Daphne Keller
@daphnek.bsky.social
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/
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
Uh... per @iapp.bsky.social the leaked EU Digital Omnibus would repeal the entire P2B Regulation, most of the Data Governance Act, and the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation?? Am I misreading?
At least I never read that last one. Or most of the second one honestly.
iapp.org/news/a/an-ea...
At least I never read that last one. Or most of the second one honestly.
iapp.org/news/a/an-ea...
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Uh... per @iapp.bsky.social the leaked EU Digital Omnibus would repeal the entire P2B Regulation, most of the Data Governance Act, and the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation?? Am I misreading?
At least I never read that last one. Or most of the second one honestly.
iapp.org/news/a/an-ea...
At least I never read that last one. Or most of the second one honestly.
iapp.org/news/a/an-ea...
This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is President Reagan's FCC chair, among others, signing on to extremely strong condemnation. Here's a taste:
This year’s SF sticker is really pretty and chose its local icons well.
Though usually “Ya voté” is more prominent. This might have been a good year to lean into that.
Though usually “Ya voté” is more prominent. This might have been a good year to lean into that.
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This year’s SF sticker is really pretty and chose its local icons well.
Though usually “Ya voté” is more prominent. This might have been a good year to lean into that.
Though usually “Ya voté” is more prominent. This might have been a good year to lean into that.
The letter starts like this and just gets spicier.
October 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The letter starts like this and just gets spicier.
Awwww. In the form to submit comments to the European Data Protection Board, there is a dropdown menu of countries that lists the EU countries in alph order first, and then rest-of-world countries. It still has the United Kingdom in the first part of the list 🥹
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Awwww. In the form to submit comments to the European Data Protection Board, there is a dropdown menu of countries that lists the EU countries in alph order first, and then rest-of-world countries. It still has the United Kingdom in the first part of the list 🥹
Not to bring up Weber again, but smart people have been making fun of this for well over a hundred years. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
And, yeah yeah, maybe AI changes this some. Call me when that's actually working.
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And, yeah yeah, maybe AI changes this some. Call me when that's actually working.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Not to bring up Weber again, but smart people have been making fun of this for well over a hundred years. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
And, yeah yeah, maybe AI changes this some. Call me when that's actually working.
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And, yeah yeah, maybe AI changes this some. Call me when that's actually working.
6/
Now I'm reading here academic.oup.com/grurint/arti... that Sweden's implementation of the copyright filtering mandate of CDSM Article 17 lets victims of wrongful takedowns seek injunctions and even damages against the platform. Citation in pic. 4/
October 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Now I'm reading here academic.oup.com/grurint/arti... that Sweden's implementation of the copyright filtering mandate of CDSM Article 17 lets victims of wrongful takedowns seek injunctions and even damages against the platform. Citation in pic. 4/
Wow, this illustration of text and data mining from DG JURI. This is 2018, so it wasn't GenAI. Someone labored to depict this guy -- who is clearly a bureaucrat, not a researcher -- mining for data gold.
October 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Wow, this illustration of text and data mining from DG JURI. This is 2018, so it wasn't GenAI. Someone labored to depict this guy -- who is clearly a bureaucrat, not a researcher -- mining for data gold.
I’m not just saying this because they cite me a lot, though they do.
They also pull together a ton of great resources I hadn’t seen yet. This is the top right edge of my browser rn. Now I need to go read all those other things. Thanks, guys.
They also pull together a ton of great resources I hadn’t seen yet. This is the top right edge of my browser rn. Now I need to go read all those other things. Thanks, guys.
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I’m not just saying this because they cite me a lot, though they do.
They also pull together a ton of great resources I hadn’t seen yet. This is the top right edge of my browser rn. Now I need to go read all those other things. Thanks, guys.
They also pull together a ton of great resources I hadn’t seen yet. This is the top right edge of my browser rn. Now I need to go read all those other things. Thanks, guys.
None of its concerns are actually limited to the Global South. This one, for example, will be chillingly familiar to Americans.
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
None of its concerns are actually limited to the Global South. This one, for example, will be chillingly familiar to Americans.
This report on platform transparency under the DSA in the Global South is excellent – both as a nuanced explanation of the DSA and for the significant, detailed considerations it adds from other regions. drive.google.com/file/d/1fpKY...
October 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This report on platform transparency under the DSA in the Global South is excellent – both as a nuanced explanation of the DSA and for the significant, detailed considerations it adds from other regions. drive.google.com/file/d/1fpKY...
In case anyone was thinking I’m not cool, I’d like you to know that one of my first publications was in an anthology with Chuck D, Brian Eno, Jonathan Lethem, Moby, Bruce Sterling, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and a bonkers list of other authors.
www.soundunbound.com
www.soundunbound.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In case anyone was thinking I’m not cool, I’d like you to know that one of my first publications was in an anthology with Chuck D, Brian Eno, Jonathan Lethem, Moby, Bruce Sterling, Pauline Oliveros, Steve Reich, and a bonkers list of other authors.
www.soundunbound.com
www.soundunbound.com
Reminds me of my favorite Marge Simpson quote.
September 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reminds me of my favorite Marge Simpson quote.
On the DSA, aside from IMO valid complaints about burden, it just says the law *could* be interpreted to violate free expression. We all know that, it's what Breton already did.
The question, which this letter leaves open, is whether it WILL be interpreted that way and what courts will do if so.
The question, which this letter leaves open, is whether it WILL be interpreted that way and what courts will do if so.
September 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
On the DSA, aside from IMO valid complaints about burden, it just says the law *could* be interpreted to violate free expression. We all know that, it's what Breton already did.
The question, which this letter leaves open, is whether it WILL be interpreted that way and what courts will do if so.
The question, which this letter leaves open, is whether it WILL be interpreted that way and what courts will do if so.
This is being trumpeted as a damning concession that Biden administration violated the 1st Am by pressing for content removal. It's not. It's about as namby pamby as what Zuck said. Basically, "we don't like this and we think they shouldn't do it." That doesn't make it unconstitutional.
September 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is being trumpeted as a damning concession that Biden administration violated the 1st Am by pressing for content removal. It's not. It's about as namby pamby as what Zuck said. Basically, "we don't like this and we think they shouldn't do it." That doesn't make it unconstitutional.
I keep thinking about the ways that people in platforms, media, universities, and government may be leaving easter eggs for the future.
Did whoever drafted this envision historians 100 years from now (or judicial clerks in 5 years) saying "this can only have been meant ironically"?
Did whoever drafted this envision historians 100 years from now (or judicial clerks in 5 years) saying "this can only have been meant ironically"?
September 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I keep thinking about the ways that people in platforms, media, universities, and government may be leaving easter eggs for the future.
Did whoever drafted this envision historians 100 years from now (or judicial clerks in 5 years) saying "this can only have been meant ironically"?
Did whoever drafted this envision historians 100 years from now (or judicial clerks in 5 years) saying "this can only have been meant ironically"?
The falsity = saying Alphabet is standing up for free expression, in a letter that both documents and constitutes the opposite.
Platforms are changing their policies to appease the government. That's understandable. But don't insist that's a pro-freedom move.
Platforms are changing their policies to appease the government. That's understandable. But don't insist that's a pro-freedom move.
September 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The falsity = saying Alphabet is standing up for free expression, in a letter that both documents and constitutes the opposite.
Platforms are changing their policies to appease the government. That's understandable. But don't insist that's a pro-freedom move.
Platforms are changing their policies to appease the government. That's understandable. But don't insist that's a pro-freedom move.
One important way this has played out in the real world is through the evolution of tools like Mastodon and Bluesky, and their underlying protocols. So far this has been a lot more boring and normal and nice than the sci-fi bleakness I was contemplating in 2017.
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September 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
One important way this has played out in the real world is through the evolution of tools like Mastodon and Bluesky, and their underlying protocols. So far this has been a lot more boring and normal and nice than the sci-fi bleakness I was contemplating in 2017.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@pfrazee.com I'm sure you know all about this algorithm, and maybe this is a great recommendation? If it were recommending Phish for me I'd want to know though, so, FYI.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@pfrazee.com I'm sure you know all about this algorithm, and maybe this is a great recommendation? If it were recommending Phish for me I'd want to know though, so, FYI.
Major ruling from the Colombian constitutional court requiring fair process, transparency, and appeals for Meta account termination.
h/t @joanbarata.bsky.social and sorry Gustavo Gómez doesn’t have an account here to credit. This is his translated post on X.
h/t @joanbarata.bsky.social and sorry Gustavo Gómez doesn’t have an account here to credit. This is his translated post on X.
September 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Major ruling from the Colombian constitutional court requiring fair process, transparency, and appeals for Meta account termination.
h/t @joanbarata.bsky.social and sorry Gustavo Gómez doesn’t have an account here to credit. This is his translated post on X.
h/t @joanbarata.bsky.social and sorry Gustavo Gómez doesn’t have an account here to credit. This is his translated post on X.
The Internet is where scary awful stuff you hear about on the news happens and ALSO where major parts of our daily lives play out.
Clumsy crackdowns invariably hit both of those things. At the extreme, the response by Internet users looks like this.
Clumsy crackdowns invariably hit both of those things. At the extreme, the response by Internet users looks like this.
September 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Internet is where scary awful stuff you hear about on the news happens and ALSO where major parts of our daily lives play out.
Clumsy crackdowns invariably hit both of those things. At the extreme, the response by Internet users looks like this.
Clumsy crackdowns invariably hit both of those things. At the extreme, the response by Internet users looks like this.
People were, indeed, reliably apprised of the existence of Moby Dick, and the havoc he had made.
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
People were, indeed, reliably apprised of the existence of Moby Dick, and the havoc he had made.
I think about Walter Benjamin every fucking day, Derek.
September 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think about Walter Benjamin every fucking day, Derek.
How old am I?
So old I have a file called "Perfect 10 512 case.rtf" sitting around. As if there were just one Perfect 10 DMCA case!!
This was the worst and messiest ruling, they got better after this.
So old I have a file called "Perfect 10 512 case.rtf" sitting around. As if there were just one Perfect 10 DMCA case!!
This was the worst and messiest ruling, they got better after this.
September 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How old am I?
So old I have a file called "Perfect 10 512 case.rtf" sitting around. As if there were just one Perfect 10 DMCA case!!
This was the worst and messiest ruling, they got better after this.
So old I have a file called "Perfect 10 512 case.rtf" sitting around. As if there were just one Perfect 10 DMCA case!!
This was the worst and messiest ruling, they got better after this.