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404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Google removed an ICE-spotting app after calling ICE agents a vulnerable group. A immigration support group on the ground in Chicago, the current focus of ICE, said they were using the app to source tips, called Red Dot. Apple removed that app too
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Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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David Brody @dbrody.bsky.social · 6d

Unless this is clearly disclosed when you create a Sora account, this is probably a deceptive trade practice in violation of the FTC Act.

onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

it’s really good when “technology of the future” treats you leaving as if you were leaving a cult

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Chris Riley @mchrisriley.com · 27d

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And don't miss the closing line of their announcement: "If you would like to bring your memory details over from a different AI tool or export your memory from Claude for backup or migration, you can follow these instructions." (link goes to: support.anthropic.com/en/articles/... )

The Verge @theverge.com · 27d

Anthropic’s Claude AI can now automatically ‘remember’ past chats

Anthropic is launching incognito chats, too.

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Sam Adler @samadler.bsky.social · Aug 29

Excited to share a draft of my Note—AI Procurement as Regulatory Reconnaissance—forthcoming in the Fordham Law Review. Inspired by @cary-coglianese.bsky.social, I contend that federal procurement offers a compelling information-forcing tool to inform AI regulation.

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AI Procurement As Regulatory Reconnaissance

Artificial Intelligence ("AI") is a black box technology in a black box industry. Some view AI as a lifechanging technology capable of advancing socie

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Chinmayi Sharma @chinmayisharma.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thrilled to share that Unbundling AI Openness, my article with @alanrozenshtein.com and Parth Nobel is forthcoming in Wisconsin Law Review! It introduces a framework of "differential openness" to correct the oversimplification of AI as either "open vs. closed."

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Unbundling AI Openness

<div> The debate over AI openness—whether to make components of an artificial intelligence system available for public inspection and modification—forces polic

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Sam Adler @samadler.bsky.social · Aug 18

If the future of AI is personal, it should also be portable. Important piece from @mchrisriley.com for @techpolicypress.bsky.social

Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Aug 18

Chris Riley offers a set of principles for personal AI data transfers, and proposes that technologists begin to immediately develop AI data transfer tools, starting with a concrete and yet valuable data model: generative AI conversation histories.

We Need to Control Personal AI Data So Personal AI Cannot Control Us | TechPolicy.Press

The need for collective work on data models and transfer tools will grow more complex and more important, writes Chris Riley.

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Aug 14

NEW: DOGE affiliate Chris Sweet has developed an AI tool that is being used to rapidly slash government regulations, according to details of a meeting reviewed by @wired.com. Scoop by me: www.wired.com/story/sweetr...

A DOGE AI Tool Called SweetREX Is Coming to Slash US Government Regulation

Named for its developer, an undergrad who took leave from UChicago to become a DOGE affiliate, a new AI tool automates the review of federal regulations and flags rules it thinks can be eliminated.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 13

I filed a FOIA request with the FTC to get user complaints about ChatGPT.

In one case from Utah, a mother reports her son was experiencing a delusional breakdown and ChatGPT told him to stop taking his medication. The AI bot also told him that his parents were dangerous.

'This Was Trauma by Simulation': ChatGPT Users File Disturbing Mental Health Complaints

Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints to FTC through a FOIA request.

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Fordham Law School @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social · Aug 11

Fordham Law Professor Chinmayi Sharma (‪@chinmayisharma.bsky.social‬) and student Sam Adler '26 (‪@samadler.bsky.social‬) argue data brokers enable violence by selling people's information, and suggest that a data-deletion right should be enabled and enforced. via Lawfare (@lawfaremedia.org)

Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data

In a world where data brokers enable violence by selling our information, safety requires a data-deletion right that people can reliably enforce. 

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Chinmayi Sharma @chinmayisharma.bsky.social · Aug 8

Excited to share a @lawfaremedia.org piece with @thomaskadri.bsky.social and @samadler.bsky.social that builds off our article Brokering Safety, forthcoming in @califlrev.bsky.social, that calls for an overdue conversation about how much we privilege data broker profits over human safety.

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Aug 8

The perpetrator of an assasination of a Minnesota lawmaker in June likely used data brokers to find personal information of his victims. Sam Adler, @thomaskadri.bsky.social, and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social look at how policymakers should address this brokered violence.

Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data

In a world where data brokers enable violence by selling our information, safety requires a data-deletion right that people can reliably enforce.

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Sam Adler @samadler.bsky.social · Aug 8

Appreciate the opportunity to write with @thomaskadri.bsky.social and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social for @lawfaremedia.org to call for a more expansive right to obscurity, building off our article—Brokering Safety—forthcoming in @califlrev.bsky.social

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Aug 8

The perpetrator of an assasination of a Minnesota lawmaker in June likely used data brokers to find personal information of his victims. Sam Adler, @thomaskadri.bsky.social, and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social look at how policymakers should address this brokered violence.

Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data

In a world where data brokers enable violence by selling our information, safety requires a data-deletion right that people can reliably enforce.

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Thomas Kadri @thomaskadri.bsky.social · Aug 8

A new provocation from me, @samadler.bsky.social & @chinmayisharma.bsky.social to extend the proposal in our forthcoming Calif. L. Rev. (@califlrev.bsky.social) piece by letting *anyone* force data brokers to obscure info through a centralized process. It's time to call the 1st Amendment question!

Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Aug 8

The perpetrator of an assasination of a Minnesota lawmaker in June likely used data brokers to find personal information of his victims. Sam Adler, @thomaskadri.bsky.social, and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social look at how policymakers should address this brokered violence.

Brokered Violence: Safety for Sale in the Free Marketplace of Data

In a world where data brokers enable violence by selling our information, safety requires a data-deletion right that people can reliably enforce.

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Thomas Kadri @thomaskadri.bsky.social · Aug 5

Well, this was a lovely surprise! www.pace.edu/news/brenda-...

Brenda Dvoskin and Thomas E. Kadri Receive 2025–2026 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Women, Gender & Law

Professors Brenda Dvoskin of Washington University School of Law and Thomas E. Kadri of the University of Georgia School of Law have been selected as the recipients of the 2025–2026 Haub Law Emerging ...

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Sam Adler @samadler.bsky.social · Jul 13

The Agentic Executive has arrived . . .

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Chinmayi Sharma @chinmayisharma.bsky.social · Jun 23

23andMe didn’t own your DNA—it was bailed to them. In Bailing Out Biometrics (forthcoming, J. Tort Law), Elijah Gordon & I argue that biometric data deserves bailment protection. Allowing its breach and then selling it in bankruptcy, isn’t just wrong—it’s illegal.

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Bailing Out Biometrics

In 2023, hackers breached 23andMe and extracted the biometric and genealogical data of nearly seven million people. By 2025, that data-originally offered up in

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Ben Winters @benwinters.bsky.social · Jun 17

data brokers should not exist and it should be embarrassing every day a lawmaker doesnt try to control or destroy them

Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Jun 17

NEW: Data broker sites were allegedly used by the Minnesota shooting suspect, authorities claim, highlighting the danger of an industry that freely sells your personal information. @lhn.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/minnes...

Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets' Addresses

The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.

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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · Jun 10

After a recent court order, OpenAI is now required to retain the very data many of its users believed to be most private. This introduces serious privacy risks, especially for vulnerable users like victims and survivors of domestic violence, Belle Torek writes.

For Survivors Using Chatbots, ‘Delete’ Doesn’t Always Mean Deleted | TechPolicy.Press

Many survivors may assume that AI platforms and chatbots offer common privacy protections, but these are not guaranteed, Belle Torek writes.

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · Jun 4

Today's Lawfare Daily is a Fordham Law panel where @qjurecic.bsky.social‬, @josephcox.bsky.social‬, ‪@orlylobel.bsky.social‬, Aziz Huq, and ‪@jtlg.bsky.social‬ discussed the role technology has played a role in supporting or undermining democracy.

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The Markup @themarkup.org · Jun 4

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

By ‪@wired.com‬:

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database

Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.

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SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · May 29

Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes a selection of recent #research on #cybersecurity & data privacy.

Read more: http://spkl.io/63320ffily

#Academicsky #AcademicChatter #dataprivacy

The Latest Research on Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

This list includes a selection of the latest research on cybersecurity & data privacy posted to SSRN in 2025. Understanding the Cyber Risks of Artificial Intelligence: An Ongoing, Comprehensive…

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Sam Adler @samadler.bsky.social · May 26

Always recommending @maxisak.bsky.social & Mackenzie Austin’s article on algorithmic speech: www.stanfordlawreview.org/print/articl...

In Lawsuit Over Teen's Death, Judge Rejects Arguments That AI Chatbots Have Free Speech Rights

The judge's order sends a message that Silicon Valley “needs to stop and think and impose guardrails before it launches products to market," said attorney Meetali Jain of the Tech Justice Law Project.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · May 23

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Clearview AI Selling Facial Data to Police Not Protected Speech

Clearview AI’s facial recognition service must face a suit from Californians who allege the company’s database violates their publicity rights and is an invasion of privacy, a state appeals court affi...

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · May 22

and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social, @thomaskadri.bsky.social, and @samadler.bsky.social; @andrewshammond.bsky.social; @sharonyadin.bsky.social; @ezrarosser.bsky.social; @lauraportuondo.bsky.social; Emily Chertoff and Jessica Bulman-Pozen; Bijal Shah; @desireelc.bsky.social...

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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · May 22

With summer just around the corner, are you looking to indulge in some juicy, page-turning scholarship?

Today, the Blog highlights some of the hottest new forthcoming LPE and LPE-adjacent articles. 🔥🔥

Some of the Best New LPE and LPE-Adjacent Scholarship

With summer just around the corner, are you looking to indulge in some juicy, page-turning scholarship? As always, the Blog has you covered with our biannual roundup of some of our favorite…

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · May 12

It appears clear that Trump and Musk’s ableist rhetoric both informs and forecasts DOGE’s work, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Ariana Aboulafia. Its violations of data privacy and expansive use of AI without proper oversight have already harmed disabled people, and will continue to do so, she says.

DOGE & Disability Rights: Three Key Tech Policy Concerns | TechPolicy.Press

It appears clear that DOGE’s underlying ableist rhetoric both informs and forecasts its work, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Ariana Aboulafia.

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