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Nikolas Guggenberger

@nikenberger.bsky.social
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Asst Prof, University of Houston Law Center

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Privacy/AI/Tech Works Worth Your Attention (Sept 2026 edition) danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... Includes works by @nikenberger.bsky.social @ariezra.bsky.social @paulohm.bsky.social @margotkaminski.bsky.social @hartzog.bsky.social
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Privacy, AI, and Tech Works Worth Your Attention
September 2026 Edition
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Privacy/AI/Tech Works Worth Your Attention (Sept 2026 edition) danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... Also includes works by @jordfran.bsky.social @bennettcapers.bsky.social @mrc3po.bsky.social @aselbst.bsky.social
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Privacy, AI, and Tech Works Worth Your Attention
September 2026 Edition
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Very cool piece!
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Art Pericles @arturpericles.art · 02/07/2026
I read absolutely anything @nikenberger.bsky.social writes. Never disappoints!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Property is broken, online. Time to redefine entitlements in networks. New article: "The Platform-Property Paradox," 29 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 286. 🧵
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Employers" do not "add" jobs. Jobs are employment contracts entered into between employers and employees. Employment is not a benevolent gift bestowed on society by employers. Framing matters.
U.S. Job Market Pushes Past Shocks and Strains
Employers added 172,000 jobs in May, adding to a vigorous pace of hiring in recent months. But wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices and consumers remain pessimistic.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
New publication on the practical challenges of implementing the Right to be Forgotten with Chen Sun & Supreeth Shastri!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
For decades, the US called Europe's data restrictions thinly veiled protectionism. Then Washington passed sweeping data export bans. My piece in @lawfaremedia.org: regulatory actions reveal more about a country's self-assessment than any speech. Here, weakness.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 13/04/2026
The United States new push to restrict its data exports suggests the administration feels a diminished control over online platforms and infrastructure and a lack of confidence in technological dominance, writes @nikenberger.bsky.social.
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America Used to Own the Internet. Now It’s Running Scared.
The U.S. restricted data transfers abroad. Cast as an assertion of sovereignty, the new posture signals weakness in great-power competition.
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Brett Frischmann @brettfrischmann.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Regulating Manipulative Design is Not Preempted by CDA 230 or the First Amendment ssrn.com/abstract=558... another round of edits/updates ... publication in May 2026
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Regulating Manipulative Design is Not Preempted by CDA 230 or the First Amendment
For two decades, there has been a heated debate among legal scholars, activists, judges, and others about the scope of CDA 230. A persistent theme has been hype
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Brett Frischmann @brettfrischmann.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Friction in Games and Computational Media proa.ua.pt/index.php/jdmi
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Journal of Digital Media & Interaction
The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an international open-access journal, published 2 times a year.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Spoke with @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social about the California social media addiction case. Listen in here: www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/sho...
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Hello Houston (February 24, 2026) | Houston Public Media
Today: We discuss a landmark social media addiction trial, talk with New York Times best-selling author Meg Medina, explore how influencers are driving the Texas Democratic Senate race, and more.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📣 Restricting Data Flows Is a Sign of Weakness The seismic shift in US data trade policy may appear as a muscular regulatory flex domestically and a display of national strength internationally. However, the opposite is true. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Some data protection absurdities from Bavaria: the DPA lectures a citizen who photographs illegally parked cars on bike paths, insisting he use “secure IT systems” and inform the offenders, including giving them a right to object to the data processing. www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/elt...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Spoke with @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social about the Warner Bros./Netflix merger and why FTC/DoJ should block it. Thanks for having me; it was fun! www.youtube.com/live/4AXFM-C...
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Hello Houston Full Episode - December 18, 2025
YouTube video by Houston Public Media
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Amazing opportunity at ISP!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Join us for the Law and Technology Workshop, 10/3, noon ET, featuring Nick Nugent law-technology-workshop.beehiiv.com/p/law-and-te...
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Law & Technology Workshop
Email newsletter for the Law & Technology Workshop
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thanks for having me and wonderful to see you all!
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “The Platform-Property Paradox.” Thank you to @nikenberger.bsky.social for a magnificent presentation!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Thanks so much for having me! Wonderful to see everyone @yaleisp.bsky.social
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Excited about this!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Contributed to reporting on smart glasses by @fullofwords.bsky.social: www.eweek.com/news/halo-x-...
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These AI Smart Glasses Are Always Recording: Risks & Benefits
Halo X glasses don’t have a camera and don’t indicate when they’re recording audio. We talk to experts about the possible legal and security risks users need to know.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Contributed to reporting by @nilsdampz.bsky.social on the United States v. Google ruling. After finding last year that Google maintained an illegal monopoly, the court handed down only lukewarm remedies — a gift to Big Tech that does little to curb monopoly power.
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US-Gericht - Google wird nicht zerschlagen
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Court just gifted Google and Apple around 335B, relative to market expectations, in United States v. Google.
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Julia Angwin @juliaangwin.com · 02/09/2025
It's hard to restore competition in a market that has already been crushed -- and I suspect the judge's cautious ruling requiring the very least from Google is not going to give competitors enough of a reason to jump back in to create search products. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...
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Judge Orders Google to Share Search Results to Help Resolve Monopoly
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Joseph Jerome @joejerome.com · 02/09/2025
After 5 long years, a federal court found that Google had an unlawful monopoly and then did little to address it. Here’s DuckDuckGo’s statement from the other site:
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This is bad. Very bad. So, even where courts find illegal monopolization, the remedies are weak. Just ask, if you were Google, would you do it all again?
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Join an amazing group of scholars at UH incl. @chrismirasola.bsky.social @leahfowler.bsky.social @nikenberger.bsky.social @petersalib.bsky.social @lauraportuondo.bsky.social @jessiebregant.bsky.social @amangebru.bsky.social @dfroomkin.bsky.social and more with better things to do than Bluesky!
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
📢 We are hiring! Come join us at the University of Houston. - 3 entry-level tenure-track faculty members in crim; employment and labor law; and torts; - a clinical assistant/associate professor to teach lawyering skills and strategies; - a full/associate professor in health law. Qs? Reach out!
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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
First want to thank folks for a truly overwhelming and warm welcome back to social media. My aim is to provide useful info on areas of law I know well, so I very much hope I can return to academic seclusion soon.
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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Many thanks to @lawfaremedia.org for running my analysis on such a quick turnaround. The theory of inherent pres power invoked last night is limited. I’ll have more on the tortured history of this assertion of pres power in the days to come.
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Chris Mirasola @chrismirasola.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I was off social media for a few yrs, but decided that it's time to come back after last night. I'm an asst. prof. at Uni of Houston Law Center and before that was an attorney at DoD OGC, where my portfolio included domestic military deployments. This continues to be a core part of my research.
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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Common leadership (two firms sharing executives or board directors) contributes to collusion. Collusion probability between two firms increases by 12 percentage points after the onset of common leadership, compared to only 1.2 percent in the absence of common leaders. www.nber.org/papers/w33866
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Collusion through Common Leadership
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Spoke with Rachel Barber of @usatoday.com about potential tariffs on iPhones. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Tracey Forrest and I explain why we need three pillars for strategic innovation in quantum technology: 1) a vigorous public research ecosystem, 2) an enabling open market, and 3) appropriate regulation at the deployment level. Via @justsecurity.org: www.justsecurity.org/111038/marke...
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Structuring Markets for Strategic Quantum Innovation
To harness quantum's full potential, governments should create a market environment conducive to strategic innovation.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Wrote something for @justsecurity.org
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Spoke with Hello Houston of @houstonpublicmedia.bsky.social about the Google #antitrust cases. If I’d known there was going to be video, I would've thrown on a shirt. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YGw...
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Legal expert explains Google antitrust lawsuits
YouTube video by Houston Public Media
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Spoke with @bypaigegross.bsky.social of @statesnewsroom.com about the impact of tariffs on tech. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/tech...
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Tech-related tariffs remain uncertain, but prepare for cost hikes, experts say
The price of technology goods and services in the U.S. will likely rise in the next few months, experts say, as the White House continues to shift its strategy on tariffs for imported electronic hardw...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Spoke with Alexis Keenan about potential lawsuits aiming to enforce the TikTok ban. finance.yahoo.com/news/the-leg...
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The legal problems facing a new Trump TikTok rescue — and why they may not matter
A TikTok rescue reportedly being pursued by President Trump may not fully cut ties between the social media app and its Chinese parent company. But such a deal may survive any challenges due to how th...
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is what I had in mind when writing Consent as Friction: ssrn.com/abstract=493.... Eventually, obtaining consent will become too burdensome for some business models' viability. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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French regulator fines Apple €150 million over data collection tool
Without directly condemning Apple’s data collection tool, the antitrust regulator has determined that the conditions surrounding its implementation amounted to an abuse of a dominant market position. The decision comes at a time of tension between the US and the EU over the treatment of Big Tech. #EuropeNews
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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
This is insane, particularly the nine households www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/u...
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Peter N. Salib @petersalib.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Pleased to share that my (and Simon Goldstein's) newest article, "AI Rights for Human Safety," is forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review.
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The German debt brake has been brain dead from the get-go. It took a lost decade of growth, three year war, and US withdrawal from Europe to seriously rethink it. And even that might not be enough. Center right ideology has brought Germany to the brink. verfassungsblog.de/brain-dead-d...
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Brain-Dead Debt Brake
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Nikolas Guggenberger @nikenberger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Published: Consent as Friction. Data consent is more than a tool to facilitate choice. It can be a source of friction--like sand in the gears of algorithmic engines--to undermine the economic viability of harmful business practices. Regulators should use it as such. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If you haven't read @nikenberger.bsky.social's "Consent as Friction," now is your chance. Excellent read. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Consent as Friction
<div> The leading technology platforms generate several hundred billion dollars annually in revenue through algorithmically personalized advertising—with perni
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John Sands @iohn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It loses some pith in translation, but I think about this gem every day: SPIEGEL: Professor, two weeks ago, the world still seemed alright. ADORNO: Not to me.
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