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Alan Rozenshtein Apr 19, 2024

🚨 New paper! Thanks to the Yale Journal on Regulation Bulletin
for publishing my essay, "Interpreting the Ambiguities of Section 230," in which I argue that refocusing on Section 230 as a standard statutory interpretation problem rather than a policy debate over liability is the best path forward for courts. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4800612

Alan Rozenshtein Apr 10, 2024

New in @lawfare, some thoughts on presidential immunity. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/correcting-presidential-immunity's-original-sin

Correcting Presidential Immunity's Original Sin

In both civil and criminal cases, presidents should generally receive qualified, not absolute, immunity for official acts.

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Alan Rozenshtein Apr 4, 2024

I have a new piece up on @lawfare arguing that the First Amendment does not generally protect the distribution of machine-learning model weights. This is an important legal issue as the government considers AI export controls. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/there-is-no-general-first-amendment-right-to-distribute-machine-learning-model-weights

There Is No General First Amendment Right to Distribute Machine-Learning Model Weights

Unlike source code, which humans use to express ideas to each other, model weights function primarily as machine-readable instructions.

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Alan Rozenshtein Jan 30, 2023

A very important point from @[email protected] on how the problem of police violence needs to be framed, given that only a broad multiracial coalition will be able to successfully reform policing.

Alan Rozenshtein Jan 26, 2023

Not gonna lie, I love this. When I was a policy lawyer at DOJ and had to convince the interagency to come around to DOJ's position on something, I'd bring Milano cookies to meetings. Worked. Every. Time.

RT @[email protected]

First Dunkin, now Chick fil A. The strategy is to kill the press with kindness, one staffer said

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/asholiver/status/1618305013696335872

Ashley Oliver on Twitter

“First Dunkin, now Chick fil A. The strategy is to kill the press with kindness, one staffer said”

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Alan Rozenshtein Jan 26, 2023

Here's the reporting. What's most interesting is the potential for Trump-specific restrictions. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/technology/trump-facebook-instagram-accounts-meta.html

Meta to Reinstate Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Meta said the suspensions of Donald Trump’s accounts would be lifted “in the coming weeks,” with measures in place to discourage repeat offenses. Twitter reinstated Mr. Trump last year.

Alan Rozenshtein Jan 25, 2023

Good for the faculty at Hamline. Given this overwhelming vote, I can't see how Miller (or any of the administrators involved) can stay on. But this part of the faculty statement is unfortunate. 1/ https://www.startribune.com/hamline-faculty-call-on-university-president-to-resign-amid-dispute-over-art-academic-freedom/600246188/

Hamline faculty call on university president to resign amid dispute over art, academic freedom

President Fayneese Miller has led the St. Paul college since 2015.

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Alan Rozenshtein Jan 18, 2023

https://twitter.com/VolokhC/status/1615785988168777728

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[David Bernstein] Tulane Student Who Wrote Antisemitic Article Allegedy Driven Off Campus http://dlvr.it/Sh4wzX

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/VolokhC/status/1615785988168777728

Volokh Conspiracy on Twitter

“[David Bernstein] Tulane Student Who Wrote Antisemitic Article Allegedy Driven Off Campus https://t.co/kN89oYpjei”

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Alan Rozenshtein Jan 17, 2023

Looking forward to tomorrow's Law & Tech. Workshop (4PM ET), in which we'll be discussing @[email protected]'s (@[email protected]) "The Managerialization of Search Law and Procedure For Internet Evidence," with @[email protected] (@[email protected]) as discussant.

Alan Rozenshtein Jan 12, 2023

Unbelievable. At this point I can't see how she can do anything but resign as president---either on her own initiative or in response to a request from Hamline's board---if Hamline wants to continue to be taken seriously as an institution of higher education.

RT @[email protected]

The president of Hamline University is not backing down at all. She argues it’s not an academic freedom issue, she didn’t fire the professor either.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DeRushaJ/status/1613321456066117633

Jason DeRusha on Twitter

“The president of Hamline University is not backing down at all. She argues it’s not an academic freedom issue, she didn’t fire the professor either.”

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