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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest (with @farzdusa.bsky.social and @jonnyshipp.bsky.social) on why we need to take a closer look at the Digital Services Act's out-of-court dispute settlement system.
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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The EU DSA heard you liked box-checking exercises, so it put a box-checking exercise on your... well, you know. Out of court dispute processes for content moderation under Art 21 aren't censorship. But they're not looking like a great use of resources, either. www.techpolicy.press/the-overlook...
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The Overlooked Issue Undercutting EU’s Out-of-Court Dispute System
David Sullivan, Jonny Shipp, and Farzaneh Badiei examine the EU’s DSA dispute system and how fee structures may affect content moderation appeals.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Dublin was fun…
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
When it comes to keeping the Internet open and not give into our urges to restrict access and exert control, I increasingly feel as lonely as Bérenger did at the end of Rhinoceros. Is it a lost cause? Am I wrong? Are they wrong? But one thing I am confident in: I am right about copyright overreach.
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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
A landmark AI copyright ruling from India: training ChatGPT on news articles is prima facie fair dealing. Foundation for the decision? Canada's CCH Supreme Court case and its emphasis on user rights. My post on the ruling and what it means for Canadian AI policy. www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/07/from...
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From CCH to ChatGPT: How Canadian Copyright Law Played the Key Role in Deciding a Leading AI Training Data Case in India - Michael Geist
The Delhi High Court has released what may be one of the most consequential copyright decisions yet on artificial intelligence, ruling in ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI that OpenAI’s use of copyrighted...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/06/2026
Rather than making EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social doubt whether young people had free speech rights worth protecting, parenthood made him feel even more strongly that they do. Read his op-ed at @techpolicypress.bsky.social.
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They Said I'd Feel Different About Free Speech as a Parent. They Were Wrong.
EFF senior counsel David Greene says in the haste to "protect" children, we are mischaracterizing who young people are and what speech rights they have.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Women’s rights are only European values. So the EU doesn’t mind talking to TALIBAN! The chief women’s rights violator. But in Afghanistan so that’s ok I guess! www.dw.com/en/eu-hosts-...
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EU hosts Taliban officials for first time
An Afghan Taliban delegation met with EU officials to discuss the deportation of Afghan migrants. The Taliban visit has faced criticism in Europe over the regime's violation of women's rights.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I think I have been exposed to too many bad/negative takes of Internet and digital governance that this Open Source week organized by the UN sounds refreshing and hopeful!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I am in a open source UN session and the Estonian government rep is a breath of fresh air. Arguing that inclusion not prohibition is the road to digital safety and prosperity. Teachers instead of doomsdaying actually integrate AI with the help of researchers in their curriculum!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Harlem Fire Department said so!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
YES! YES! YES!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Oh my gawd Air France uses WhatsApp to communicate with you. Need to call the digital sovereignty cops!
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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
🧵1- It has been 57 days since the internet went down in Iran. For many, the only remaining option has been Starlink. In 2023, Iran invoked “digital sovereignty” at the International Telecommunication Union to push for disabling Starlink connections. Yet the number of terminals continued to grow.
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The Future of Free Speech @futurefreespeech.org · 13/04/2026
🚨 We are pleased to announce that Farzaneh Badiei (@farzdusa.bsky.social), a leading expert in Internet governance and digital rights, has joined us as a Senior Research Fellow.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Went to an AI governance and copyright event and the judge kind of said: get it out of your head that the judges and legal systems ban all sorts of scraping and crawling because of some copyright quarrels! In a way he was the only voice for end users!
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Rowenna. 2 ‘n’s. Ro-WEN-na. @missiggeek.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
It’s not just child-unfriendly, it’s massively anti-human. That’s what optimising for profitable efficiency gets you - a world of rampant corporatism in which the role of humanity is to serve, feed and offer sacrifice as necessary to prop up brand valuation.
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This week the UN ITU's Radio Regulations Board is meeting on IRI’s demand to disable Starlink in Iran. This will set an important precedent for one of the key ways people are circumventing Internet shutdowns. Read the full breakdown by @farzdusa.bsky.social: iranianwomen4internet.org/blog.html
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Seriously ... please don't use war terminology for things that aren't war. "Sniper" tactics for cyber scam? really? Meh
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Amidst of all the heart wrenching news… here is a fundraising campaign for a short movie by a budding director. gofund.me/dabc7985c
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Donate to Help Fund A Sophomore Film Thesis: "The Graduation Dinner", organized by Rojina Kalbasi
Hi! My name is Rojina. I'm a film student at Purchase College… Rojina Kalbasi needs your support for Help Fund A Sophomore Film Thesis: "The Graduation Dinner"
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
You know you can be pro-war and condemn war crimes.
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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 18/03/2026
By keeping millions of people in a digital blackout but granting connectivity to a select few, Iran’s regime is openly using Internet access as a political tool. @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social explains: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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Iran Wields Wartime Internet Access as a Political Tool
In an effort to disseminate its preferred message, the Iranian regime is offering a simple transaction: connectivity for amplification.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Supreme Court Just Heeded One of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Sharpest Dissents
These may sound like small wins, but they are wins nonetheless.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Roya Pakzad wrote this after the supreme leader was found and killed by Israel: "You see how the tools used as a system of oppression become a fragility for the oppressor?" On the irony of cameras built to police Iranians becoming the regime’s Achilles’ heel royapakzad.substack.com/p/youre-welc...
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You're Welcome, Mr. Supreme Leader
On the irony of cameras built to police Iranians becoming the regime’s Achilles’ heel
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is why the west should be worried about the future of its own connectivity.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
One thing that crawlers and scrapers do.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
What islamic republic is doing is not just whitelisting its supporters to have access to the Internet. It’s Internet apartheid system. Just like it did to the women, does it to access to the Internet too.
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mahsa alimardani @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A manifesto by some of us dreamers aka Iranian Internet freedom lady nerds fed up with the internet shutdowns endangering the lives of our loved ones and our people in Iran. @azadehakbari.bsky.social @farzdusa.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social & Afsaneh Rigot.
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Azadeh Akbari @azadehakbari.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This is "our" Manifesto for a Free Internet. We are Iranian Women's Coalition for Internet Freedom. Happy International Women's Day! initiated by @azadehakbari.bsky.social @farzdusa.bsky.social @mahsaalimardani.bsky.social @royapak.bsky.social & Afsaneh Rigot
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Manifesto for a Free Internet
Manifesto for a Free Internet Iranian Women’s Coalition for Internet Freedom Today, people inside Iran are living through a near-total Internet and communications blackout imposed by the Islamic Repub...
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
We should have a warning label somewhere: nation states kill.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Chatbots provide essential information for some of the most vulnerable communities. Governments don't and can't provide that kind of support, ever because it's too expensive. And now they want to take away this essential service from people. Licensing costs money! The providers will charge people!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
so when people say policies should have "teeth" what do they mean? They should have teeth to bite people so that they get hurt and bleed? Such great governance mechanisms we think of!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Set up a conduit-psiphon so that people can connect to Internet service. only a few peers from time to time. I cannot bring myself to shut this down thinking I am depriving people of a vital service. And the Islamic Republic sabotages millions of people's Internet.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
set up conduit.psiphon.ca and help people connect. A window of connectivity has activated in Iran that enables Iranians to have access.
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Conduit - Join the internet freedom movement.
By running a Conduit Station, you immediately help people in censored countries access the free and open internet around the world.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Another sleepless night! We are on a never ending roller coaster which nobody stops…
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
An extremely important thread for everyone who does digital governance especially UK experts.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Set up a conduit-psiphon so that people can connect to Internet service. only a few peers from time to time. I cannot bring myself to shut this down thinking I am depriving people of a vital service. And the Islamic Republic sabotages millions of people's Internet.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
It is important not to misframe what Wikimedia has done as a "license" deal even if free. Licensing will restrict smaller actors and individuals. It creates a host of “export” and “import” issues. We need to be very careful about this otherwise we are going to create a digital divide in access.
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David Sullivan @davidsullivan.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Stop whatever you're doing and read @farzdusa.bsky.social rejoinder to "digital sovereignty" at @futurefreespeech.org's Bedrock Principle:
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How Digital Sovereignty Will Lead to The Slow and Fast Erosion of The Internet
Sovereignty is not a synonym for autonomy; it is instead the uncompromising authority to impose a single will upon others.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Yes I am having existential crisis and feeling like an utter failure. Nation states normalize these shutdowns by blocking kids from social media, age verification and sometimes even blocking apps in your colonies! Tired of your lip service to a free and open Internet that you don’t protect.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
It is very obvious that the Internet community which I am a part of has let people down. Islamic Republic can just keep people in the dark because they have access to technology and network operators are not empowered enough to resist it? Isnt this because access and connectivity became secondary?
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Some people in western democracies are so used to their basic freedom that they don't even notice when nation states take them away. Or support it even!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
There are different ways to achieve justice. My Maman Zahra paved the way for the rest of us through tolerance, resilience and compassion.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I am thinking a lot about my Maman Zahra. I am glad you aren’t here to see how many more mothers are grappling with the monstrous grief of losing their children to injustice. But also I am hoping for those mothers not to take their dreams of justice to grave.
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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
1. Indiana passes law requiring website with more than 1/3 harmful-to-minors sexual content to verify that users are adults. 2. Pornhub parent Aylo responds by blocking Indiana users. 3. Indiana now sues because Hooisers may use VPNs to evade the geoblock, so ... events.in.gov/event/protec...
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Protecting children from porn: Attorney General Todd Rokita files lawsuit against websites allegedly violating age verification law
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
And here you go with Telegram ad! The fun part is that Telegram picks the ads for your channels. So your channel could be about how bad cow milk is for your gut health and Telegram will add an ad under your post: join the cow milk advocacy group! Fun times!
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
I understand that people want to think they have found the cause of the agony they are going through, they have found the perpetrator who took their loved ones away. Fixation on one factor might bring you temporary relief but it’s not worth the distraction from effective solutions.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
My mom says Generative AI chatbots made a big difference in her life this year. In your fight with big tech, don't forget that these AI online services, can be essential for some of the most vulnerable people.
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Farzaneh Bad @farzdusa.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Encryption is not a risk factor, encryption is security of the service. Its existence doesn't inherently increase risk. Its lack of existence on the other hand does.
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Heather Burns @heatherburnstech.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Christmas present to self: a trio of freshly typeset and footnoted editions from the master of the 1920s and the 2020s, from the delightful almabooks.com
Arrowsmith, Main Street, and Babbit by Sinclair Lewis
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