US now turning to grand juries as a potential way â circumventing immediate first amendment arguments â to force intermediaries like Reddit to de-anonymise users who are criticising government policy theintercept.com/2026/04/10/r...
yes am looking forward to it and itâs already on my list to update in the new v (: - itâs the one with jacob right? Martinâs book is great but the necessary building blocks are a bit split over three chapters, although the chapter on general monitoring is absolutely stellar
Apple user being advised data is unrecoverable after iOS update removes the ability to enter certain Czech accented characters, which are in his password (a hĂĄÄek), from the lock screen keyboard. www.theregister.com/2026/04/12/i...
Apple's lack of iOS documentation on what happens within its operating system creates real issues when the threat moves to the hardest zone to defend against â a compromised device. Their Platform Security documentation should consider this threat model too. help.apple.com/pdf/security...
excellent, if depressing, takedown of the recent HEPI report on uni marketisation and its âsolutionsâ @jimdickinson.bsky.social wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...
TIL: recent iOS updates are locking cops out of seized iPhones. For months now, forensic tools like Cellebrite havenât been able to extract data from some of these devices
One workaround Iâve heard: police will subpoena jail phone systems to get defendants PINsâŚthen try those codes on the phones
we don't really look at the ICCPR, we do talk about article 10 and expression rights of course, there is also a lot more in slides and discussion, a human rights course exists in parallel in students' final year that covers free expression, and it's covered throughout the programme in multiple ways
LAWS0339 Internet Law and Policy Convenor: Professor Michael Veale, co-taught with Professor Orla Lynskey and Dr Tommaso Fia. Faculty of Laws, University College London. Academic Year 2025-6. Document Version December 2025. About the Module Seminar 1 Welcome to the Internet Seminar 2 How To Control the Internet Seminar 3 Blocking and Networked Rule-Making: the Domain Name System Seminar 4 Liability Shielding and Safe Harbours Seminar 5 Content Moderation Obligations Seminar 6 Fair Moderation and Takedown Abuse Seminar 7 Specific and General Monitoring Seminar 8 By-Design Platform Regulation Seminar 9 Verification: Ages, Names, Identities Seminar 10 Moderating Al: Models and Outputs Seminar 11 Privacy Online Seminar 12 Data Protection's Scope Seminar 13 Data Protection's Substance Seminar 14 Data Rights and Wrongs Seminar 15 Online Tracking: Cookies and Controllers Seminar 16 International Transfers of Personal Data Seminar 17 Emerging Models for Data Governance Seminar 18 Automated Decision-Making Seminar 19 Language Models & Personal Data Seminar 20 Can Law Change The Internet?
Iâve posted online our 2025-6 20 week Internet Law and Policy syllabus on our LLB programme, run by Orla Lynskey, Tommaso Fia and me. We hope itâs useful for other tech law educators! michae.lv/updated-inte...
using this kind of tech in the eu would be very illegal, assuming (unclear from piece) that the age verification is inseparable from the exposed person etc checks. which would be surprising! but also easily fixable I assume! confusing piece
The successful candidate will have their research home in the Faculty of Laws, while their teaching duties will be split across Laws and EISPS. Their teaching will include core modules offered by the Faculty of Laws in EU and in Public International Law (as expertise permits) aimed at students on non-law programmes, as well as elective interdisciplinary modules offered primarily by the EISPS Department, shaped by their expertise and research interests. We are interested in candidates with experience in both law and politics (or a related humanities or social science field) which may substantively relate to a wide array of specialist areas in domestic, international or comparative law, such as international trade law, migration and refugee law, public international law, private international law, electoral law, technology law, maritime law, international commercial or financial law, regulatory law, environmental law, foreign relations law or administrative law. We particularly welcome applications from candidates who might contribute some teaching on the Faculty of Lawsâ French, German or Spanish Law programmes. It is important that candidates applying with a research background in politics, or a related field, evidence how they would be able to teach law, for example through prior law qualifications or publication in legal venues. Candidates with a background in law should ideally be working clearly across disciplines, and in any case, should be able to demonstrate how their research-led teaching would fit within a programme such as the EISPS programme.
more info â the net is wide
please share as for some technical reason it may not appear on jobs.ac.uk!
Lecturer in Law and Politics Ref Number B03-02945 Professional Expertise Academic Department UCL SLASH (B03) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary ÂŁ54,931-ÂŁ64,644 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 23-Mar-2026
About the role UCL has a longstanding tradition of inter-disciplinarity across Law, Political Science and International Relations. We are looking to appoint as Lecturer one or more outstanding candidate(s) who will be able to contribute to UCLâs development and advancement of world leading teaching and research in both law and politics, understood broadly. The successful candidate will have their research home in the Faculty of Laws, while their teaching duties will be split across Laws and EISPS. Their teaching will include core modules offered by the Faculty of Laws in EU Law and in Public International Law (as expertise permits) aimed at students on non-law programmes, as well as elective interdisciplinary modules offered primarily by the EISPS Department, shaped by their expertise and research interests. Reflecting the broad strengths of the Faculty, we are keen for applications from a diverse range of scholars: those who take socio-legal, comparative, doctrinal, empirical, historical, and/or theoretical approaches; those who adopt interdisciplinary approaches; and/or those who approach EU and Public International Law through economic analysis of law and intersecting legal subject areas. The deadline for applications is Monday 23 March 2026. Interviews will likely take place in the weeks commencing 11 or 18 May 2026. About you Successful candidates will be expected to engage in world leading research, and to contribute to UCLâs development and advancement of an interdisciplinary approach to EU Law / Public International Law and political science and other areas of law falling within their subject matter expertise. It is also expected that the post-holders will contribute to all aspects of the academic life of the Faculty and University.
Full time, permanent law and politics lecturer post at @laws.ucl.ac.uk. Background either a social scientist with law training, or a lawyer with social science interest. Teaching: either/both of introductory EU/PIL, plus specialist teaching. Civil lawyers welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
ah â that's a disastrous practice for academic freedom, as it means that funding can be terminated on the basis of a standard google contract, which contain extremely broad non disparagement clauses.
After 5 months, the European Commission has now released several of the industry consultation responses provided in relation to the AI Act's General Purpose Model provisions www.asktheeu.org/request/all_...
This dude is rotating inspirational quotes in his email signature. Intense total dipshit energy.
đ¨CFP: The ADM+S Generative Authenticity project is hosting a small scholarly symposium on Authenticity, Generative AI and Synthetic Media on 6-7 May at QUT Kelvin Grove (and hybrid node).
Short abstracts due 9 March.
All info and the submission form: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A Haaretz investigation has found that at least three Israeli cyber companies are currently operating in #CARINT; one has developed an "offensive" tool that can potentially tap into your đcar's microphones and cameras.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Hardly needs to be said, but this rule would be gibberish and unenforceable if everyone didn't already know what topics and perspectives are going to be ruled "controversial"
how is the funding of these PhDs arranged? is there any mechanism by which google can pull funding depending on what the PhD writes, as there has been in Metaâs phd collaborations? (paid on payroll w standard quite censurious contract). Or does the uni take the money in a lump and redistribute?
Email from Epstein to Goertzel: "free and home" Goertzel replies: ";-))) Congratulations!!!! Actually, I was just about to send you an email summarizing my recent progress, current situation, and future hypothetical plans...I'll probably do so tomorrow. I'm sure you're super-swamped, but it would be great to get together when you have the chance... ben" Goertzel continues: "p.s. Also, the Singularity Summit (futurist conference, but with some good scientific speakers this year) will be in NY this year, Oct 3-4...and Oct 5-6, afterwards, there will be a brainstorming workshop I think you might enjoy (where, basically, the ~20 speakers from the Summit will get together and try to make conceptual progress on various future-science issues). I'll remind you again when the date gets closer!"
Ben Goertzel, popularizer of the term AGI and creator of the Sophia robot, congratulating Jeffrey Epstein the day after Epstein was released from prison.
Goertzel is mentioned in the files nearly 800 times, including well after the Miami Herald investigation in 2018.
I'm continuing my research into global tech politics, including the politics of digital sovereignty, and the political economy of the digitalisation and statecraft in my role at ODI Global - please reach out if you're keen to collaborate or want to know more about my research!
Iâll be putting out much more of this work into the world in the weeks and months ahead, but for now, I want to thank my supervisor @michae.lv for his mentorship and support, and my examiners Dr. Gavin Sullivan and Dr. Cecilia Rikap for their excellent feedback and critique.
My thesis examines the mutual interactions between emerging platform and data-based technologies with forms of political economic authority, structures and subjectivities, through a case study of Indiaâs âDigital Public Infrastructureâ, aka the 'India Stack'.
Last week, I successfully defended my PhD Thesis, âPlatform Politics and Data Publics: Sovereignty, Statecraft and Citizenship in the India Stackâ, at the Faculty of Laws, University College London.
Picture of Laytown beach in County Meath Ireland showing a cloudy sky with sunlight streaming through to light up a beach with some horse riders in the far distance.
Financial barriers to environmental litigation are against the law, because protecting the environment is an important public interest.
The government now wants to make it super expensive (>âŹ100,000) for ordinary people to go to court to protect the environment
Please read and take action đ
Over on Twitter/X, Bill Ackman (of Harvard/Claudine Gay/plagiarism/tennis debacle fame) has written another 3,000+ word post.
He believes that Francesca Gino's RAs faked her data. And, plot twist, he's been funding Gino's legal battle against Harvard since 2024.
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thankful for books on how to do this
FOI request: Dear Greater London Authority, Please provide income details from any sponsorship or commercial arrangements in relation to the âWickedâ film franchise in relation to visial placement during the broadcast of the London NYE fireworks 2025-6. This includes deals between Universal Studios, Marc Platt Productions or Universal Pictures. Please provide income details and all agreements and conditions of any sponsorship. Yours faithfully, Michael Veale
Happy New Year www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/inco...
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As youâre watching a Disney film at Christmas, raise a glass to Disneyâs lawyers who, in Floridaâs 2021 social media law, had a blanket exemption placed in to except any theme park owner from the definition of âsocial media platformâ www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill...
