Today I offered a motion to help ensure Elon Musk no longer has unlawful access to Federal Government systems and the private, sensitive data of taxpaying Americans. All but one House Republican voted No and defeated my motion, choosing cowardice over patriotism.

remind those cowards of this and how each one of them can ALSO be held accountable

"Calls are pouring in from constituents outraged about Mr. Trump’s unilateral moves and how he has allowed Mr. Musk to gain access to and begin dismantling critical parts of the federal bureaucracy, and demanding that members of Congress take a stand against them." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

Are you ready to tune into our #DMA&Beyond Conference with Yale Tobin Center’s Digital Economic Policy? Agenda: bit.ly/3EuTPkj Livestream Feb 6, 9:00am-5:30pm ET: bit.ly/3PZRY9I Livestream Feb 7, 9:00am-5:15pm ET: bit.ly/4hyYxfc

Let's say America is on a 4-year break from democracy!

How democratic !

Tarrifying! www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5...

This past week is exactly what a war on democracy looks like www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." (George Orwell, part of the ideology of Ingsoc, from Nineteen Eighty-Four)

Just a reminder: as a lawyer you don’t have to do immoral things for the client. You can quit.

Speaking the truth to power!!!

Faten Aggad: "Geography is political. Over the centuries, the borders of ‘sub-Saharan’ and ‘North’ Africa have shifted to serve expansionist agendas. Despite decolonization, these labels continue to be used today and have limited our conception of Africanness. Is it not time to change this?"

One fascinating parallel I found was also the fact that for both the US Supreme Court and for the CJEU it wasn’t material whether the foreign government *actually* accessed the personal data, or the access likelihood, but that it has the *possibility* to do so, based on the foreign law. 7/

My co-authors and I have discussed that it's not correct to characterize the EU as protectionist and the U.S. as "promoting trade over privacy:" "the United States has in fact taken an increasingly protectionist approach to international data flows in recent years..." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.

"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission." Lina Khan really is That Girl.

CDT’s George Slover’s analysis on the @thejusticedepart.bsky.social's antitrust enforcement action against RealPage mentioned in @juddlegum.bsky.social's Popular Info newsletter: popular.info/p/ai-co...

Read Slover’s full analysis: cdt.org/insights/jus...

🌐🎙️ “The Internet’s Librarian” Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, joins the California Sun podcast to discuss preserving knowledge in the digital age & his vision for universal access to all knowledge. 🎧 www.californiasun.co/podcast/brew... #Preservation @brewster.kahle.org

This!!!

OnThisDay in 1958, Howard law student Bruce Boynton was jailed for sitting in the “White” section of a Trailways bus terminal in Richmond VA. The U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction, inspiring hundreds of Freedom Riders to ride South. mississippitoday.org/2024/12/20/o...

Dear god does this really all need to happen approximately 2 days before end of days! Ill come back to you on this one 🤣 @create-glasgow.bsky.social www.gov.uk/government/c...

On top of everything else, this really reshapes how I think about Trumpism. Timely and important book. lpeproject.org/blog/can-neo...

Miss one of our thought-provoking book talks with Authors Alliance (@authorsalliance.bsky.social) this year? Don’t worry—we’ve put them all together in a year-end recap, complete with session recordings. Catch up here 👉️ blog.archive.org/2024/12/17/r...

Big congratulations to @gabriellehecht.bsky.social, whose book "Residual Governance" has won the 2024 African Studies Association Best Book Prize! https://buff.ly/49GrfIr

Yeah! This happened! 🙏🎊

Has anyone done any research (or know of any research) that looks at investment levels by industry sector? In particular, changing levels over time (stretching back as far as possible)

"The case of Anderson v. TikTok (3rd Cir. 2024) is a great example of how accountability can be imposed. The court (correctly, in my view) rejected TikTok’s claim that it was immune under CDA Section 230 and allowed the girl’s family to sue." teachprivacy.com/the-tyranny-...

📢 Call for Papers for the 2025 Race + IP conference venue- University of Pittsburgh in April 2025 The theme, Abolitionist Futures, focuses on the intersection of race, coloniality, and intellectual properties 🗓 Abstract submission deadline: 1 February 2025 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2024/12...

Come work with me! I am recruiting a PhD student who wants to work at the intersection of Afrofeminist Thought and International Relations. www.queensu.ca/research/res...

Come work with me! I am recruiting a PhD student who wants to work at the intersection of Afrofeminist Thought and International Relations. www.queensu.ca/research/res...

We're holding our 1st Institute Research Workshop next week, showcasing our research on critical studies of #science, #technology & #innovation 5th & 6th December at 10am EST and via Zoom More details on our website: www.yorku.ca/research/its/ #STS #technoscience #sociology #anthropology

Next week, @lsehumanrights.bsky.social will have the honour to host renowned legal scholar and member of South Africa's ICJ legal team, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, for our Annual Lecture. He will explore South Africa's complex relationship with int'l law & human rights, including the ICJ's case

I had a first go at setting up a starter pack of scholars working on Coloniality and/ or Critical Race Theory- please hit me up with further suggestions: go.bsky.app/VhaXTD6

My “Privacy, Data Protection, & Ethical Tech” Starter Pack #PrivacySky #EthicalAI #DataProtection go.bsky.app/HSRZtb8

I've made many additions to my Privacy Law Starter Pack Part 2 go.bsky.app/4UdBwXE so you might want to check it out again. See also Privacy Law Starter Pack Part 1 go.bsky.app/KiuG5Yr

go.bsky.app/5TsAHdR IPBlawg's IP, Tech & AI Law Starter Pack - IP/IT Lawyers, Attorneys, Intellectual Property Law Firms, Legal Professionals, Professors & Commentators. #IPLaw #AILaw #TechLaw #ITLaw #Technology #GenAI Recommendations always welcome thank you. ^G

Here’s an IP Profs starter pack. Message me if you are an intellectual property professor who wants to be added go.bsky.app/EUN2DAN

Hey folks! I've made a starter pack for those working on or interested in the history and material culture of Ethopia and the wider Horn of Africa. It's currently a baby list as I'm not too sure who's on here, so please do suggest others and/or ask to be added. go.bsky.app/AvPYgdY

I am putting together a starter pack with researchers working on the Economic History of Africa. Let me know if you’d like to be included! go.bsky.app/EmGLkbT

Alright folks I've filled the first starter pack for Africa News, Policy, Business, Econ, History, & Development. They allow up to 150 accounts. You can follow them here: go.bsky.app/BNYnWSJ I've started a second starter pack (currently with 81 additional accounts) here: go.bsky.app/LgaSjF9

I mad a starter pack for African Studies. Let me know who else should be in here!

A Good Place to Start @mmasnick.bsky.social who writes about social media, copyright, free speech, content moderation, civil liberties has selected 150 people that he follows and can recommend. bsky.app/starter-pack...

#StarterPack emphasis on platforms, competition law, digital rights, tech regulation, press freedom, market dominance, surviellance capitalism, and tech landscape within EU (Copyright Directive, Digital Services Act, Digital Markets Act, Digital Fairness Act, GDPR & AI Act). bsky.app/starter-pack...

#copyright remains a key problem for the digital world. here's a copyright starter pack from @mrose.ink listing some of us who are trying to explain why, and what to do about it: bsky.app/starter-pack...