My new piece with @sonjawest.bsky.social is live in the Journal of Tort Law! Our original 50-state survey of 466 deepfake laws reveals a complex landscape in which lawmakers are experimenting with novel criminal, civil & administrative tools to address deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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 www.404media.co/google-calls...

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

👀 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/... )

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. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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

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...

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.

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)

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.

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

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!

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

The Agentic Executive has arrived . . . www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/new...

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. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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

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.

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.

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:

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#blog#research#cybersecurity#Academicsky #AcademicChatter #dataprivacy

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

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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...

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. 🔥🔥

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.

Enjoying a fascinating discussion on the role of technology in backsliding democracy @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social ft. @orlylobel.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social Aziz Huq, James Grimmelmann, Quinta Jurecic & others! Organized by @oliviersylvain.bsky.social & @chinmayisharma.bsky.social 🔥

NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.” But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...

Lee on Algorithmic Disgorgement, buff.ly/m2d0W4T - Christina Lee (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Beyond Algorithmic Disgorgement: Remedying Algorithmic Harms (16 U.C. Irvine Law Review ___ (forthcoming 2026)) on SSRN.

Any efforts to take down disparate impact, even if mired in court, will essentially kill all efforts to make AI systems less biased. We know what happens when we don't mitigate bias in AI, and I can assure it's not meritocracy and equality of opportunity.

I'm thrilled that we're hosting such a great group of thinkers to talk about one of the defining issues of our day.

Just over one week until @fordhamlawnyc.bsky.social hosts the TALI conference! Join us for the public panel to hear @qjurecic.bsky.social moderate a discussion on Democratic Backsliding and the Role of Technology with @josephcox.bsky.social @orlylobel.bsky.social @jtlg.bsky.social & Aziz Huq.

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Comparing Trump's OMB AI Memo to Biden's. The accelerationists have taken the state. Gone is "procurement as policy." ellgood.medium.com/ai-accelerat...

US states have stepped up to regulate consumer-facing online services where the federal government has been utterly silent, writes Olivier Sylvain (@oliviersylvain.bsky.social). The laws can be lumped into three categories: content moderation, data protection, and child online safety laws.

"We cannot afford to replace the critical tasks of federal workers with models that completely make stuff up. There is no substitute for the expertise of federal workers handling sensitive information and working on life-critical sectors ranging from health care to immigration."

Thank you @thomaskadri.bsky.social for pairing scholarship with action. Drawing on our article with @chinmayisharma.bsky.social (Brokering Safety), Thomas testified in support of MA’s Location Shield Act and emphasized its importance in mitigating abuse survivors’ privacy self-management burden.

Current MAGA labor policy appears to be the exact opposite of that proposed in my New Laws of Robotics book: 1. Automate professional jobs. 2. Promote repetitive manual labor in manufacturing (e.g., Lutnick's mention of "millions" of persons needed to assemble domestic iPhones).

To consider the implications of DOGE and its rush to apply AI across the US government, Justin Hendrix spoke to Eryk Salvaggio, Rebecca Williams, Emily Tavoulareas and Matthew Kirschenbaum. They discussed the ideological motivations that underpin DOGE and what the future holds beyond Musk and Trump:

“I know there are a number of regulatory burdens that landlords face, and having to avoid violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by conspiring with your fellow landlords is a very modest burden.” - @foxcahn.bsky.social ​ ​Read more: www.kgw.com/article/news...

Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."

Sharma, Kadri, & Adler on Data Brokers and Safety for Abuse Victims, buff.ly/E4hgZG3 - Chinmayi Sharma (Fordham Law), Thomas Kadri (University of Georgia School of Law), & Sam Adler (Fordham Law) have posted Brokering Safety (114 Calif. L. Rev. (2026)) on SSRN.

“Brokering Safety” is forthcoming in Calif. L. Rev.! With @chinmayisharma.bsky.social & @samadler.bsky.social, we expose privacy law's complicity in how data brokers worsen stalking & IPV, then pitch a system for victims to obscure data across all brokers in one go. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Brenda Dvoskin & I just posted “Safe Sex in the Age of Big Tech Feminism.” We interrogate feminist strands animating regulations to keep people—esp. women—safe from the risks of online sexuality, then offer an alternate agenda grounded in queer & crit feminist theory. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

In @jama.com @masonmarks.bsky.social & I proposed FTC regulation to prohibit AI impersonating individuals, including licensed advice-givers such as medical professionals: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social @nusl.bsky.social @yaleisp.bsky.social @ellenbarry.bsky.social

“If signed into law, the bill would ban AI from being used to deny a medical claim or from denying a prior authorization needed for ‘medical necessity, experimental status or any other reason that involves the use of medical judgment,’ the bill states.”

The article I co-authored with @thomaskadri.bsky.social and @chinmayisharma.bsky.social , Brokering Safety, is forthcoming in the California Law Review! We look forward to presenting the article at the Consumer Law Scholars Conference and Privacy Law Scholars Conference.

Don't lose sight of states when talking about checks & balances! I wrote in @statecourtreport.bsky.social about how states play a bigger role than many people realize in determining whether & how federal policies get implemented — & in curbing abuses of power. statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

In other words, the second count is framed as "far exceed[ing] any previously known or acceptable exercise of executive power," but I think it's a mistake to frame this in terms of how much power is being exercised rather than who is exercising it. The subdelegation of core exec power is novel.