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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · 14d

Affiliate contracts permit only so many network preemptions. Wonder if network-affiliate agreements will survive polarization and sorting as the Sinclairs go independent. Another piece of common culture to go.

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wonderful to see this out!

Kate Kaye @katekaye.bsky.social · Sep 3

Back in December I joined a @law.rutgers.edu @techpolicypress.bsky.social roundtable on synthetic media provenance & C2PA w @ellgood.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social @maryannefranks.bsky.social @bilvachandra.bsky.social & others.

Now our report on Privacy, Identity & Trust in C2PA is out!

Privacy, Identity and Trust in C2PA: A Technical Review and Analysis of the C2PA Digital Media Provenance Framework - World Privacy Forum

In its analysis of C2PA, this report considers and discusses C2PA use cases and interactions with data privacy, identity and trust in digital information ecosystems.

worldprivacyforum.org

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’ll have you over!

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Aug 18

#philly

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Aug 14

Toronto Film Festival cancels film about dad rescuing his daughters from Nova Festival in 10/7/23. Reason #1: filmaker didn’t get copyright license from Hamas to use GoPro footage of massacre! Reason #2: something something word salad fear of protests. Incoherent and craven.

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Aug 12

Gotta love it. Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...

Why Is Martha’s Vineyard Going Vegan? It’s All About Tick Bites.

www.nytimes.com

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Aug 12

I wrote a law review piece about this: default to distrust. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.....

Synthetic Content: Default to Distrust

AI generated or altered content -- synthetic content -- can cause economic, dignitary, and epistemic harms. To combat epistemic harms in particular, many jurisd

papers.ssrn.com

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · Aug 3

A hugely important verdict.

The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.

People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.

Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash

The verdict follows a three-week trial that threw a spotlight on how Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have marketed their driver-assistance software.

www.nbcnews.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Jul 24

Better link: balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regu...

Balkinization: Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jul 24

Trump’s AI Action Plan has some good points (see also Biden EO). But they’re totally at odds with the rest of his agenda. Grid abundance (but not renewables?); surge AI labor force (but nix immigration?); grow AI diplomacy (but fire diplomatic corp?); grow deepfake forensics (but kill research?)

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jul 22

Atrocious but this is change-the-subject bait. Press shouldn't take it.

Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jul 22

Love this right near Washington’s Crossing park where Washington crossed the Delaware to fight the British … inviting walkers to adorn the tree with hopes and blessings for America. Lots of “peace” “no kings” “rule of law.”

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jul 1

No doubt we need AI incident reporting structure. OECD is trying but too remote. EU has for high risk. If the feds cared, NTIA AI Accountability Policy report recommends it along lines of FDA. In absence, up to states + universities hai.stanford.edu/assets/files...

hai.stanford.edu

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Adam Conner @adamconner.bsky.social · Jun 26

New from @nicole-alvarez.bsky.social and I, a new @americanprogress.bsky.social analysis of the Senate Commerce reconciliation bill’s rebranded “AI Pause,” & how contrary to the claim it’s optional for the new $500M in funding, the text implicates the entire $42.45B in BEAD broadband funding.

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 26

A moratorium on enforcement of state AI laws would presumably cover Louisiana's new rule of civil procedure to require disclosure of AI manipulation of evidence? Laws of general applicability are safe, but many like this specify AI. legiscan.com/LA/text/HB17...

Louisiana HB178 | 2025 | Regular Session

Bill Text (2025-06-11) Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure [Effective date: 08/01/2025.]

legiscan.com

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 23

See you Harvard.

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 23

Ban on state AI lawmaking survives for now in budget bill (as a condition of broadband funding), but Hawley, Blackburn and other Rs seeking to ax it in amendments. Where is utah?https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/moratorium-on-state-ai-regulation-clears-senate-hurdle/

Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle | TechCrunch

A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.

techcrunch.com

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 22

www.thefp.com/p/matti-frie.... The “he” is Israeli film director of Reading Lolita in Tehran. This Matti Friedman piece imagines new horizons for Mideast peace. לו יהי

Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 17

Random country that attacked with hundreds of ballistic missiles in April and again Oct 2025, that has proxies bomb from north (Hezbollah), south (houthis), east (militias), that funded and promoted Hamas invasion in 2023 and that vows to annihilate Israel every day? That random country?

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 10

Portland OR tries personalized pricing and discounts for water by algorithmically setting rates based on credit, SNAP data etc. Social license for this kind of thing requires an algorithmic impact assessment and transparency about relative payments. redtailmedia.org/2025/06/09/l...

Leaving Money on the Table: Inside Portland Water Bureau’s Algorithmic Pricing Program

Portland is testing a machine learning algorithm for water bill pricing that promises both affordability and higher revenues. Here’s the first in-depth analysis of the program and the tech be…

redtailmedia.org

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 6

Cities and counties need to know water needs and set water use limits for #AI data centers. govai.substack.com/p/endless-th...

Endless Thirst: Addressing Data Centers' Soaring Water Demands at the Local Level

AI is thirsty – what should local governments know about the water demands of data centers, and how might public agencies promote more sustainable practices?

govai.substack.com

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Jun 4

The flip side of this is an actual power-company employee could visit someone’s house to, say, check on a gas leak, and the frightened people inside won’t answer the doorbell.

StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · Jun 3

ICE dressed up like utility workers who offer "free estimates" if invited inside. Neighbor recorded the ICE goons and intervened, just before a young boy let them into his home.

Tucson Electric Power was not told ICE agents would be impersonating their utility workers as part of the ICE raid.

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Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 3

Impressed with @cityofsanjose.bsky.social AI governance handbook. It jives with the NIST AI RMF, but also provides a scoring framework for responsible AI elements. Hope cities/counties will release scores also of tech they rejected. www.sanjoseca.gov/home/showpub...

www.sanjoseca.gov

Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood.bsky.social · Jun 1

The feds have “created a vacuum of trust that may take years to overcome.” Yup.

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