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Rachael Myrow @rachaelmyrow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#isthisatrend #orjustvibes Google's Play Store started opening up to rival app stores in the US under a court order stemming from the case lost to Epic. Then, the European Comm fined Google @$1 Bil. "Google lost. And I think that perception will affect juries going forward." - @tnarecha.bsky.social

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

At least with Bing, Copilot is only obstructively annoying.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

And for academic work that proposes exactly this sort of remedy: rate regulations in monopoly-served areas, where the benchmarks are set by reference to competitively-served areas, see, well, me! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 4/4

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Convergence and a Case for Broadband Rate Regulation

There is an important but underappreciated tension between transmission-layer services and application-layer services in the design of prior telecommunications

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The proposed settlement is here: docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDoc... 3/n

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In the proposed settlement allowing Charter + Cox to merge, the ISP has agreed to statewide price controls, based on the prices charged in competitive areas. This is a recognition that the merger will reduce competition and features responsive price controls to the threat of monopoly pricing. 2/n

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Who's ready for a big deal (broadband) policy update out of California?? 1/n

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Who's ready for a big deal (broadband) policy update out of California?? 1/n

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/04/2026

In case you missed it, the Trump administration is illegally threatening to withhold billions in already awarded broadband improvement grants from states that attempt ANY regulation of AI or ANY oversight of price-gouging telecom giants

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The Trump Administration is Using BEAD Funds as a Cudgel. Is that Legal?

The Trump Administration is threatening to withhold funds from states that lawfully regulate AI and broadband. Those threats are likely unlawful.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Look at Brendan Carr doing all this work to bring about bipartisanship. Everyone thinks he's wrong!

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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

NEWS: The FCC has approved the unlawful Nexstar-TEGNA merger behind closed doors. The consequences of this rubber stamp approval will be felt in living rooms and newsrooms across the country, resulting in fewer voices, less competition, and higher costs for consumers.

FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez issued the following statement after the FCC's Media Bureau approved the Nexstar/TEGNA merger, which violates the existing 39% national ownership cap in federal law, without an open and transparent process and a vote before the full Commission.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

can't wait to see the first CVDG

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The FCC is asleep at the wheel on this merger, but watch the @californiapuc.bsky.social. The Public Advocate's Off. is trying to do good. Their testimony is here: docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDoc... (Disclosure, I'm also a witness in the review. Here's my testimony: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....).

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Outages are not "a fact of life." They are the consequence of a series of technical failures that persist because of market failures that persist because of regulatory failures.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

literally two minutes ago... me: yes, kiddo, what's up? 8yo: "well, this is actually more of a comment than a question..." omg 🫠🫠

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Jotwell @jotwell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Jotwell TechLaw: James Grimmelmann, The Edge of Tomorrow, JOTWELL (November 28, 2025) (reviewing Tejas N. Narechania & Scott Shenker, How to Save the Internet, __ Berkeley Tech. L.J. __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN (Mar. 18, 2025)), cyber.jotwell.com/the-edge-of-....

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

I have a new Jotwell review of Tejas N. Narechania & Scott Shenker's _How to Save the Internet_, a really nice law/CS collaboration on Internet architecture policy. article: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... review: cyber.jotwell.com/the-edge-of-...

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The Edge of Tomorrow - Technology Law

Tejas N. Narechania & Scott Shenker, How to Save the Internet, __ Berkeley Tech. L.J. __ (forthcoming), available at SSRN (Mar. 18, 2025).James GrimmelmannEvery time I teach Internet Law, I start by l...

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

NFIB v. Sebelius, unconstitutional coercion. Particularly in view of 152(b) and the lack of any federal authority over broadband service regulation.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Will Brendan Carr go on a podcast about this?

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

More than any other Court in history, the Roberts Court uses its docket discretion for the purpose of reconsidering and overruling precedent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Certiorari in Important Cases

The Supreme Court has wide discretion to choose the cases it will decide. But how does the Court exercise this discretion? The Supreme Court’s rules explain tha

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The Federal Communications Bar Association has an annual dinner, where, by tradition, the FCC Chair gives a speech. Is Jimmy Kimmel available to emcee the event? The FCBA should seriously consider it.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

UC Berkeley Law Professor Tejas Narechania (@tnarecha.bsky.social) weighed in on CA's effort to regulate streaming services, saying it can attempt to enact “consumer protections aimed at California residents, even if they affected out-of-state content providers.” calmatters.org/newsletter/c...

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Big changes unfolding for CA housing

Between an increasingly influential union and a new state housing agency, one of California’s biggest crises is getting a shakeup.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

a fairness doctrine for polarized media

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Why federalism should embrace a federal moratorium on state regulation of AI is ... a take. Exactly the sort of post-hoc ends-oriented nonsense you'd expect

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Turning a promising program for bridging the digital divide into an Elon Musk giveaway. Infuriating.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Thanks, @ssrn.bsky.social, for highlighting my recent work with the brilliant Scott Shenker!

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Again, for the folks in the back: The Roberts Court is historically unique in its willingness to hear cases to reconsider and overrule precedent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Certiorari in Important Cases

The Supreme Court has wide discretion to choose the cases it will decide. But how does the Court exercise this discretion? The Supreme Court’s rules explain tha

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Before funding these tax-and-transfer bailouts for AT&T and other telcos, we should force those companies to account for the billions of dollars they've already wasted. See, e.g., harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/07...

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Measuring Broadband Policy Success - Harvard Law Review

Although broadband internet access is a functional prerequisite for modern civic and economic life, significant inequities in broadband access remain. Commercial, government, and healthcare...

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UC Berkeley Law @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Wow 🤩!

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California Law Review @califlrev.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Unresolved circuit court splits mean similar parties are treated differently under federal law for arbitrary reasons. @tnarecha.bsky.social's analysis of SCOTUS's conflicts docket reveals notable findings with implications for matters of Court reform. californialawreview.org/print/cert-splits

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

absolutely LOVE to see this groundswell of interest in broadband rate regulation...

New York Assemblymembers Amy Paulin and Steve Otis’ Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) sets an example that other states like Vermont (HB121) and Minnesota (SF3095) are already beginning to follow, with varying degrees of similarity. For example, California's AB353, introduced by Assemblymember Boerner, requires all ISPs, regardless of size, to offer low-cost plans. Massachusetts' SD1200, sponsored by State Senator Payano, and Maryland’s HB1553, sponsored by Delegate Fair, expand eligibility to households earning up to 200% of the federal poverty line and raise minimum broadband speeds to match the FCC's definition (100/20 Mbps). Meanwhile, Connecticut's SB514 limits its requirements to ISPs contracting with the state. Other states, like Mississippi, are taking different approaches to ensure lower-income households can access affordable internet. HB217 establishes a low-cost broadband program mirroring the now-defunct ACP by using unspent COVID-era relief funds.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The rise of pseudo-academic institutions that are funded by ideological interests---and their platforming by scholarly venues (such as Google Scholar, or scholarly blogs)---is a scourge on real, scholarly, academic work.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The paper is here, forthcoming in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal (👋 @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social & @bclt.bsky.social) and is co-authored with the AMAZING and BRILLIANT Scott Shenker, whose contributions to Internet architecture are too many to count. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 2/3

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How to Save the Internet

The Internet is our most important global communications infrastructure. But its continued success is at risk. The Internet originally flourished under a carefu

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Look, I know, ** all this ** But if you're interested in something a bit more academic and technical, but HUGELY important, here's a new piece on how the Internet's infrastructure is fundamentally changing, with big consequences for competition, resiliency, the digital divide, and innovation. 1/3

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

At the risk of repeating myself... The data show that the Roberts Court evinces a "historically unique proclivity to grant review in cases to consider whether to overrule precedent." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Certiorari in the Roberts Court

Certiorari—the process by which the Supreme Court sets its docket—is a mystery. The Supreme Court’s rules explain that it may hear any sufficiently “important”

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

At the risk of repeating myself... The Roberts Court evinces a "historically unique proclivity to grant review in cases to consider whether to overrule precedent." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

papers.ssrn.com

Certiorari in the Roberts Court

Certiorari—the process by which the Supreme Court sets its docket—is a mystery. The Supreme Court’s rules explain that it may hear any sufficiently “important”

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Last week, I posted a thread about how the Trump Administration is destroying vital broadband programs. Now, hear it directly from the officials being pushed out(?) of the government... (My thread below.) www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

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Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning

“Stranding all or part of rural America with worse internet so that we can make the world's richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

During the Biden Administration, Congress allocated $42 billion for broadband infrastructure. Now, Trump officials are trying to tear down key aspects of the program. A short thread, though I fear I'm just shouting into the void here... 1/6

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

As Nessent v. Dellinger now appears on the Court's shadow docket, it is important to remember that the Roberts Court, more than any other in a century, deploys its docket discretion to pick & choose cases for the purposes of revisiting and overruling precedent (perhaps like Humphrey's Executor). 1/2

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Tejas N. Narechania @tnarecha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I'm thrilled that my work on the FCC's Connect America Fund, co-authored with Haarika Manda and others at UC Santa Barbara, was honored with this research prize!

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