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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 6h

How not to name your marketing agency

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Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 6h

My May paper with @shelbygrossman.bsky.social on AI-generated CSAM recommended that state lawmakers update mandatory-reporter laws to cover "nudify" incidents in schools. Now, Pennsylvania lawmakers are working to do just that, spurred by an incident our paper discusses. www.witf.org/2025/10/07/l...

Lancaster Country Day AI incident moves lawmakers to push changes in mandatory reporting law | WITF

Three Lancaster County lawmakers are working on legislation that would require school administrators to report the discovery of any artificially g […]

www.witf.org

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 7h

Quiet part outloud

Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7h

“We took the freedom of speech away”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 8h

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-short...

A Shortlist of Federal Data the Trump Administration Has Tampered With or Destroyed

The scale and scope of federal data and statistics that have been...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 13h

“I worry about future presidents of both parties abusing all of the unprecedented powers that Trump is claiming.” Professor @brendannyhan.bsky.social discusses potential for the Trump administration to initiate a cycle of political retaliation, via the @nytimes.com.

In Going After His Foes, Trump Sets a Precedent That Could Haunt His Allies

www.nytimes.com

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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 9h

Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. @klonick.bsky.social's (St. John's University School of Law) talk:

"Ban Cookie Banners"

📅 Thu., Oct. 9, 2025
⏰ 12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 13h

Henry Farrell on the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” for universities, arguing that the rollout signals weakness, and that academics need to band together to reject this authoritarian attack on university independence and academic freedom.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 1d

The federal government does and should have the authority to deploy troops into our cities—even without local consent—*when the circumstances actually warrant it.*

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com, me on why the real issue in Portland, Chicago, and elsewhere is the missing / contrived factual predicate:

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

www.nytimes.com

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City of Rochester, New York @cityofrochester.bsky.social · 1d

Caidan is our Library Patron of the Month!

New to Rochester from Miami, she found her favorite study spot at the Central Library’s beautiful Rundel building while working on her online college courses. Congrats and welcome to Rochester!

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 2d

“Ok the DMCA is good in this one specific use case”

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

“Become a courts reporter,” they said.

“You’ll get weekends off,” they said.

“Because there won’t be any hearings on the weekend,” they said.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

COMING UP: Judge Immergut has set a hearing for 10 pm ET tonight (!) on Trump's effort to circumvent her temporary restraining order re: Oregon national guard deployment by calling up the federalized California national guard.

Date Filed
Oct 5, 2025
Description
* CSV
SCHEDULING ORDER: This Court, having received Plaintiffs' Second Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and request for Expedited Hearing, ECF 59, sets a hearing by Telephonic Conference at 7:00
p.m. tonight, October 5, 2025, before Judge Karin J. Immergut. Access information for "LISTEN ONLY" phone number for the Hearing. Telephone Number: 1-571-353-2301 (toll-free 1-833-
990-9400); Guest Meeting ID: 812-980-
324#. Note: If dropped from the conference, please rejoin the conference.
For complete conference connection instructions and etiquette guidelines, refer to ord.uscourts.gov/cms. Ordered on 10/5/25 by Judge Karin J. Immergut. (jy)
(Entered: 10/05/2025)

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 4d

All legal nonsense aside about the supposed state of armed conflict between the U.S. and Venezuelan gangs, what "I wish to emphasize is that there is a word for killings outside of armed conflict for which there is no domestic legal authority. That word is murder." [@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org]

The Situation: Murder She Wrote

There's a word for what they're doing.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4d

Read: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Elon Musk’s latest power grab points in a clear direction

His SpaceX deal could fundamentally alter the relationship between a state and its citizens.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d

Oh you noticed that too?

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 4d

Everything is content moderation.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 5d

I’m not saying I’m happy about it, but @dwillner.bsky.social is absolutely right.

Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 5d

So, the first part of this is plainly false, both historically and currently. I don’t think it’s a good thing in most cases…but it’s plainly the case that pressuring the people in charge of moderation to either ban (or not ban) people works *All The Time*. It is why people do it!

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 5d

This.

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Dave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 5d

So, the first part of this is plainly false, both historically and currently. I don’t think it’s a good thing in most cases…but it’s plainly the case that pressuring the people in charge of moderation to either ban (or not ban) people works *All The Time*. It is why people do it!

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 5d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 5d

Proposed reply:

Dear Secretary McMahon,

Our offer is this: Nothing. Not even the fee for the gaming license, which we would appreciate if you’d put up personally.

Sincerely,

Universities

John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 5d

“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”

Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits

A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 5d

It’s been reported as licensed but that doesn’t even get mentioned in the eo. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-ti...

A TikTok ‘Deal’?

We may never know if the administration-brokered TikTok sale complies with the law, or at what cost it was secured.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 7d

@kschake.bsky.social reflects on yesterday's address by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump at a gathering of the country's top military officials. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/hegs...

Hegseth’s Unusual, Partisan, and Dangerous Convening of Military Leaders

If the defense secretary’s event allayed concerns of DEI in the military for some, it aggravated concerns of a politicized military for all.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 7d

"I know that at least one agent held the potential of being an upstanding public servant, who embodied the best ideals of the FBI, and now will always be associated with an elected official’s unending quest for revenge."

@michael-feinberg.bsky.social discusses the politicization of the FBI.

Making a Scarecrow of the Law: A Former Agent’s Reaction to Recent Events at the FBI

My response to the ongoing politicization of the FBI under Kash Patel.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 6d

Don’t know how I missed this.

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Jordan Fischer @jordanonrecord.bsky.social · 7d

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 6d

Wow. Unreal.