austin
@atchambers.bsky.social
lawyer doing the “data and tech stuff” … human interests include photography, cooking, travel, and sleep | denver, colorado
the eo attempting to limit state ai laws is live www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
the eo attempting to limit state ai laws is live www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Preparing a class touching on the origin of data protection law, found this amazingly prescient BBC interview (same year of Hesse legislation) x.com/BBCArchive/s...
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Preparing a class touching on the origin of data protection law, found this amazingly prescient BBC interview (same year of Hesse legislation) x.com/BBCArchive/s...
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In other words, they're the same picture.
Don't get distracted. All versions of KOSA violate user privacy, the rights of minors, and irreparably chill speech.
And no shade intended at CDT, but there is no room here to concede or compromise. Especially under the current administration.
Don't get distracted. All versions of KOSA violate user privacy, the rights of minors, and irreparably chill speech.
And no shade intended at CDT, but there is no room here to concede or compromise. Especially under the current administration.
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In other words, they're the same picture.
Don't get distracted. All versions of KOSA violate user privacy, the rights of minors, and irreparably chill speech.
And no shade intended at CDT, but there is no room here to concede or compromise. Especially under the current administration.
Don't get distracted. All versions of KOSA violate user privacy, the rights of minors, and irreparably chill speech.
And no shade intended at CDT, but there is no room here to concede or compromise. Especially under the current administration.
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Soooooo restrictions for international data transfers are now percolating US privacy-ish bills beyond the national security DOJ rule stuff: COPPA 2.0 would include foreign access restrictions to the personal information of a child or teen (targeting designated countries) 1/
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November 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Soooooo restrictions for international data transfers are now percolating US privacy-ish bills beyond the national security DOJ rule stuff: COPPA 2.0 would include foreign access restrictions to the personal information of a child or teen (targeting designated countries) 1/
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EU commission is is in advanced talks for recognizing "legitimate interest" as legal basis for training AI with personal data under the GDPR. Following that, the challenge will be the accountability
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
EU Commission eyes codifying ‘legitimate interest’ as legal basis for AI training | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
The European Commission is close to presenting an amendment to the GDPR that would codify “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI systems with personal data. The proposal is currently...
www.mlex.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
EU commission is is in advanced talks for recognizing "legitimate interest" as legal basis for training AI with personal data under the GDPR. Following that, the challenge will be the accountability
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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ICYMI: A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone. But experts say differential privacy is a "punching bag" to excuse redoing the census--a long-term right wing goal
@wired.com
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The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk
A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone.
www.wired.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
ICYMI: A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone. But experts say differential privacy is a "punching bag" to excuse redoing the census--a long-term right wing goal
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/republ...
@wired.com
www.wired.com/story/republ...
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Big win for privacy: Multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals ruled that carriers (e.g. Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) must protect your cell phone location data. This closes a 5+ year saga over whether carriers can sell/share that data without consent.
epic.org/multiple-cou...
epic.org/multiple-cou...
Multiple Courts Confirm: Carriers Must Protect Your Phone Location Data
epic.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Big win for privacy: Multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals ruled that carriers (e.g. Verizon, T-Mobile, etc.) must protect your cell phone location data. This closes a 5+ year saga over whether carriers can sell/share that data without consent.
epic.org/multiple-cou...
epic.org/multiple-cou...
new patron saint of the internet just dropped
Georgius Slop
Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2007
Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2007
September 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
new patron saint of the internet just dropped
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“Denver soon found itself dealing with a larger influx of migrants, on a per capita basis, than any other city in the United States.”
Dilemma in Denver | Nick Tabor
Denver attempted to navigate a surge of immigration—with little assistance from the Biden administration and open hostility from its successor.
thebaffler.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“Denver soon found itself dealing with a larger influx of migrants, on a per capita basis, than any other city in the United States.”
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Some quick thoughts on problems I see in the General Court case upholding EU data transfers to the US that came down today (Latombe). 🧵
#EUGeneralCourt dismisses the action seeking annulment of the new framework for transferring #PersonalData between the #EU and the #US 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Communiqués de presse - Cour de justice de l'Union européenne
Court of Justice of the European Union
curia.europa.eu
September 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Some quick thoughts on problems I see in the General Court case upholding EU data transfers to the US that came down today (Latombe). 🧵
i randomly learned today that riots at a jethro tull concert in 1971 led to a 5 year ban on rock n roll at red rocks
Jethro Tull is still my favorite band
I was super into prog rock when I was in high school and I *also* did not go to parties.
August 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
i randomly learned today that riots at a jethro tull concert in 1971 led to a 5 year ban on rock n roll at red rocks
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Colorado lawmakers abandon special session effort to tweak AI law, will push back start date to June 2026 www.cpr.org/2025/08/25/c... via @jesseapaul.bsky.social @coloradosun.com #copolitics
Colorado lawmakers abandon special session effort to tweak AI law, will push back start date to June 2026
The move came after a deal among consumer advocates, the tech industry and others on how to move forward on the measure fell apart.
www.cpr.org
August 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Colorado lawmakers abandon special session effort to tweak AI law, will push back start date to June 2026 www.cpr.org/2025/08/25/c... via @jesseapaul.bsky.social @coloradosun.com #copolitics
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New: As the Colorado Senate breaks for the day with no deal on AI, the House sponsors of the more moderate AI regulation bill are about to gut it. They intend to strip it of all provisions and instead just delay the existing AI regs, which kick in come February.
August 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New: As the Colorado Senate breaks for the day with no deal on AI, the House sponsors of the more moderate AI regulation bill are about to gut it. They intend to strip it of all provisions and instead just delay the existing AI regs, which kick in come February.
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So extraordinary, hard to believe
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.
August 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
So extraordinary, hard to believe
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.
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Man this thread is such a vibe. We take the Internet for granted. The age verification bullshit in the UK is really a stark reminder of that too.
YOU WANT TO KNOW ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
You get to interact with humans you'd likely not have contact with IRL/meatspace because our worlds in meatspaces are limited by time/money/distance/access.
DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW FUCKING COOL IT IS HOW MANY SCIENTISTS ARE ON HERE
You get to interact with humans you'd likely not have contact with IRL/meatspace because our worlds in meatspaces are limited by time/money/distance/access.
DO YOU PEOPLE KNOW HOW FUCKING COOL IT IS HOW MANY SCIENTISTS ARE ON HERE
August 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Man this thread is such a vibe. We take the Internet for granted. The age verification bullshit in the UK is really a stark reminder of that too.
that privacy concerns get one para in paxton is not good, but holding that it’s not chilling to require a third party provider collect your gov id and associate it with porn consumption, bc porn *has always been stigmatized* is just wild… a database of members of a socially stigmatized group is bad!
June 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
that privacy concerns get one para in paxton is not good, but holding that it’s not chilling to require a third party provider collect your gov id and associate it with porn consumption, bc porn *has always been stigmatized* is just wild… a database of members of a socially stigmatized group is bad!
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Government now citing fentanyl and online crimes against children as the rationale for including warrantless access to information about Internet subscribers in a bill called the Stronger Borders Act. It’s the same lawful access playbook again and again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Strong Borders Act would give law enforcement access to internet subscriber information without a warrant
The legislation was criticized by civil liberties advocates and legal experts, who argued that the measures would run counter to previous court rulings
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Government now citing fentanyl and online crimes against children as the rationale for including warrantless access to information about Internet subscribers in a bill called the Stronger Borders Act. It’s the same lawful access playbook again and again.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
but also states shouldn’t regulate ai bc that would hobble america’s collective ability to build the tech of the future…..
This is a decision to hobble innovation in the United States, slash our high skill workforce, force out some of the world's best and brightest, and kneecap America's status as a top destination for the world's brightest students.
It is the exact opposite of policy to fuel our future prosperity.
It is the exact opposite of policy to fuel our future prosperity.
May 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
but also states shouldn’t regulate ai bc that would hobble america’s collective ability to build the tech of the future…..
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Early Wednesday, at a markup hearing to consider legislative recommendations for budget reconciliation, House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans advanced a ten-year moratorium on enforcing state legislation on artificial intelligence.
US House Committee Advances 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Regulation | TechPolicy.Press
After an amendment challenging the moratorium language failed, it will advance with the rest of the legislative package.
www.techpolicy.press
May 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Early Wednesday, at a markup hearing to consider legislative recommendations for budget reconciliation, House Energy & Commerce Committee Republicans advanced a ten-year moratorium on enforcing state legislation on artificial intelligence.
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A Letter to the Privacy Law Community
In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States.
privacyscholars.org/a-letter-to-...
In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States.
privacyscholars.org/a-letter-to-...
A Letter to the Privacy Law Community – Privacy Law Scholars Conference
privacyscholars.org
May 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
A Letter to the Privacy Law Community
In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States.
privacyscholars.org/a-letter-to-...
In our capacities as scholars, teachers, and leaders of the Privacy Law Scholars Foundation (PLSF) we write to express our grave concern about ongoing threats to privacy and democracy in the United States.
privacyscholars.org/a-letter-to-...
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BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void."
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
![IV. CONCLUSION
The U.S. Constitution affords critical protections against Executive action like that ordered
in EO 14230. Government officials, including the President, may not “subject[] individuals to
‘retaliatory actions’ after the fact for having engaged in protected speech.” Hous. Cmty. Coll. Sys.,
595 U.S. at 474 (quoting Nieves, 587 U.S. at 398). They may neither “use the power of the State
to punish or suppress disfavored expression,” Vullo, 602 U.S. at 188, nor engage in the use of
“purely personal and arbitrary power,” Yick Wo, 118 U.S. at 370. In this case, these and other
foundational protections were violated by EO 14230. On that basis, this Court has found that EO
14230 violates the Constitution and is thus null and void. For the reasons explained, plaintiff is
entitled to summary judgment and declaratory and permanent injunctive relief on Counts II
through IX of the Amended Complaint. The government’s motion to dismiss is denied.
An order consistent with this Memorandum Opinion will be entered contemporaneously.
Date: May 2, 2025
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BERYL A. HOWELL
United States District Judge](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiao7yxugdwnz4olk32epcxvgerj5kdhnzylfw6t74rlsuymhegl7q@jpeg)
May 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the Perkins Coie law firm — the first of several such orders — is unconstitutional and, accordingly, "null and void."
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...
Background at Law Dork on the original TRO in the case: www.lawdork.com/p/perkins-co...