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Eric Goldman
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Associate Dean for Research & Professor, Santa Clara Law. Internet Law, IP, Advertising Law. He/him. Website: http://www.ericgoldman.org. Email: egoldman@gmail.com

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Eric Goldman is a law professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. He also co-directs the law school's High Tech Law Institute and co-supervises the law school's Privacy Law Certificate. .. more

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Trump on Christmas: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria.”
Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries! I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing. Under my leadership, our Country will not allow Radical Islamic Terrorism to prosper. May God Bless our Military, and MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists, of which there will be many more if their slaughter of Christians continues.   DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 1d
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said at a border security conference in April, according to the Arizona Mirror. The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 1d
Blog Post: Appeals Court Accepts That the “Water” Emoji Can Be Slang for Methamphetamine–U.S. v. Reed

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Appeals Court Accepts That the "Water" Emoji Can Be Slang for Methamphetamine-U.S. v. Reed - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This is a federal prosecution against alleged drug dealers. There is substantial evidence beyond the emojis suggesting that Swanagan is a dealer. Prior blog post. The appeals court didn’t quote Swanag...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.

I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.

They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
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CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The US State Department imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship.
State Department imposes sanctions on former EU official, disinformation group leaders for ‘censorship’ | CNN Politics
The US State Department on Tuesday imposed visa sanctions on a former top European Union official and employees of organizations that combat disinformation for alleged censorship – sharply ratcheting ...
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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 2d
Inspired by a conversation with @ericgoldman.bsky.social , I created this silly AI slop song w/Suno

"All I want for Christmas is 230"
suno.com/s/OLVE7xviSs...

(The cover photo fried me 😭 none of those numbers are 230...)
All I want for Christmas is 230 (Remastered)
Listen and make your own on Suno.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2d
NEW:

One brought a gun home.

One moved.

Others improved home security.

Life as a federal judge in the age of Trump:

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Judges who ruled against Trump say harassment and threats have changed their lives
More than 100 pizzas were delivered to the homes of judges and their families this year, some with signs of foreign involvement. Judges say the message is clear: We know where you live.
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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 2d
Are you a reasonable consumer?
2025 Reasonable Consumer Quiz -
See how you stack up.
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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 2d
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 2d
Blog Post: District Court Again Rejects Plaintiffs’ Attempts to Manufacture Common Law Notice-and-Takedown Duties–Bogard v. TikTok

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District Court Again Rejects Plaintiffs' Attempts to Manufacture Common Law Notice-and-Takedown Duties-Bogard v. TikTok - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This is a quirky lawsuit designed to subvert Section 230, the First Amendment, and traditional common law. I previously summarized the case: This lawsuit purports to focuses on the allegedly defective...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 3d
Blog Post: Courts Enjoin Internet Censorship Laws in Louisana and Arkansas

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Courts Enjoin Internet Censorship Laws in Louisana and Arkansas - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
[I have a mondo draft roundup blog post, coming soon, covering a lot of segregate-and-suppress rulings. For now, I’ve prioritized coverage of these two rulings due to their importance. I’ll discuss th...
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 3d
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 4d
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 4d
An attorney couldn't stop using Grok (?!) to help draft filings, producing "a flood of tainted filings" & apparently triggering the implosion of a law firm & 3 lawyers' careers 🤖😵 The court called her misconduct "particularly egregious & prolific"

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 4d
Blog Post: OnlyFans Defeats “Chatter Scam” Claim–N.Z. v. Fenix

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OnlyFans Defeats "Chatter Scam" Claim-N.Z. v. Fenix - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
The court summarizes the plaintiffs’ “chatter scam” contentions: Plaintiffs allege that Fenix Defendants, in cooperation with the Agency Defendants, operate a fraudulent scheme whereby Fenix Defendant...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 4d
The "human swastika" photo taken by Branham High School students has had community-wide repercussions.

Principal Silbergeld said: "It sparked conversations about Holocaust education, accountability, discipline, & what real repair should look like"

www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/12/21/h...
‘If we don’t teach them, others will’: Local leaders stand with Jewish community to denounce ‘human swastika’ photo
“Moments like this call us to teach not only information, but empathy, courage and humanity,” said Branham High School Principal Beth Silbergeld.
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 5d
Blog Post: Post-Mortem of a Misguided Logo Trademark Lawsuit–LegalForce v. Internet Brands

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Post-Mortem of a Misguided Logo Trademark Lawsuit-LegalForce v. Internet Brands - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
The plaintiff in this case is LegalForce, Raj Abhyanker CEO, which run the notorious trademark registration operation Trademarkia. How notorious? Trademarkia’s own web site has a page entitled “Is Tra...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6d
CATO INSTITUTE:

Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡

www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 6d
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Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?-Ziff Davis v. OpenAI - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Robots.txt files express a website’s preferences for robot access. Despite their venerability, there are not many cases discussing the legal implications of robots.txt files and robot exclusion header...
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 6d
Blog Post: Second Circuit Rejects Email Service on Chinese Defendants in Baby Shark SAD Scheme Case

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#StopTheSADScheme
Second Circuit Rejects Email Service on Chinese Defendants in Baby Shark SAD Scheme Case - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
This case involves the “Baby Shark” earworm song, which has billions of YouTube views and ranks as the #1 most viewed YouTube video of all time. You already know the lyrics (and associated hand/arm mo...
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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 6d
Very cool!

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 7d
Just to recap:

The TikTok ban? Bad.
The SCOTUS ruling upholding the TikTok ban? Also bad.
Trump choosing not to enforce the ban? More bad.
The Trump-backed mostly-US consortium taking over US Tiktok? You guessed it...bad.

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Berin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 7d
🇦🇺: 67% support the new legal ban on all social media for minors under 16 BUT only 29% will actually enforce that for their own kids

“Bans for thee and thine, but not for me and mine!”🤦‍♂️

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 7d
A gentle reminder that paranoid delusions are a real, serious, and deeply understudied public health issue. Reducing these harms to “ChatGPT” oversimplifies the problem and does a disservice both to the discourse and to the people affected.
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Open AI, Microsoft sued over ChatGPT's alleged role in fueling man's "paranoid delusions" before murder-suicide in Connecticut
The suit alleges the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified a man's "paranoid delusions" and helped direct them at his mother before he died by suicide.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 7d
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet

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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 7d
Dream job alert: Managing Director, Trust & Safety Foundation

www.trustandsafetyfoundation.org/opportunities
Opportunities — Trust and Safety Foundation
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 7d
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/18/f...

(We desperately need independent federal government agencies that aren't just propagandists for the president, but the Supreme Court is poised to make that difficult or impossible)
FCC Boss Brendan Carr Showcases How He’s A Shameless Liar And Opportunist In Testimony Before Congress
FCC boss Brendan Carr was dragged before Congress this week for some light questioning about his repeated, often-illegal abuses of FCC power. It was the first time the FCC has had to appear before …
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Eric Goldman @ericgoldman.bsky.social · 7d
Blog Post: Is Blogging a “Recreational Activity”?–Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple

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Is Blogging a "Recreational Activity"?-Sander v. Westchester Reform Temple - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
In 2021, Jessie Sander was hired as a Jewish educator at the Westchester Reform Temple, located in Scarsdale, NY. Sander calls the temple a “Zionist institution.” The temple’s website still publicly e...
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