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Daphne Keller

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Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues. May be cranky. https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/

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Doh! Sorry. Sometimes I make some mental tradeoff and skip alt text on purpose but this time I just forgot.

05.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ignore if you are tired of hearing what's going on on X.

I go periodically to look at stuff, but am not active enough for real notifications. So today, right at the top of notifications, I got this loathsome garbage.

05.03.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For that matter I’m pretty sure @rollingstone.com was, for a while during Trump’s first term, doing the best reporting out there about him pressuring social media companies to take content down.

05.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m happy to subscribe all the same

05.03.2026 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

tech journalism is a complicated category these days

05.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Run The Jewels - JU$T [ft. Pharrell Williams and Zack de la Rocha] (Art Video)
Run The Jewels - JU$T [ft. Pharrell Williams and Zack de la Rocha] (Art Video) YouTube video by RunTheJewels

I like this one. Partly bc hearing Pharrell Williams in rage mode is a good reminder that artists contain multitudes.

youtu.be/vYPIOaqNlyg?...

05.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

100%

I came to it via DJ Shadow and can only take so much RTJ at any given time. But this is the perfect combo.

05.03.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think I have it in me to grift, but I bet I could be a great monster if I really tried.

05.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The people at @wired.com are kicking ass. The people at @404media.co and @techdirt.com and @theverge.com are, too.

We should all be subscribing, donating, or in other ways GIVING THEM MONEY if they ask for it and we have it to give. Same goes for so many other journalists and news sources.

05.03.2026 15:43 πŸ‘ 97 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Two Supreme Court Cases That Could Break the Internet A cornerstone of life online has been that platforms are not responsible for content posted by users. What happens if that immunity goes away?

I found him to be a perfectly nice young man.
share.google/rnhwT2jpMcfX...

05.03.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032 Epic CEO is muzzled.

Amazing. This is why you need the DMA. App developers shouldn't have to make deals written by Rumpelstiltskin to be able to effectively distribute on Big Tech platforms.

www.theverge.com/news/889595/...

05.03.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

β€œthe bear is only a baby, but at the same time, it’s a bear” β€” this guy is basically describing YOU @natecardozo.bsky.social.

05.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œwritten by Rumpelstiltskin” is 🀌

05.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The genius annotation on this song is amazing.

05.03.2026 14:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels (Official Video)
DJ Shadow - Nobody Speak feat. Run The Jewels (Official Video) YouTube video by Mass Appeal

Since I have had this song in my head for like two months now, I would rephrase the little-known fact as β€œI will punch a baby bear in his shit”

youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY?...

05.03.2026 14:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Probably not what you’re asking for but the last pic I took and zen by some definitions.

04.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I believe my class slide called this β€œasset seizure with Austrian characteristics” and contrasted it with β€œasset seizure with Brazilian characteristics” aka taking money from Starlink to punish X.

04.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We all owe SO much to John Peel

04.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Heard of it enough to name check and then move on, apparently…

Exactly what I told my students to do!

04.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The transatlantic battle over free speech EU efforts to regulate the digital sphere are under attack from the Trump administration and, increasingly, Silicon Valley

Quoted alongside the great @daphnek.bsky.social, @klonick.bsky.social, and @hutko.bsky.social in this Financial Times piece on 'The transatlantic battle over free speech' - www.ft.com/content/37d4... via @financialtimes.com

03.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
HavenCo - Wikipedia

Actually I think maybe their assertions of state power killed HavenCo, but I can't recall exactly. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HavenCo

02.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They don't believe in it, so no?

02.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I would bet that @jtlg.bsky.social's textbook is good, but what I used this year is below.

02.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I do tend to move pas this part very very fast.

02.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The gambling industry always gets there first

02.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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One more time, for the visual learners!

02.03.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Yahoo! France Real Lessons Countdown

Lesson #3: If you can geotarget ads, that makes it hard to tell national courts that you can’t geotarget legal compliance.

Yahoo! France Real Lessons Countdown Lesson #3: If you can geotarget ads, that makes it hard to tell national courts that you can’t geotarget legal compliance.

Lesson #2: U.S. Courts only examine First Amendment issues if someone is asking that U.S. government enforcement power be used.* 


* All things can change, but this is how Y! cases, Equustek, SPEECH Act, and earlier non-Internet cases work.

Lesson #2: U.S. Courts only examine First Amendment issues if someone is asking that U.S. government enforcement power be used.* * All things can change, but this is how Y! cases, Equustek, SPEECH Act, and earlier non-Internet cases work.

Lesson #1: What really ended the dispute was Yahoo!’s β€œvoluntary” decision to change their Terms of Service, bringing their private rules more into alignment with French law.

Lesson #1: What really ended the dispute was Yahoo!’s β€œvoluntary” decision to change their Terms of Service, bringing their private rules more into alignment with French law.

Yahoo France according to me.

02.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A less principled counsel would have just done it.

02.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I love teaching Internet jurisdiction.

02.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohhhhhh yeah. That makes sense.

02.03.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0