 19, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
Our Bonnie Kaplan publishes a book chapter about "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Digital Dermatology"

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Digital Dermatology
TelemedicineTelemedicine and artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence (AI) are expected to revolutionize healthcare. These digital healthcare services can contribute to increased access to quali...
link.springer.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Our Mila Samdub writes in @techpolicypress.bsky.social : What is Digital Public Infrastructure? Towards More Specificity

www.techpolicy.press/what-is-digi...
December 10, 2024 at 8:59 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
Our @asaflubin.bsky.social Lubin writes "On Software Bugs and Legal Bugs: Product Liability in the Age of Code"

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On Software Bugs and Legal Bugs: Product Liability in the Age of Code
<p>Despite software’s ubiquity in modern life, its classification within product liability law remains unsettled. Is software a product, a service, a good, a co
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December 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
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yaleisp.bsky.social
ISP fellow @nikenberger.bsky.social erger writes about "Privacy Beyond Consent: Cofone’s Call for Privacy Torts"

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Balkinization: Privacy Beyond Consent: Cofone’s Call for Privacy Torts
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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December 20, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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profdiggity.com
Very proud and lucky to be one of the 35 scholars who joined this #SCOTUS Amicus on #TikTok spearheaded by @anupamchander.bsky.social . Great legal minds made this happen on a very tight schedule. I'll have more thoughts very soon on the issue. psafe.ly/dQcp2a
Amicus brief
December 29, 2024 at 2:16 AM