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Eric Goldman

@ericgoldman.bsky.social
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Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
They’re all crooks. Some are just dumber than others.
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Exclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account
Text messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10h
In the presidential immunity case, the court considered a hypothetical of a president ordering Navy Seals to assassinate an American political rival. Trump's lawyer argued unambiguously yes, since it'd be an "official act." The Roberts Court ruled in his favor, 6-3. Why wouldn't Trump believe this?
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The local Jewish newspaper did a profile of me jweekly.com/2026/10/02/d...
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Despite online hate, he says the internet is good for the Jews
This Santa Clara prof is the go-to man for understanding how online tech companies regulate speech online — or don’t.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The president should never joke about American cities getting bombed. Don’t normalize his constant pathetic, insane, and completely unhinged behavior.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.mediapost.com/publications...
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Trump Taxpayer Ad Spend Tally: $3.6M
The campaign has seen 275 TV airings since Sept. 22, totaling 314.6 million impressions. A total of 14 networks have aired messaging to date.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible [FN], with liberty and justice for all" [FN: Excluding blue state metro areas with 3M+ people. Let Iran take those out] www.cnn.com/2026/10/06/p...
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Trump draws backlash after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego | CNN Politics
Officials in California denounced comments made by President Donald Trump as “dangerous” on Monday after he appeared to suggest Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego – major cities in a state...
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026
ICE has detained more than 500 U.S. citizens.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Bayliss Wagner @baylisswagner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: In Nebraska rally, Trump just suggested he would be unbothered to see Iran "take out" LA or San Diego: “They could take out a city,” he said. “Let them take—Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay."
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My wife @goldmanlisa.bsky.social did an interview with Chef AJ about #LungCancer www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsEp...
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Diagnosed With Terminal Lung Cancer 12 Years Ago—and Still Here to Tell the Tale! | Lisa Goldman
YouTube video by CHEF AJ
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Censorship begets more censorship
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Blog Post: Judge Barker (E.D. Tex.) Disassembles Two SAD Scheme Cases #StopTheSADScheme blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
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Judge Barker (E.D. Tex.) Disassembles Two SAD Scheme Cases - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Judge J. Campbell Barker (E.D. Tex.) issued two rulings involving SAD Scheme patent cases last week. The cases are: Shangyou Jiayi Lighting Product Co., Ltd. v. Schedule A Defendants, 2026 WL 2948520 ...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I'm writing a book (with @jkosseff.bsky.social) detailing the Internet's pro-social benefits. The book now has a publication contract! 🎉 But please be patient--anticipated publication date is Spring 2028
"Professor of media ethics and law Jeff Kosseff and global expert on internet law Eric Goldman's 'NET BENEFITS, a counternarrative detailing the social benefits of America's open internet and the threat anti-internet regulations pose to these vital connections, to Laura Davulis at Johns Hopkins University Press, by Jane Dystel at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret (world English)."
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You might be right, but if members of Congress are proceeding without reviewing the data from directly applicable IP examples in US courts, that's another black mark against them, no?
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It is mind-boggling to me that anyone can see the rampant lawless abuses taking place with Schedule A/SAD Scheme litigation & still think we should give copyright owners an expedited way to block entire websites by bending due process www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... & www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs
Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed concept that would undermine basic internet infrastructure. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has introduced the American Copyright Protection A...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nemik's manifesto, Star Wars: Andor: "The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle"
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Catching up on this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/b... My view: it is presumptively censorial when a government official demands an examination of a newspaper's editorial processes to identify possible editorial bias papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Florida Files Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The state’s attorney general demanded access to company records to examine how the newspaper’s board oversees editorial standards amid claims of anti-Israel bias.
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Mike Quigley @quigley.house.gov · 03/10/2026
The White House stole official government funds to create and televise a campaign advertisement, right before the midterm election. If Democrats take control of the House next year, the Appropriations Committee and I are ready to undo this waste, fraud, and abuse, and hold people accountable.
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Lawmakers call for action on ‘plainly illegal’ taxpayer-funded ads to promote Trump
House Democrats say officials may have illegally misused public funds to pay for president’s ‘narcissistic ego trips’
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"large firms are now recruiting students from top-tier law schools almost as soon as they walk onto campus. Law students don’t like it. School administrators don’t like it. The firms doing the interviews don’t seem to like it, either" <== this system is meshugenah www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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COMMENTARY: Law firms' recruiting race is making law students miserable
In law firms’ never-ending quest to best their competitors, large firms are now recruiting students from top-tier law schools almost as soon as they walk onto campus.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ICE’s new tactic, witnessed repeatedly at the federal building in MN: when a detained immigrant makes a successful habeas petition, release the immigrant for a few steps outside the building… then tackle and re-arrest them, and claim the habeas petition has been honored and nullified
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
1. Let's not say goodbye to Eric Schmitt just yet. His story is about more than a power-mad senator falling on his face. It's part of a larger story about the Republicans defending the leader of an insurrection against the United States.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Interesting ruling on the (lack of) rights of neighboring properties to sell tickets to watch Cubs games at Wrigley Park from their rooftops business.cch.com/ipld/Chicago...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Apparently state AGs are increasingly happy to work for the settling private companies on a commission basis
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
Since returning to office, Trump has marveled at AI’s capabilities. He is increasingly in thrall to the tech executives courting him. In December 2025, Elon Musk returned to the Oval Office for a clandestine meeting. Trump spent hours asking Grok, Musk’s AI chatbot, questions about his presidency and legacy, according to an official present. At the time, Trump was ordering missile strikes against Venezuelan boats he alleged were smuggling drugs into the U.S. He asked Grok how Venezuelans would react if the U.S. captured Maduro. According to the official present, the chatbot responded that Maduro was a repressive and deeply unpopular dictator and that many Venezuelans would likely celebrate his downfall. After Trump ordered the mission to seize Maduro, the following month, celebrations broke out in the streets. Trump, according to officials, came away thinking Grok was ingenious.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top -- a direct line to the secretary ... as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord"
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr Lighting the First Amendment on Fire
Generative AI generated
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What a joke... FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's not a "phenomenal moment." I don't care that Klobuchar dunked & won the rhetorical battle. It's a five-alarm fire for American democracy & it needs to be treated as such by everyone in the media & our political system & our society.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Trump personally helped orchestrate taxpayer-funded ads promoting himself and his policies, source says | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has personally driven the controversial, tax-payer funded video ads promoting himself and his administration’s policies, including helping select the imagery and videos used, a ...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For our law school alumni magazine, I wrote a very short preview of my forthcoming book on the Internet's pro-social benefits www.ericgoldman.org/Articles/Dis... (Reminder, I'm also giving a preview talk about the book *tonight*, 5:30, Santa Clara Mission Branch Library)
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There are no small parts, only small copyright infringements #QueerEye #Lego business.cch.com/ipld/Concann...
Side-by-side of jacket and minifig jacket
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guest Blog Post: Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg: The Right Way to Evaluate Wrongfulness #Copyright blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202... by Bruce Boyden and Zahr Said
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Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg: The Right Way to Evaluate Wrongfulness (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
by guest bloggers Bruce Boyden (Marquette Law) & Zahr Said (Santa Clara Law) As we mentioned in our previous post, the Ninth Circuit’s intrinsic-extrinsic framework for substantial similarity has a nu...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The fact that this was *previously used as a campaign ad during the presidential campaign* removes any real defense as to its purpose. Its not a public service announcement. Its a campaign ad that has become state propaganda.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
CNN: "there is no public official in Washington who lies like Trump...we are witnessing a rare, very possibly once-in-a-lifetime political liar" www.cnn.com/2026/09/27/p...
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I started fact-checking Trump 10 years ago. Here are 15 things I’ve learned | CNN Politics
Ten years ago this month, in my old job as Washington correspondent for the Toronto Star, I started what I believed would be a quick little side project: fact-checking underdog presidential candidate ...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your taxpayer dollars are being illegally spent to air a literal Trump 2024 campaign ad.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Blog Post: The Fifth Circuit Does Fifth Circuit Things in Copyright Embedding Case–Emmerlich v. Particle blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
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The Fifth Circuit Does Fifth Circuit Things in Copyright Embedding Case-Emmerlich v. Particle - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Here is a real-time video of me trying to read any new Fifth Circuit opinion on Internet Law: Odds are that the outcome will be terrible; and even if not, the reasoning will be 100% cringe. * * * This...
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve been in a constitutional crisis since Jan. 20, 2025 and a blue wave in November won’t fix it if Trump can just ignore legislation passed by Congress.
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Trump cancels nearly $1 billion in spending approved by Congress, a move some lawmakers called illegal
President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both pa...
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026
Why is the U.S. public so much more negative on AI than almost anyone else? Well, I think the fact that the U.S. AI industry is being lead by a bunch of very visible, crazy weirdos who talk about how AI will take everyone’s job and maybe kill us all the time is a pretty key factor.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blog Post: Snap Wants to be a State Actor??–Kansas v. Snap blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
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Snap Wants to be a State Actor??-Kansas v. Snap - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
For decades, private Internet services have uniformly tried to avoid being legally characterized as government actors. If they become state actors, they must comply with Constitutional restrictions–me...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My Op-Ed: Meta’s $5 Billion Deal with the State AGs to Take Down its Rivals blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
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Op-Ed: Meta’s $5 Billion Deal with the State AGs to Take Down its Rivals - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
[This op-ed was first published by the San Jose Mercury News on Sept. 18, 2026.] Meta’s settlement with the state attorneys general has been touted as industry-redefining. Indeed, Meta desperately hop...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
On Tuesday (Sept. 29) at 5:30, I will debut a preview of my in-process book about the Internet's pro-social benefits. Santa Clara Mission Branch Library (1098 Lexington). Free admission, no RSVP needed, unfortunately no livestream option. Everyone welcome! www.sclibrary.org/Home/Compone...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Guest Blog Post: Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg: All About That Intrinsic Test? blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202... by Bruce Boyden and Zahr Said
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Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg: All About That Intrinsic Test? (Guest Blog Post) - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
by guest bloggers Bruce Boyden (Marquette Law) & Zahr Said (Santa Clara Law) On June 9, the Ninth Circuit granted rehearing en banc in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, agreeing to reconsider the test for in...
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