Just in time; adding to upcoming term on defamation!

Actual photo of me, trying to work out proper grant costing...

What's wildest is the persistent flavour of unnecessary 'vague' sexualization, 100% unnecessary for claims. I spent a lot of time on history of psychiatry; maybe more drs/inventors should see striking images, esp theatres for (purported) women's conditions. Eg wellcomecollection.org/stories/what...

Countdown to our abstract submission deadline for 1 December, and many thanks for the excellent submissions received so far... time to submit if it's been sitting on you 'to do' list! Looking forward to seeing many of you in Wales.

Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy. “I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.” #DefendHigherEd

Another example of the burdens created when tech companies behave as untrustworthy social actors - people then go to great lengths to protect themselves even when it’s not necessary, at personal cost and compromising their ability to use the technology that does work

My favorite piece of content today.

Listen! @sophiebishop.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the hugely important "Influencer Creep: How Optimization, Authenticity, and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture" newbooksnetwork.com/influencer-c...

Star Wars mod wars: claims over a touted but unreleased mod have to go to trial

About to start reading it, but browsing the conclusions it appears to be mostly a victory for Stability AI.

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

If you're looking for where the cutting edge interdisciplinary AI/gaming/law research is going on... amazing stuff going w/ Amy Thomas, Bartolomeo Meletti, Kristofer Erickson and Felix Rodriguez Perez... full room of amazing colleagues coming together as well in the AI & Interactive Worlds Workshop

Event! Online talk, all welcome, organised by @curiousminds.org.uk Is Culture Still Bad For You? with @markrt.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social & me 23rd October 2-4pm, sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-culture...

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

We are now accepting abstracts for our Annual Conference at @aberuni.bsky.social 15-17 Apr. 2026. Join us for critical talks on law, tech & education (and generally a good time!) The theme is: 'Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.' More info: www.bileta.org.uk/news/bileta-...

Having coffee like, oh here we go. well, fine… they have to do cheesy hype videos because captialims and new digital colonialism….as long they developed and trained their own model internally on non pirated… OH

CFP: The Int'l Rev of Law, Computers & Tech call for Digital Learning/Legal Education, w Guest editors Dr Kryss Macleod & Prof Paul Maharg. Topics such as gen AI, data-driven platforms reshaping legal curricula/governance. Proposals due 30 Nov 2025. Full details: www.linkedin.com/posts/bileta...?

YouTube is secretly using AI to edit people's videos • Skin is being smoothed or sharpened • Features like ears are being altered • YouTube confirmed there's an 'experiment' on Shorts to 'unblur' and 'improve' clarity • There's currently no way to opt out (via BBC)

📢 NEW INITIATIVE: As tech giants claim ownership of subsea cables and satellite networks, who will protect our digital rights? @article19.bsky.social team digital launches "Wired and Orbited" to ensure internet infrastructure remains open and resilient for all. www.article19.org/resources/wi...

Fair.

Cat for balancing out previous dire (but accurate) posts

A genuinely sad and truly misguided state of affairs: ‘Management consultants and university futures: Academic capitalism and the capture of UK public higher education’ www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Kreitzer and Sweet-Cushman have a great summary of the research here. I am not joking in the least when I say it's easier to detect instructor gender than teaching or learning in evals. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Webinar on IP & Fashion with the WIPO Nigeria Office tomorrow...

Our annual Research Award funding call is now open. We are seeking individuals within member institutions for projects or seminars that reflect the goals of BILETA or fall within its subject purview. Deadline: 15 Sept. For more detail see www.bileta.org.uk/research-awa...

Existing in that limbo between ‘anything you put online will be there forever!’ and link rot

Not the Vogue article 😩 don’t try to make higher ed a (bad) luxury brand… I guess that explains SOME things. Warwick, just love yourself for who you are or no one else will. You were good enough 💜😳

Save the Date! Very pleased to confirm our 41st Annual Conference will be held 16-17 April 2026 in Wales. We will be very kindly hosted by the Technology Research Group, Aberystwyth University School of Law & Criminology. Further information/CFP to follow soon: www.bileta.org.uk/news/bileta-...

Postdoc research opportunity with the fantastic @nayeliurquiza.bsky.social on: 'Between Deception and Dissent: Regulating Unproven, Disproven and Misleading Health-Related Claims.' More info: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/118725-...

The sweariest professional repost I've ever made... and totally warranted... sonderuncertainly.substack.com/p/shits-gonn...?

Our spring school is still ongoing!📣We are currently hosting a panel discussion and the speakers will continue the conversation tomorrow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the ECS conference live 🔴https://youtube.com/@createuofg?si=PW_gOFGulUW2_1-G ▶️https://www.youtube.com/live/E0wh3hDJ4-U

The GIKII CFP IS HERE! Better than a large creme egg! Less miserable than a season of Black Mirror! And arguably more psychedelic than yr average weekend in Amsterdam!

It’s one thing to read the headlines; it’s another to read the government demand letter and response in full. Letter: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

Mark Zuckerberg has just taken the stand at the long-awaited trial between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission. Follow along with us for live updates from @laurenfeiner.bsky.social and @alexeheath.com at the courthouse.

Do you really need that « character starter pack »? Go get a large glass of water instead (while you still can). www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We've made the beginnings of a 'Starter Pack' to make it easy to find and connect with other Annual Conference presenters and attendees: go.bsky.app/U8av2BH If you're attending or presenting and not yet on the list, comment below to be added.

Sometimes I get myself all settled at my desk and go to check my email and it wants me to verify my identity using my phone and my phone is all the way across the room and I decide that's the universe telling me to start my day with something other than checking my email.

📅 Save the date! 8-9 May 'A New Direction in Intellectual Property Treaty-Making?' will be an unmissable event! Check out the agenda👇 @cblpleeds.bsky.social @lsjleeds.bsky.social @grahamdutfield.bsky.social @subhajitbasu.bsky.social @iszpotakowski.bsky.social #IndigenousPeoples #HumanRights #Equity

Q&A in which I discuss music copyright issues www.law.nyu.edu/news/ideas-m...

Our annual conference programme is now finalised! Looking forward to seeing everyone and hearing about this excellent work in London: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/74165/...

Can’t even set up a printer nowadays without thinking about writing articles…

Presuming this will lead to attempts to standardise this as a contractual prereq for jobs, which models (and likely many other performers) will feel pressured into accepting, especially those with less bargaining power... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Culture is bad for you is doing a book tour! @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social or me in Bristol 24th March (in person), Manchester 27th March (in person), Edinburgh 1st April (online & in person) & Sheffield 9th April (in person). Details/tickets manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/

‘Of course, the problem is not that AI-generated content exists. It is that it increasingly looks like knowledge while bypassing the very mechanisms that give knowledge its legitimacy.’ jeppestricker.substack.com/p/the-synthe...

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. (Isabella, Act 2 Scene 2; Measure for Measure, Shakespeare)

We are delighted to announce that CREATe will be hosting the ninth annual conference of the European Copyright Society in Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scholars will assemble in Glasgow under the theme: "Beyond private law? The regulatory aims of copyright law." 💡 Read more 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

I can't believe they copied off each other.

The Sussex Centre for Law and Technology at Uni of Sussex is hosting a BILETA-funded hybrid seminar on the Online Safety Act, in June 2025. Details & CFP: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-... Submissions due by 25 March 2025 direct to Dr @jessicashurson.bsky.social at [email protected]