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Andrew Murray

@andrewdmurray.bsky.social
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Professor of Information Technology Law at LSE. Dean-Elect of @lselaw.bsky.social (from September 2025) Academic Member of the Amsterdam Law & Technology Institute. “The Alexa of Cyberlaw” (2022 Student Evaluation)

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Rachel Leow @rachleow.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
My article on the role of mutual consent justifications in agency law now out in the OJLS, available open access! academic.oup.com/ojls/article...
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Clarifying Mutual Consent’s Role in Agency Law
Abstract. Important cases and academic commentators have suggested that the mutual consent of principal and agent is necessary for actual authority to be c
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
No great surprise but it seems officially that the AI Liability Directive is now about as lively as Mr Praline's Norwegian Blue.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Which of these is "Silicon Valley"? (NB! This is only internet/Web technology)
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Some of the arguments here around AI are remarkably similar to the ones around cognitive enhancers discussed by Goold & Maslen in this classic Modern Law Review paper - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Must the Surgeon Take the Pill? Negligence Duty in the Context of Cognitive Enhancement
Recently, attention has turned to the possibility of enhancing human cognitive abilities via pharmacological interventions. Known as ‘cognitive enhancers’, these drugs can alter human mental capaciti...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The AI Opportunities Action Plan is what I expect of a government chasing public sector savings and economic growth. But, I wrote last year why adopting AI in public services without guardrails was dangerous and suggested a simple set of safeguards to be adopted. ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....
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Automated Public Decision Making and the Need for Regulation | LSE Public Policy Review
The LSE Public Policy Review is an open-access, refereed journal which is published quarterly. Each issue is thematic and concentrates on a key topic at the heart of current debates in public policy. ...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
But remember as the government said the "Online Safety Act makes the UK the safest place in the world to be online". We will be safe from discussions on fixed gear cycling. Really though it is LFGSS's own fault - they do have a section on "bike porn" so it clearly needed to be regulated.
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Robert Colvile @rcolvile.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
When the Online Safety Act was proposed, @cps.org.uk and others warned about the potential chilling effects, reaching way beyond the big tech companies. Cue random cycling forum shutting down (and investors steering clear of UK...) www.lfgss.com/conversation...
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
And so it begins. 24950 (give or take a few) UK providers who are not big tech, do not run on algorithms, and were ignored by the legislators who rammed this through. Someone once said, if you legislate as if everyone is big tech, big tech is all you will end up with. #OnlineSafetyAct
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Fascinating interview with Anthropic’s Dario Amodei which gets into where we are on agentic AI, if we’ll run out of data to train models on, and the relationship of AI to the defence industry on.ft.com/4fYFhYe
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI
Co-founder of leading AI start-up sees potential to help free states counter autocracies, as well as exploring biological complexity
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This morning brings the first sighting of a suggestion by one of its supporters that the #OnlineSafetyAct may not be “fit for purpose”. Who’d have thought it? www.cleanuptheinternet.org.uk/post/is-ofco...
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Graham Smith @cyberleagle.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Seeing as people seem to be starting to celebrate (sic) the first birthday of the #OnlineSafetyAct a day early, a short thread.🧵
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Dr Siva Thambisetty @sivathambisetty.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
It took a while for me to report on our work at #COP16 and how the 'LSE Model' came to be at the heart of the Cali Fund - which potentially ushers in a new era in Global Biodiversity Finance. www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/202...
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A New Era in Global Biodiversity Finance - The Cali Fund
The Cali Fund – A New Era in Global Biodiversity Finance
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
We (the LSE Law School) now have a Bluesky account. Give us a follow at @lselaw.bsky.social.
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Cobun Zweifel-Keegan @cobun.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Okay let's go! Here's a thread of key moments and takeaways from IAPP's Data Protection Congress in Brussels! (As they happen and so long as I can remember to post!) It's actually sunny in Brussels today 😲
Cobun stands in front of the Brussels conference venue in a winter jacket and wearing a tie with a print of eyeballs and other surveillance themes.
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Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
My first substantive post on Bluesky! The deadline for abstracts for the Socio-Legal Studies Association annual conference (15-17 April 2025) at Liverpool Law School is *18 December*. A fantastic opportunity to share one's research slsauk.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
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Online Safety Network @osnetwork.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Beyond the headline threatening a #socialmedia ban, there are some powerful messages - for tech platforms and for @ofcom.bsky.social - in this interview with #DSIT Secretary of State. 👏 #OnlineSafetyAct www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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Social media ban for under-16s on table if tech giants fail to protect children
Technology Secretary gives Ofcom backing to fine firms and jail bosses who persistently breach duty of care to children
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 20/11/2024
NEW: MPs to probe links between social media algorithms and spread of harmful content The science, innovation and technology committee will consider the role of false claims, spread via profit-driven social media algorithms, in triggering the recent riots Story 👇 www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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MPs to investigate links between social media algorithms and spread of harmful, false content - Politics.co.uk
Disorder erupted onto England’s streets in July following the spread of misinformation about the fatal stabbing of three young girls.
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Knight Foundation @knightfoundation.org · 19/11/2024
At Knight, we’ve been closely watching the shift in how Americans get information. The latest Pew-Knight Initiative report reveals that almost 1 in 5 adults regularly get news from news influencers on social media. Swipe for key 🗝️ findings and read more here: kf.org/3CrnwlB @pewresearch.org
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
With several government ministers at the time of the initial candidate search pushing for a manifesto commitment that the Conservative party would withdraw from the ECHR it is unsurprising that people didn't put themselves forward. Hopefully a the new government will produce better candidates.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some things that have taken place since I last updated everyone...No.5 (the last for now). I have been elected by my colleagues (to whom I am grateful) to be the Dean of the LSE Law School from 1 September 2025. I will take over from David Kershaw who will leave incredibly large shoes to fill.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some things that have taken place since I last updated everyone...No.4. Also a great inaugural lecture on "Truth as a constitutional value: liberal constitutionalism, private capital and media regulation" from Tarun Khaitan.
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Truth as a constitutional value | LSE Event
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some things that have taken place since I last updated everyone...No.3. Two interesting events on AI and Democracy were hosted by the LSE. The first was a talk by @lessig.bsky.social on "What AI is doing to America's democracy"
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What AI is doing to America's democracy | LSE Event
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some things that have taken place since I last updated everyone...No.2. I took part in the launch event for the @lsepress.bsky.social Public Policy review Special Issue where I spoke alongside Ken Benoit, Dori Sallai, Chloe Smith and Helen Margetts.
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AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges | LSE Event
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Some things that have taken place since I last updated everyone...No.1. I have published a paper in the @lsepress.bsky.social Public Policy Review on Automated Public Decision Making and the Need for Regulation.
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Automated Public Decision Making and the Need for Regulation | LSE Public Policy Review
The LSE Public Policy Review is an open-access, refereed journal which is published quarterly. Each issue is thematic and concentrates on a key topic at the heart of current debates in public policy. ...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Job Posting: One week to go. You can apply for our Assistant Professorship in Law (Data, AI and/or Technology Law) until midnight on the 24th of November. Full details at: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Assistant Professor in Law (Data, AI and/or Technology Law)
Assistant Professor in Law (Data, AI and/or Technology Law), , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Okay after being inactive both here and on the other place for about 8 months I've finally decided that there is now a critical mass of engagement here and I'm reawakening my dormant Bluesky account. I'll now be active here.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Also today EU digital rights orgs seek invalidation of the Regulation on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online (also known as “TERREG”).
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A coalition of 6 organisations takes EU’s dangerous terrorist content regulation to court - Europe...
On 8 November 2023, a coalition of six organisations filed a complaint before the French supreme administrative court, the Conseil d’État, against the French decree implementing the Regulation on a...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
A big day in Europe "Such a national approach [to regulation] is contrary to EU law, which ensures the free movement of information society services through the principle of control in the Member State of origin of the service concerned". Important CJEU ruling on tech regulation.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Well they have done it. Welcome (after about three years of politicking) to the Online Safety Act 2023. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
I know the Daily Mail is not great at reporting facts but surely even they can remember Euro 2020 - it has only been just over 2 years since it was held.
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 07/10/2023
#EU’s #AIAct enters final negotiations. The European Union is just months away from passing sweeping regulation of #artificialintelligence. Listen as #podcast or read this #interview: techpolicy.press/the-eu-ai-ac...
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The EU AI Act Enters Final Negotiations
A conversation with Connor Dunlop, European Public Policy Lead for the Ada Lovelace Institute.
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Dr Mark Leiser @lawbhoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Danish Data Protection Authority launched its guidelines on AI and GDPR for the public sector. The two documents are here: lnkd.in/eQeyfKGq.
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Dr Mark Leiser @lawbhoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
New paper "Legitimate Interest is the New Consent -- Large-Scale Measurement and Legal Compliance of IAB Europe TCF Paywalls" co-authored by @cristianapt @vctrmrl, Fredholm, Thunberg.🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2309.11625 #darkpatterns #deceptivedesign
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
This seems like a great money laundering scheme. Buy the car with dirty money. Let police seize it. At auction bid for and win it (cleaning title). Sell car and hey presto clean money.
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Dr Mark Leiser @lawbhoy.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
45million faces in the UK passport database. UK law, however, is developing safeguards before FaRT technology is deployed, suggesting "pressing social need" before deployed to help prevent minor offences like shoplifting, car and bike thievery. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/poli...
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Tomorrow, join us for a talk by Daniel Solove (George Washington Law) on "Murky Consent: An Approach to the Fictions of Consent in Privacy Law" Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 12:10pm ET Email mila.samdub@yale.edu for zoom details co-sponsored by Yale Journal of Law and Technology
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 02/10/2023
As we enter the trial, and you see the endless reporting referring to the "boy genius" "crypto whiz kid", remember: Sam Bankman-Fried is not a child. newsletter.mollywhite.net/p/sam-bankma...
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Sam Bankman-Fried is not a child
But the media is treating him like one.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Nosebleed seats for Falcons @ Jags. Wembley Stadium for NFL London Games.
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Dr Mark Leiser @lawbhoy.bsky.social · 30/09/2023
My colleague Dr Silvia de Conca has written a wonderful article on #deceptivedesign #darkpatterns in the #InternetofThings #IoT. www.linkedin.com/posts/silvia...
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Dr Mark Leiser @lawbhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Alongside the First Deputy Minister of Spain, I'll be speaking on #deceptivedesign in Madrid for #EuropeanConsumerProtectionDay on Monday 9 October. Topics include #darkpatterns in cross-selling financial products; it's a closed event, but slides and talk posted here afterwards.
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
Dr. Mark Leiser arrives on Bluesky. bsky.app/profile/lawb...
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
An interesting concise report here from my former LSE colleague Giulia Gentile and Marta Cantero "Some reflections on AI and justice systems" based on a workshop they organised in Tartu.
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Algorithms, rule of law, and the future of justice : implications in the Estonian justice system
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
This feels quite familiar. I like this place and the UX is much more useful than Threads which I never quite got on with and the stability (at least for me) is better than Mastodon. I think I've found my new home (pity the old one was vandalised).
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
🚨 Join the ISP 🚨 Are you looking for a postdoc to work on issues at the intersection of law, technology and society? Applications are now open for ISP resident fellowships for 2024-25! Deadline: December 15, 2023 law.yale.edu/isp/join-us
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Andrew Murray @andrewdmurray.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
I have finally made the jump across from the dying hellsite to the brave new blue world. Any tips on who to follow etc gratefully received. Looking forward to rediscovering a functional micro-blogging site.
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