Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I want to shout out @shannonvallor.bsky.social's piercing critique of the mind metaphor for AI, which helped inspire this work. I had the chance to meet her at BU last year over lunch and that conversation has really stuck with me. 3/3 000
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026TL;DR: Conceptualizing generative AI outputs as speech, especially First Amendment protected speech, is an act of social construction. It is not inevitable. We can make other choices -- and we should -- if we want to hold these companies accountable. 2/3 100
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fabulous 4S panel on Constitutional Futures for Technoscience. I shared some new work growing out of my dissertation research. Working title for the new material is: The Social Construction of AI Law: How the Mind Metaphor and the First Amendment Coverage Debate Shape Deregulatory Futures. 1/3 100
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Fabulous 4S panel on Constitutional Futures for Technoscience. I shared some new work growing out of my dissertation research, The Social Construction of AI Law: How the Mind Metaphor and the First Amendment Coverage Debate Shape Deregulatory Futures. 000
Reposted by Morgan WeilandEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Anthropic is out with new nonsense about Claude (or the collection of models called Claude) deserving moral consideration and/or be able to feel distress, so my inbox is filling up with journos asking me to comment. I've also got a day job, so here is a brief set of public comments on this: >> 471787598
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@chup.blakereid.org is spot on about the downsides of the Meta settlement and the bigger picture ideological and practical flaws of cyberlibertarianism. 031
Reposted by Morgan WeilandTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Boston University's Morgan Weiland on why reflexively invoking the First Amendment against the Meta settlement is the wrong critique.buff.lyNo, the Meta Settlement Isn’t a First Amendment ProblemDrawing on case history, Morgan Weiland pushes back on critics who say the landmark Meta settlement violates the free speech of the company. 033
Reposted by Morgan WeilandCommunication Research Center @bucomresearch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Is the $17.1B Meta settlement a First Amendment problem? BU COM's Dr. Morgan Weiland says no. As Meta leans on personalized rankings and AI moderation, it looks less like an "editor." New op-ed:techpolicy.pressNo, the Meta Settlement Isn’t a First Amendment ProblemDrawing on case history, Morgan Weiland pushes back on critics who say the landmark Meta settlement violates the free speech of the company. 011
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Thrilled to have this piece out. Thanks to @techpolicypress.bsky.social for the great work. 010
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Quoted here about the New Mexico verdict against Meta and the broader litigation landscape: news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n...news.bloomberglaw.comNew Mexico, Going It Alone, Tallies Up Huge Wins Against MetaMeta Platforms Inc.‘s fiercest legal foe this year has been New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D), who achieved a pair of historic trial victories while pursuing the tech giant on his own. 001
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Quoted here about the New Mexico verdict against Meta and the broader litigation landscape: news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/n... 000
Reposted by Morgan WeilandJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17093023068
Reposted by Morgan WeilandShannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026they are literally saying ‘give us what we want, or humanity gets it.’apnews.comTech leaders to UN: For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we createdThe heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations to set controls over the burgeoning technology they are designing in order to save the world — or at least its people. 0177
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Holding onto this one as I walk into my first class for the semester. 030
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Leaving @icahdq.bsky.social annual meeting in Cape Town after a whirlwind 48 hours to join an incredible group at the Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars @penncareylaw.bsky.social. 020
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Thanks to Fred Turner for being the best advisor and thanks for the institutional support: @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, @law.stanford.edu, @bostonu.bsky.social, @bulaw.bsky.social. 010
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Today my dissertation, Making Internet Law: How Cyberspace Was Socially Constructed as a First Amendment Speech System, won the Best Dissertation Award from @icaptc.bsky.social. Thanks @sristovska.bsky.social and the kinds folks in the Division for this huge honor! 3172
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Seriously though the encyclical is lit. Thanks @rezekjoe.bsky.social for the spot on annotations. 020
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 26/05/2026As someone with a PhD in Comm, this literally made me laugh out loud. 191
Reposted by Morgan WeilandKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 23/04/2026clear and unapologetic opposition to mindless media consolidation, fancy thatdeadline.comZohran Mamdani Says Paramount-WBD Merger "Must Be Stopped"The New York mayor made the comments ahead of WBD's shareholder vote. 317329
Reposted by Morgan WeilandLeila Brillson @leilza.bsky.social · 20/04/2026It’s finally happened. After 18 months. Finally, a media merger you can root for. 146230284328
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Huge thanks @jrosenworcel.bsky.social for sharing your experience, forward-looking vision, and eternal optimism with my @bostonu.bsky.social Media Law & Policy students. If I didn't have a no-tech classroom policy, I would have taken a photo of it! 000
Reposted by Morgan WeilandJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Pride flag flying HIGH at Boston University today. I guess they got the message! 418623
Reposted by Morgan WeilandDr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA 344362857566
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Right back at you, @bostonjoan.bsky.social! 010
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Thanks @bostonu.bsky.social College of Communication for the write up about my scholarship. Communication Law Scholar Urges a Reconsideration of Online Speech: Morgan Weiland wants to prevent making the same deregulatory mistakes with AI as we made with social media www.bu.edu/com/articles...bu.eduCommunication Law Scholar Urges a Reconsideration of Online SpeechThe way we conceptualize the internet and social media—as a sort of “printing press” protected by the First Amendment—is widely… 000
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Thoughtful thread on the meaning and implications of the social media addiction verdicts. 011
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 16/03/2026If you're in Boston Wednesday evening, join me for a talk about how we made the internet into a legal speech technology and why that matters for AI regulation. Details below. 001
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026In that case, I look forward to regulating AI like a utility, too. 000
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I had a fantastic time presenting my dissertation-to-book proposal research to @nusl.bsky.social's faculty colloquium today. Thanks to Lua K. Yuille for facilitating and to @cehaupt.bsky.social for the invitation. Great to see familiar faces (looking at you, Elettra Bietti) and to meet new folks. 030
Reposted by Morgan WeilandStanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 28/10/2025BU's @morganweiland.bsky.social discusses Communication Research Center's (CRC) survey showing 74% of Americans oppose government censorship of media, despite Trump admin pressures on ABC over Kimmel. Public supports First Amendment across political lines. sites.bu.edu/crc/2025/10/...sites.bu.eduLetter from the Director: October 2025 | Communication Research Center 011
Reposted by Morgan WeilandMichelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social · 26/10/2025In my October Director's Letter from @bucomresearch.bsky.social, I talk with Drs. @tvbookstvbooks.bsky.social & @morganweiland.bsky.social about public views on navigating governmental pressure, protecting free speech, and the future of media freedom. #FirstAmendment sites.bu.edu/crc/2025/10/... 043
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I'm delighted to share that I've been awarded a Moorman-Simon Interdisciplinary Career Development Professorship! www.bu.edu/articles/202...bu.eduBoston University Names Seven Junior Faculty Career Development ProfessorsThis year’s recipients study from AI to the structure of the universe 020
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 10/09/2025After many years playing in the @yaleisp.bsky.social sandbox, I'm delighted to make the relationship official as an Affiliated Fellow. Thanks @jackbalkin.bsky.social! law.yale.edu/morgan-weilandlaw.yale.eduMorgan WeilandMorgan N. Weiland is an Assistant Professor in the College of Communication at Boston University and holds a courtesy appointment at Boston University School of Law. 010
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 27/04/2025And even though @jackbalkin.bsky.social just had to redraw that triangle... 020
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 26/04/2025We were in your expert moderating hands, @margotkaminski.bsky.social! Thanks @chup.blakereid.org for the insightful feedback and @yaleisp.bsky.social and Balkin for cultivating this delightful community. 071
Morgan Weiland @morganweiland.bsky.social · 14/02/2025I’m thrilled to share I’ve accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Communication Law at Boston University, with a courtesy appointment at BU Law. Thanks to everyone at Stanford's Department of Communication and Stanford Law School! Can't wait to collaborate with @bucomresearch.bsky.social! 150