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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

bcle.law.berkeley.edu/bundle?id=16 I gave a two part presentation on “internet and AI law - year in review” for UC Berkeley’s Center for Law & Technology earlier this year. Message me if you would like a digital code to access the programs.

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Internet & Computer Law Year in Review 2026 - WebCredenza

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

If you will be in DC for the Privacy and Security Forum, please join me at the AI workshop on Wednesday May 6 from 2:30 to 5:00 PM EDT

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

If you plan to be at INTA in London, please join me on Monday to discuss AI issues

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

wapo.st/4tJHwFQ Russell Wald is the executive director of the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, where Sha Sajadieh is the AI Index lead.

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Opinion | The profound way America and China are diverging on AI

Public skepticism could become a strategic liability.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

🎙️I will be presenting the webinar “Secondary Liability and Copyright Infringement: Best Practices After Cox Communications v. Sony Music” on April 28 at 10 A.M. PDT/ 1 P.M. EDT 🔗: Learn more and register here: www.gtlaw.com/en/events/20... #SecondaryLiability #copyright

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

“To be sued, an internet service provider must actually intend for its product to be used for infringement or tailor the product for illegal activity.” thehill.com/regulation/c...

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The Administration is proposing a collective rights licensing system for training algorithms, protection against unauthorized distribution or use of AI-generated digital replicas of a person's personal attributes (subject to exceptions), child protection, and limited state law preemption.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Earlier this week, I spoke on AI and cybersecurity class action litigation (and practical steps companies can employ to reduce exposure) at the ACC Data Privacy, AI and Cybersecurity Summit

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

On Monday I am moderating the lunch presentation on cybersecurity breach and AI class action litigation at the ACC conference in LA and my colleagues are speaking on other panels

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Come join us for the second annual Howard University IP & Social Justice Institute West Coast CLE in Los Angeles on March 26 from 5-8 PM iipsj.org/programs/wes...

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West Coast IP & Social Justice CLE

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Honored to be recognized by Best Lawyers for intellectual property litigation, trade secret law, privacy and data security and as lawyer of the year for technology law

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Join us at the Digital Hollywood Summer Summit on July 21–23! I will be moderating the panel “AI & the Law: A ‘Deep Dive’ – Fair Use, Copyright and the Doctrine of Innovation,” which will explore the legal and creative implications of artificial intelligence in the entertainment industry.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Co-chairing Stanford’s 22nd annual Digital Economy Best Practices conference

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Speaking on the future of AI at the annual meeting of the Copyright Society

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Congressman Don Bacon (R-Nebraska) “Supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russian aggression is not only morally right. It is also in our national interest, because the future cost of abandoning Ukraine would vastly outweigh the investment we have made in rejecting Russia’s aggression.”

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Opinion | My Fellow Republicans and President Trump, We Must Stand Up to Putin

The administration must be crystal clear that we are aligned with democracy, free markets and the rule of law.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I wonder what it is about white South Africans that Trump likes given that he is deporting Black and Latino immigrants who had legal status that Trump revoked? Whites, but not Blacks, from Musk’s homeland are being recruited to immigrate to the United States. Free to read outside the paywall

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‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status (Gift Article)

The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

www.politico.com/news/magazin... Trump’s former National Security Advisor is one of the few conservatives left in Washington willing to speak plainly about Trump II’s dangerous foreign policy. This interview is worth reading in its entirely.

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‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated

Trump’s former national security adviser lets loose on the leaked Signal group chat and Trump’s foreign policy.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“B/y the fact that this kind of shitposting is so obviously beneath the office, the posts are genuinely sinister. By adding a photo of an ICE arrest..the White House account manages to perfectly capture the sociopathic, fascistic tone of ironic detachment and glee of the internet’s darkest corners..

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The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account

Welcome to the 4chan administration.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

www.law.berkeley.edu/research/bcl... Join me for a year in review presentation today or message me for an on demand link

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Internet & Computer Law Year in Review

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

“In george orwell’s 1984, …Oceania is suddenly no longer at war with Eurasia, but instead is at war with Eastasia, and always has been… Republican politicians in Donald Trump’s Inner Party faced a similar verbal challenge when the president changed sides in Russia’s war against Ukraine…”

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The Hollow Men

It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The Constitutional Crisis Is Here open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa... "Simply put, the Trump administration has begun its defiance of the courts in earnest.. What we’re witnessing is a setup. The goal is to brush off a court order and get away with it. The administration barely pretends otherwise..."

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The Constitutional Crisis Is Here

By shipping men to a Salvadoran prison without due process, the Trump administration has begun defying court orders in earnest.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I am speaking on copyright, AI and social justice at Howard University Law School’s West Coast IP & Social Justice CLE Program at Greenberg Traurig LLP’s LA office with Professor Lateef Mtima, who heads Howard’s IP and Social Justice Program, and Howard and GT alum Hayley Tharpe of Legally Well

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We don’t need no damn scientists We have tried and true conspiracy theories ….

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

thehill.com/homenews/adm... In a rare public statement, Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump for threatening to impeach judges who rule against him

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... More attacks on the legal system Trump declares void Biden pardons signed by autopen Presidents have used autopens for decades There are arguments for reforming the pardon system but the use of an autooen shouldn’t be a concern

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Trump 'voids' Biden's pardons after ex president used autopen

President Donald Trump declared his predecessor's last-minute pardons 'void, vacant and of no further force or effect' in a post on Truth Social Sunday night.

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Ian Ballon - internet/mobile/AI litigator & published author @ianballon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

intl travel “is expected to slide by 5% this year, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall..The research firm had originally forecast a 9% increase .:., but revised its estimate late last month to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”” Free to read outside the paywall

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Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans

International tourists are canceling plans to visit the United States, with Canadians leading the way.

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 15/03/2025

The Trump administration shut down a program tracking Ukrainian children abducted by Russia. Canceling this program doesn’t just undermine justice—it helps war criminals. newrepublic.com/article/1927...

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Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children

The fate of abducted Ukrainian children is a white-hot issue for peace negotiations—and it looks like the State Department may have just undercut the cause.

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