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Chinmayi Arun

@chinmayiarun.bsky.social
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Law & Technology researcher. Executive Director @yaleisp.bsky.social. Lecturer & Research Scholar, Yale Law School. Posts are personal.

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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 9h
Looking for good Brazilian commentary about this.
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social: Restricting Platform Creep, published in the Hofstra Law Review. hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/u...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New law review article: Platform creep in which I discuss three key features of major social media platforms hofstralawreview.org/wp-content/u...
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Curious to see the changes. My forthcoming essay suggests that platforms should be treated like bartenders (dram shop law). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure
Social media and AI chatbots' large-scale harms result from a concentrated industry in which companies compete to capture attention, displacing the press, unive
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Another new paper from ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social: “Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure,” forthcoming in the Cornell Law Review! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
2nd symposium essay: Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure, forthcoming 112 Cornell L. Rev. ___ (2026). I frame social media and AI chatbot harm as epistemic closure, and introduce two ideas: platforms’ connective power and ideological recruitment. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Communicative Platforms and Epistemic Closure [forthcoming<span>112 Cornell L. Rev.__</span><span> (2026)]</span> <p><span></span></p>
Social media and AI chatbots' large-scale harms result from a concentrated industry in which companies compete to capture attention, displacing the press, unive
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I would have liked 6 more months with this symposium essay but so appreciated the opportunity to write it.
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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.
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AI’s biggest casualty could be history itself
The Internet Archive is a vital resource that has helped the search for truth in more than one global event, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, but it is in danger of becoming the latest collateral damage of...
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
A common comment on my videos about LLM "hallucinations" is that this isn't as much of a problem because LLMs "cite their sources" now. This is a category error. Citing a source implies it was consulted. LLMs do not consult, even with RAG. A citation might be *included* but it's not *consulted*.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I argue in this piece that Big Tech is creating its own digital empire through what I call the Silicon Valley Effect law.stanford.edu/publications... Major AI companies are shaping the transnational legal order by lobbying, direct influence and influencing regulatory discourse.
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The Silicon Valley Effect | Stanford Law School
The most influential Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) companies are shaping AI’s legal order and regulatory discourse to protect their business in
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Looking forward to citing this in follow up writing on the Silicon Valley Effect (see pinned post)
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thread that scholars should also read:
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Read ISP Executive Director @chinmayiarun.bsky.social's new article, published by the @knightcolumbia.org: "The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure" knightcolumbia.org/content/the-...
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The Right to Access Foreign Communicative Infrastructure
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New essay about why the right to receive ideas should evolve into the right to access communicative infrastructure (changing what counts as burdening speech in TikTok v. Garland). I am grateful to @katygb.bsky.social @jameeljaffer.bsky.social and @knightcolumbia.org for the opportunity and feedback.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"logic of Musk’s empire is total. X shapes the discourse. Grok automates it. Grokipedia rewrites the historical record. Starlink can deliver it all, everywhere, to everyone. Each layer reinforces the others. It’s not about winning arguments in the public sphere. It’s about building a replacement."
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
They plan to appeal but this is an interesting development
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Looking forward to giving this talk at Tilburg (from London) next week www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/school...
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Online Seminar: Chinmayi Arun, Yale Law School | Tilburg University
The Silicon Valley Effect
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here we go: I argue that in the digital age, the right to access foreign ideas should be accompanied by a (qualified) right to access foreign communicative infrastructure. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Sometimes it’s convenient to articulate an unwillingness to be regulated as geopolitical conflict.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Really looking forward to discussing my work on the Silicon Valley Effect at Science Po later this month. Details below if you’ll be in Paris and want to come say hello. www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...
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The Silicon Valley Effect
Law & Tech event.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Apropos of nothing I’ll soon be sharing a draft of my essay on the right to access foreign communicative infrastructure
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us next Wednesday for a webinar on “Governing AI Beyond the Global North: Emerging Frameworks in the Majority World” with Carlos Affonso Souza, Jhalak M. Kakkar, and Paolo S. Tamase! 🗓️ Wednesday, January 21 🕛 10:00–11:30 AM EST 📍 Online DM for Zoom info
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The European Commission issued X a fine of €120 million for breaching its obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reports Ramsha Jahangir. Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.
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Brussels Fines Musk’s X €120M, Firing Shot in Transatlantic Tech Showdown | TechPolicy.Press
Infractions include deceptive design of X's ‘blue checkmark,' lack of transparency of its ad repository, and failure to provide access to researchers.
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Rebecca Crootof @crootof.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
As many know, @bjard.bsky.social and I have been drafting a Technology Law coursebook for a few years. We've used it to teach classes at three institutions, including Yale Law School, and others have used chapters in their techlaw classes. We're excited to share the current version more broadly!
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Becca Lewis @beccalew.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In this drought of academic job postings, here's an amazing position for junior faculty in AI Policy and Media at Northeastern. Come join the intellectual community in Boston!!! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in AI Policy and Media, ...
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
This series features high among my reasons for missing Boston
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Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Meta designed its teen safety products to be ineffective and rarely used, outright blocking feature tests that might trigger users to spend less time on the platform.
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Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
In 2019 Meta did causal research looking at the effects of randomly asking Facebook users to stop using the platform for a month. After the first week of the study, results showed that leaving the platform was good for people’s mental health. Meta then shut the project down.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I was honored to get to do this. law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...
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Chinmayi Arun: Informational Capitalism and Authoritarianism
For this week's Human Rights Workshop, the Schell Center will be joined by the executive director of the Information Society Project, Chinmayi Arun, who will discuss "Informational Capitalism and Auth...
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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...
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The Silicon Valley Effect | Stanford Law School
The most influential Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) companies are shaping AI’s legal order and regulatory discourse to protect their business in
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
A weirdly self aware name for an LLM? www.inc.com/maria-jose-g...
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Did Sam Altman Just Figure out What 6-7 Means?
The OpenAI CEO announced it will rename GPT-6 to GPT-6-7 referencing the viral Gen Alpha slang. We don't know if he is kidding.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The future of news?
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Kevin Werbach @kwerb.com · 24/10/2025
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...
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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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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
📢 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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Fellowships
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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.
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Mariana Mazzucato @mazzucatom.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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
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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.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/06/2025
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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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/05/2025
Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm
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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
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A transnational approach for a transnational company. I’ll be following this case with interest.
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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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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I couldn’t agree more. You wouldn’t believe the amount of pushback this framing got just a year ago carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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Transnational AI and Corporate Imperialism
People across the world are grappling with a few global technology companies’ domination of their public spheres and increasingly of other spheres of social, economic, and political engagement.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Such a treat to visit Tulane Law and discuss the Silicon Valley Effect with Matheusz Grochowski’s class. Until next time, NOLA.
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Chinmayi Arun @chinmayiarun.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 13/03/2025
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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French publishers to take Meta to court over 'use of copyrighted work to train AI'
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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...
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‘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).
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Nick Couldry @couldrynick.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
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...
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‘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).
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