Reposted by Kate RuaneMike Masnick @masnick.com · 5hThis is... a very bad ruling that doesn't even make sense on its own terms. 55616
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Ridiculous and dangerous. Sums so many things up really: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool CoverageMajor TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump. 000
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The public interest in transparency and accountability is not what the government is seeking to serve with this atrocity. In other words, the government's aim does not have legitimacy and therefore does not comport with any human rights analysis a platform should conduct about hosting it. 000
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Adi is right worry. But the justification, as she notes, is clearly wrong. The difference between the Penatgon livestreaming killing a man and videos of police shootings or Napalm Girl is that the former is a promotion of state violence while the latter are an indictment of it. 100
Reposted by Kate RuaneMike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it. 341462434
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is horrific. Livestream it where? This should violate every major platform’s policies. 032
Reposted by Kate RuaneJameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If you know talented law students who would be interested in spending a summer working on the most important and interesting First Amendment cases, please send them our way! knightcolumbia.org/page/summer-...knightcolumbia.org | Knight First Amendment Institute 01719
Reposted by Kate RuaneElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So... "cable"... we're just doing cable again. 1132364328
Reposted by Kate RuaneKonstantinos Komaitis PhD @kkomaitis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Part 4 is out: This part looks beyond individual controversies to the changing environment itself and asks whether the assumptions that once made platforms successful still fit the digital world they helped create. www.techdirt.com/2026/10/01/t...techdirt.comThe Metric Is Not The Mission: The Digital ClimateThe Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the series, the argument follows the evolution of the platform economy—from the optimism of the early internet to the growing tensions... 1228
Reposted by Kate RuaneDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wow. Alabama's new settlement with TikTok has *so* much in common with the Meta settlement. It also tries to extend the rules to other companies, and it's the same list: Meta, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and NEW competitors who come along and get big in the future. www.alabamaag.gov/wp-content/u...alabamaag.gov 14128
Reposted by Kate Ruanegeoffrey 💀 (scary now) @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no 413186772
Reposted by Kate RuaneCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 30/09/2026CDT’s Tess Vartanian in Washington Post on the NO FAKES ACT: “For example, a satirical video that uses an AI-generated version of a politician’s image to criticize a law could be taken down after a complaint, even though the video is clearly a parody.” www.washingtonpost.c... 021
Reposted by Kate RuaneEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with a bestselling author who is insane [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Naomi Wolf! [SMITH]: That is Naomi Klein sir 241483200
Reposted by Kate Ruanedanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I got to honor civil servants & census geeks during the 1st week of book tour. At @politicsprose.bsky.social, I asked all who worked on the 2020 census to stand up. The majority of the room did. The look of gratitude on Al Fontenot's face was priceless. I was teary eyed. Democracy takes a village. 14210
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man, I read political theory and Greek plays/poetry and Irish playwrights and Shakespeare and Stoppard and Presidential biographies and queer Latino poetry and learned comms strategy, statistics and astronomy and nearly failed calculus and on and on… it was magical. Everyone should get to do it 031
Reposted by Kate Ruane@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 372525784
Reposted by Kate RuaneLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The funniest outcome today would be that the Phillies lose and the Diamondbacks also lose, and the Phillies fall headfirst into the playoffs like an intoxicated teenager passing out in the bushes, and they start a playoff series with the support of a fully irate fan base. 713816
Reposted by Kate RuaneCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 24/09/2026At #FOSO26, hear from Jennifer Helsby, Ali Lange, and Dr. Jean Linis-Dinco on why online anonymity matters, when it should be protected, and the growing threats to anonymous expression and participation online. foso26.cdt.org 031
Reposted by Kate RuaneCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 24/09/2026FOSO 2026 DAY 2: Join CDT and Stand Together Trust for Day 2 of conversations on the future of free speech online, featuring experts from across policy, tech, and civil society. Sept. 24 | 12–2:30 p.m. ET 💻 Virtual Last-minute registrations + login info: foso26.cdt.org 044
Reposted by Kate Ruane🦇🎃💀 Riana-mator 💀🎃🦇 @riana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW RESEARCH PAPER! With Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that somehow involve AI-generated or -morphed CSAM or child obscenity. Here's the SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comYes, It's Already Illegal: Federal Criminal Prosecutions for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material, 2022-2025<div> Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of creating realistic-looking images and videos with just a text prompt. This capacity has been mi 48136
Reposted by Kate RuaneInternet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Packed room of House staff at today's AI Regulation + the First Amendment briefing to hear @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social at @netchoice.bsky.social, @kateruane.bsky.social @cdt.org, @meganiorio.bsky.social at @epic.org, & @viacristiano.bsky.social @bgov.com. Audio, transcript and video coming soon. 053
Reposted by Kate RuaneCenter for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 21/09/2026THIS WEEK: Anonymity can protect people from surveillance, harassment, and abuse. It can also be misused to cause harm. So how do we preserve the protections anonymity provides while addressing the harms it can enable? foso26.cdt.org 12014
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’m looking forward to Future of Speech Online, hosted by @cdt.org and Stand Together Trust, September 23–24. We’ll explore the future of online speech, including anonymity, age assurance, unmasking, and AI. Join us — registration is free! foso26.cdt.orgfoso26.cdt.orgFuture of Speech Online 041
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Look, all your thoughts belong in the NYT Opinion page. 110
Reposted by Kate RuaneInternet Education Foundation Projects @iefprojects.bsky.social · 18/09/2026📺 LIVE: Can Congress regulate AI, or is it speech? Watch live from Congress on 9/22 with @corbinkbarthold.bsky.social at @netchoice.bsky.social @kateruane.bsky.social @cdt.org, @meganiorio.bsky.social at @epic.org, @viacristiano.bsky.social 📺 Watch bit.ly/airegulation... 044
Reposted by Kate RuaneDave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing. 222577323
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"... community-level organizing is ... showing it’s possible to challenge the rapid creep of technology that’s often forced upon us without our consent... People do care about their privacy. They just need to be shown a viable path toward reclaiming it." Amen @evangreer.bsky.social 02716
Reposted by Kate RuaneBrian Barrish @brianbarrish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026You’re out here bellyaching about how terrible Eagles fans are when we have two princesses and a saint amongst our ranks. 710426
Reposted by Kate RuaneDavid Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years.🥺 most years i read tom junod's falling man out of respect/grief for the victims. my memories of the day are mixed with sadness/anger for what our govt did after, parts which i know too well. this is well known but worth remembering, i think 47837
Reposted by Kate RuaneAliya Bhatia @aliyabhatia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How can AI support a multilingual and multiracial democracy when language can shape who benefits from emerging technologies? DC people: come to a half-day symposium at GWU on multilingual AI and civil rights: www.eventbrite.com/e/impacts-of...eventbrite.comImpacts of AI on Multilingual and Multiracial DemocracyExploring the real-world challenges of multilingual AI and how technology and policy can advance greater language equity. 014
Reposted by Kate RuaneRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ding ding ding 951622
Reposted by Kate Ruanedanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Look what arrived on the front steps of my house! The first physical copy of my upcoming book! ::bounce::bounce:: 1444627
Reposted by Kate RuaneDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I did a thing in the NYT about the Meta settlement with @juliaangwin.com and others, and they put my "win for Meta" framing in the title. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘A Win for Meta’: A Debate on the Big Social Media RulingUnpacking the Meta ruling — how big is it, really? 64424
Reposted by Kate RuaneCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026September is ovarian cancer awareness month. Personally I'd like to be less aware of ovarian cancer, but it would help if everyone else were more. 0164
Reposted by Kate RuaneJeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social · 31/08/2026For Lawfare, I wrote about the First Amendment problems with Meta’s settlement. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...lawfaremedia.orgThe First Amendment Problems With Meta’s $17 Billion DealMeta's settlement includes some social media speech restrictions that states can't directly impose. 36225
Reposted by Kate RuaneDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Age assurance is Flock cameras for the Internet. 620692
Reposted by Kate Ruaneamy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 27/08/2026did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume 4466061564
Reposted by Kate RuaneJeff Kosseff @jkosseff.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I spent years writing a book about the importance of anonymous speech from our nation’s founding through modern times. Today’s Meta settlement is a huge - and possibly fatal - setback to the ability to speak anonymously online. 11915
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Worth teasing out that this is not just Meta agreeing to keep doing what it was already doing. Meta also agreed to "regularly evaluate the prevalence of Teen User exposure to Age Inappropriate Content ... and to take steps designed to reduce the frequency of such exposure over time" 020
Reposted by Kate RuaneDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 26/08/2026LOL Meta's settlement with the AGs et al still uses content rules "inspired by movie ratings for ages 13+" even after the MPA told them to stop claiming to be "guided by" PG-13 ratings because it Meta "literally cannot" emulate MPA's human curation. 323567
Kate Ruane @kateruane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The way she sings “there’s a better life and you think about it, don’t you?” In this song has always made the hairs on my arms stand up. 030
Reposted by Kate RuaneBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine. 204026569
Reposted by Kate RuaneKendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I am barely restraining myself from liveposting watching this talk but I damn near lost my mind when he pulled out the transparent slide rule for use on a overhead projector. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6560...youtube.comDefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff StollYouTube video by DEFCONConference 161
