Chinmayi Arun
@chinmayiarun.bsky.social
Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.
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My Stanford Journal of International Law article, the Silicon Valley Effect, argues that Silicon Valley operates like a fourth digital empire, shaping the transnational legal order to protect its business interests.
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I don’t enjoy being right about these things, but I did write that the Silicon Valley Effect would eventually overpower even strong jurisdictions
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I don’t enjoy being right about these things, but I did write that the Silicon Valley Effect would eventually overpower even strong jurisdictions
law.stanford.edu/publications...
law.stanford.edu/publications...
The future of news?
The Times apologized, saying a reporter had been "misled" by a Bill de Blasio impersonator.
De Blasio Says UK Newspaper 'Fabricated' His Quotes Criticizing Mamdani
The Times apologized, saying a reporter had been "misled" by a Bill de Blasio impersonator.
www.huffpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The future of news?
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Reminder that Monday is the submission deadline for the Accountable AI Research Conference, at the Wharton School in Philadelphia on Feb. 6.
For researchers on AI governance, responsibility, safety, ethics, or policy, don't miss this opportunity!
ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...
For researchers on AI governance, responsibility, safety, ethics, or policy, don't miss this opportunity!
ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...
Accountable AI Research Conference Accountable AI Research Conference
The first Accountable AI Research Conference will bring together scholars from law and other fields. The risks and limitations of AI have been the subject of scholarly attention for many years. Yet th...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reminder that Monday is the submission deadline for the Accountable AI Research Conference, at the Wharton School in Philadelphia on Feb. 6.
For researchers on AI governance, responsibility, safety, ethics, or policy, don't miss this opportunity!
ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...
For researchers on AI governance, responsibility, safety, ethics, or policy, don't miss this opportunity!
ai-analytics.wharton.upenn.edu/wharton-acco...
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📢 Apply now for the 2026–27 ISP Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School! We encourage projects on AI and the digital public sphere—free speech, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic governance. More info: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...
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September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
📢 Apply now for the 2026–27 ISP Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School! We encourage projects on AI and the digital public sphere—free speech, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic governance. More info: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...
All true. He was so very inspiring and prescient. If you’ve ever asked me why I believe that people with power may choose to sacrifice it to end violence - I learned that from Conor in 2008 when he showed us all how.
It was such a privilege to be his student- I’m still trying to earn it.
It was such a privilege to be his student- I’m still trying to earn it.
I don’t know what to say about Conor Gearty. The sharpest, cleverest, nicest, most generous and most thoughtful man I’ve known. Took me on as a Masters student when I really didn’t fit the criteria. Supervised me as a PhD student, guided and encouraged - and wielded the red pen without mercy. 1/2
September 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
All true. He was so very inspiring and prescient. If you’ve ever asked me why I believe that people with power may choose to sacrifice it to end violence - I learned that from Conor in 2008 when he showed us all how.
It was such a privilege to be his student- I’m still trying to earn it.
It was such a privilege to be his student- I’m still trying to earn it.
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Every time you ask ChatGPT to proofread your email you quietly borrow from the labour of millions. In this sense, cultural production has already become a planetary co-operative. Updating its funding mechanism accordingly is necessary: it is time to socialise AI’s inputs.
@faustogernone.bsky.social
@faustogernone.bsky.social
AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor
Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone show how today’s innovation economy exploits the very people it relies on and propose a fairer system.
www.project-syndicate.org
July 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Every time you ask ChatGPT to proofread your email you quietly borrow from the labour of millions. In this sense, cultural production has already become a planetary co-operative. Updating its funding mechanism accordingly is necessary: it is time to socialise AI’s inputs.
@faustogernone.bsky.social
@faustogernone.bsky.social
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The entire point of Elon's takeover of Twitter, @mcmegan.bsky.social, was to tilt the playing field, which he has done. The whole point of @bsky.app was not to create an alternative space, but an *alternative system* underpinning it so that a future Elon couldn't do that again.
June 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The entire point of Elon's takeover of Twitter, @mcmegan.bsky.social, was to tilt the playing field, which he has done. The whole point of @bsky.app was not to create an alternative space, but an *alternative system* underpinning it so that a future Elon couldn't do that again.
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Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm
Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm
Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm
My Stanford Journal of International Law article, the Silicon Valley Effect, argues that Silicon Valley operates like a fourth digital empire, shaping the transnational legal order to protect its business interests.
law.stanford.edu/publications...
law.stanford.edu/publications...
May 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My Stanford Journal of International Law article, the Silicon Valley Effect, argues that Silicon Valley operates like a fourth digital empire, shaping the transnational legal order to protect its business interests.
law.stanford.edu/publications...
law.stanford.edu/publications...
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference! We’re grateful to the incredible scholars, discussants, and attendees who made this past weekend such a valuable exchange of ideas on speech, technology, and democracy.
#FESC2025
#FESC2025
April 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our annual Freedom of Expression Scholars Conference! We’re grateful to the incredible scholars, discussants, and attendees who made this past weekend such a valuable exchange of ideas on speech, technology, and democracy.
#FESC2025
#FESC2025
A transnational approach for a transnational company. I’ll be following this case with interest.
A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighboring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said reut.rs/3XJybje
Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules
A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A transnational approach for a transnational company. I’ll be following this case with interest.
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No great surprise but it seems officially that the AI Liability Directive is now about as lively as Mr Praline's Norwegian Blue.
www.euractiv.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
No great surprise but it seems officially that the AI Liability Directive is now about as lively as Mr Praline's Norwegian Blue.
I couldn’t agree more. You wouldn’t believe the amount of pushback this framing got just a year ago
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I couldn’t agree more. You wouldn’t believe the amount of pushback this framing got just a year ago
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Such a treat to visit Tulane Law and discuss the Silicon Valley Effect with Matheusz Grochowski’s class. Until next time, NOLA.
Classic academic life. You wake at an ungodly hour because there’s so much to do, you can’t sleep. By the end of the day, you’re walking down a street in New Orleans listening to busker perform a gorgeous electro swingy cover of Nina Simone.
March 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Such a treat to visit Tulane Law and discuss the Silicon Valley Effect with Matheusz Grochowski’s class. Until next time, NOLA.
Classic academic life. You wake at an ungodly hour because there’s so much to do, you can’t sleep. By the end of the day, you’re walking down a street in New Orleans listening to busker perform a gorgeous electro swingy cover of Nina Simone.
March 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Classic academic life. You wake at an ungodly hour because there’s so much to do, you can’t sleep. By the end of the day, you’re walking down a street in New Orleans listening to busker perform a gorgeous electro swingy cover of Nina Simone.
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French publishers, authors and composers are taking Meta (formerly Facebook) to court in Paris for allegedly using copyrighted work without permission from creators or their publishers in order to develop its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model. 👇 #BookSky
French publishers to take Meta to court over 'use of copyrighted work to train AI'
www.thebookseller.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:54 AM
French publishers, authors and composers are taking Meta (formerly Facebook) to court in Paris for allegedly using copyrighted work without permission from creators or their publishers in order to develop its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model. 👇 #BookSky
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ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social published a must-read book review in @lawfare.bsky.social :
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech
A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024).
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social published a must-read book review in @lawfare.bsky.social :
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
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many thanks to @chinmayiarun.bsky.social for her very thoughtful engagement with @ulises-mejias.bsky.social and my recent book #DataGrab. The review just came out in LawFare: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech
A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024).
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
many thanks to @chinmayiarun.bsky.social for her very thoughtful engagement with @ulises-mejias.bsky.social and my recent book #DataGrab. The review just came out in LawFare: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
This week at @yaleisp.bsky.social
Thrilled to have Jason Stanley (Yale University) join us this week for a talk about "Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future about"
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 12:10PM-1:30PM - SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 12:10PM-1:30PM - SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
March 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This week at @yaleisp.bsky.social
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While the U.S. law banning ByteDance's TikTok is on hold (forever?), America's top downloaded iPhone apps include:
#4 Temu, owned by a Chinese company
8. TikTok
9. Gauth, the AI homework aide by ByteDance
10. Shein (China origin)
12. Lemon8 by ByteDance
13. CapCut by ByteDance
(SensorTower data)
#4 Temu, owned by a Chinese company
8. TikTok
9. Gauth, the AI homework aide by ByteDance
10. Shein (China origin)
12. Lemon8 by ByteDance
13. CapCut by ByteDance
(SensorTower data)
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
While the U.S. law banning ByteDance's TikTok is on hold (forever?), America's top downloaded iPhone apps include:
#4 Temu, owned by a Chinese company
8. TikTok
9. Gauth, the AI homework aide by ByteDance
10. Shein (China origin)
12. Lemon8 by ByteDance
13. CapCut by ByteDance
(SensorTower data)
#4 Temu, owned by a Chinese company
8. TikTok
9. Gauth, the AI homework aide by ByteDance
10. Shein (China origin)
12. Lemon8 by ByteDance
13. CapCut by ByteDance
(SensorTower data)
My review of Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry’s book “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” for @lawfare.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
‘Data Colonialism’ and the Political Economy of Big Tech
A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024).
www.lawfaremedia.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My review of Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry’s book “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” for @lawfare.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data...
Looking forward to my short trip to DC next Friday for the Georgetown Journal of International Law symposium where I’ll discuss the Silicon Valley Effect and the global south.
Imagine if the cherry trees decide spring is here 🤞🏾
Imagine if the cherry trees decide spring is here 🤞🏾
March 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Looking forward to my short trip to DC next Friday for the Georgetown Journal of International Law symposium where I’ll discuss the Silicon Valley Effect and the global south.
Imagine if the cherry trees decide spring is here 🤞🏾
Imagine if the cherry trees decide spring is here 🤞🏾