Jess Miers 🦝
@jmiers230.bsky.social
Law Professor @AkronLaw | Computer Scientist | 1A 💬 and tech scholar | meme docent 🧙🏼♀️
Priors: Google, Twitter (no, not X), Chamber of Progress
jmiers@uakron.edu
Priors: Google, Twitter (no, not X), Chamber of Progress
jmiers@uakron.edu
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Is anyone other than @techfreedom.org filing an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Meta (SJC-13747)? It looks like there's 1 week before the deadline. As a MA resident, I'd cosign a brief urging the Court not to create a regulatory regime that Meta can survive but small sites can't
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Is anyone other than @techfreedom.org filing an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Meta (SJC-13747)? It looks like there's 1 week before the deadline. As a MA resident, I'd cosign a brief urging the Court not to create a regulatory regime that Meta can survive but small sites can't
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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Great to see how @brianlfrye.bsky.social and @jmiers230.bsky.social helping clarify #IPLaw issues around creating #LegalAi for #LegalResearch.
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
As the long-running litigation between Thomson Reuters and ROSS Intelligence has moved to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an interlocutory appeal of the trial judge's copyright rulings in fa...
www.lawnext.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great to see how @brianlfrye.bsky.social and @jmiers230.bsky.social helping clarify #IPLaw issues around creating #LegalAi for #LegalResearch.
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
‘No One Can Own the Law’: Amici Come Out In Force to Support ROSS In Appeal of Copyright Ruling Favoring Thomson Reuters
www.lawnext.com/2025/11/no-o...
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There are a large number of Democratic politicians who insist that Jonathan Haidt is a reliable narrator and one who they should take their legislative cues from. They should be asked why they're supporting someone the Heritage Foundation is cheering on in their efforts to censor the internet.
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There are a large number of Democratic politicians who insist that Jonathan Haidt is a reliable narrator and one who they should take their legislative cues from. They should be asked why they're supporting someone the Heritage Foundation is cheering on in their efforts to censor the internet.
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These people are unashamedly evil and should be summarily guillotined
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
These people are unashamedly evil and should be summarily guillotined
In about ten minutes, I’ll be speaking about why generative AI services should be understood as modern publishers—not products—and the First Amendment implications that follow. You can join the webinar here for free: www.eventcreate.com/e/the-great-...
The Great Tech War: Can We Optimize Innovation, Regulate AI, Protect Children and Address Social Media Content at the Same Time? | October 30, 2025
Join us online Thursday October 30, 2025
www.eventcreate.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In about ten minutes, I’ll be speaking about why generative AI services should be understood as modern publishers—not products—and the First Amendment implications that follow. You can join the webinar here for free: www.eventcreate.com/e/the-great-...
Words can hardly capture how proud I am of my students.
I'm so excited about this new student organization dedicated to the First Amendment and I'm honored to serve as their faculty advisor.
I'm so excited about this new student organization dedicated to the First Amendment and I'm honored to serve as their faculty advisor.
My co-founder and I just launched the First Amendment Law Society. In a time of rising censorship, we built space for law students to speak, dissent, and shape the future. Grateful to our school @jmiers230.bsky.social. Say it. Mean it. Make it matter.
FALS is now live! We founded the First Amendment Law Society to protect uncomfortable, unpopular, and unfiltered speech in an age of government censorship. No allegiance to ideology—just the Constitution. Say it. Mean it. Make it Matter.
October 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Words can hardly capture how proud I am of my students.
I'm so excited about this new student organization dedicated to the First Amendment and I'm honored to serve as their faculty advisor.
I'm so excited about this new student organization dedicated to the First Amendment and I'm honored to serve as their faculty advisor.
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My co-founder and I just launched the First Amendment Law Society. In a time of rising censorship, we built space for law students to speak, dissent, and shape the future. Grateful to our school @jmiers230.bsky.social. Say it. Mean it. Make it matter.
FALS is now live! We founded the First Amendment Law Society to protect uncomfortable, unpopular, and unfiltered speech in an age of government censorship. No allegiance to ideology—just the Constitution. Say it. Mean it. Make it Matter.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My co-founder and I just launched the First Amendment Law Society. In a time of rising censorship, we built space for law students to speak, dissent, and shape the future. Grateful to our school @jmiers230.bsky.social. Say it. Mean it. Make it matter.
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I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I don’t need to explain why it’s wildly unacceptable for the military to be illegally privately financed by the president’s wealthy allies, right?
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This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is insanely illegal and incredibly fucking dangerous.
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That's not "fraudulent use of deepfakes," that's FREE SPEECH.
This prosecution violates the First Amendment.
This prosecution violates the First Amendment.
Prosecutors in #NewHampshire charged a man with felony “fraudulent use of deepfakes” after he obtained body cam video of a #Laconia police officer arresting him, edited the audio to make it seem like the officer said he admires the man and wants his autograph, and posted the video on social media.
New Hampshire man charged for allegedly creating deepfake video altering police body camera video
A Gilford man has been indicted for allegedly creating a deepfake video by altering what a police officer said in police body camera video, court documents say.
www.wmur.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That's not "fraudulent use of deepfakes," that's FREE SPEECH.
This prosecution violates the First Amendment.
This prosecution violates the First Amendment.
Yeah so "fraudulent use of deepfakes" is not a thing. Wow.
Prosecutors in #NewHampshire charged a man with felony “fraudulent use of deepfakes” after he obtained body cam video of a #Laconia police officer arresting him, edited the audio to make it seem like the officer said he admires the man and wants his autograph, and posted the video on social media.
New Hampshire man charged for allegedly creating deepfake video altering police body camera video
A Gilford man has been indicted for allegedly creating a deepfake video by altering what a police officer said in police body camera video, court documents say.
www.wmur.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Yeah so "fraudulent use of deepfakes" is not a thing. Wow.
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This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
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Absolutely no way that this is about anything other than intimidation meant to aid the GOP. Everything that the DOJ has done since January 20, 2025, has made clear that it does not serve the rule of law or democracy. It serves Donald Trump and his allies, and them alone.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Absolutely no way that this is about anything other than intimidation meant to aid the GOP. Everything that the DOJ has done since January 20, 2025, has made clear that it does not serve the rule of law or democracy. It serves Donald Trump and his allies, and them alone.
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Wrote about why, even if you hate AI and data scrapers, Reddit's lawsuit is pretty damn crazy. They're claiming that getting data from Google (not Reddit) violates copyrights that Reddit doesn't hold, meaning Reddit can claim copyright infringement. It's ridiculous.
Reddit’s ‘AI Scraping’ Lawsuit Is An Attack On The Open Internet
When Reddit sued "data scraper" companies and AI firm Perplexity earlier this week, I assumed it was another predictable skirmish over AI training data—the kind of case we've been tracking as companies try to wall off the open…
When Reddit sued "data scraper" companies and AI firm Perplexity earlier this week, I assumed it was another predictable skirmish over AI training data—the kind of case we've been tracking as companies try to wall off the open…
Reddit’s ‘AI Scraping’ Lawsuit Is An Attack On The Open Internet
When Reddit sued "data scraper" companies and AI firm Perplexity earlier this week, I assumed it was another predictable skirmish over AI training data—the kind of case we've been tracking as companies try to wall off the open internet and set up toll booths. But reading the actual complaint made it clear this is something far more dangerous: Reddit isn't just going after scrapers.
www.techdirt.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wrote about why, even if you hate AI and data scrapers, Reddit's lawsuit is pretty damn crazy. They're claiming that getting data from Google (not Reddit) violates copyrights that Reddit doesn't hold, meaning Reddit can claim copyright infringement. It's ridiculous.
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The poll watchers are back
October 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The poll watchers are back
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Excuse me what? The RIAA is now funding NCOSE to file bullshit amicus briefs before the Supreme Court?!?
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Excuse me what? The RIAA is now funding NCOSE to file bullshit amicus briefs before the Supreme Court?!?
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
That is way more fucked up than even usual RIAA nonsense.
Let me explain...
It’s remarkable how Sora 2 now functions as a copyright-monopoly simulator, offering users a firsthand look at how IP maximalism chills creative expression in real time.
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails
OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It’s remarkable how Sora 2 now functions as a copyright-monopoly simulator, offering users a firsthand look at how IP maximalism chills creative expression in real time.
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
DHS Tries To Unmask Ice Spotting Instagram Account by Claiming It Imports Merchandise
There is no evidence the Instagram and Facebook account, called Montcowatch, sells anything. Lawyers from the ACLU say the move is "wildly outside the scope" of DHS' authority.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The specifics of this are extremely bad. DHS is using a tariffs/product importation law to demand Meta unmask the identity of an Instagram account that posts about ICE enforcement actions. The page sells no merch. Lawyers call it "wildly outside the scope" of the law
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
www.404media.co/dhs-tries-to...
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These are not my peers
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
These are not my peers
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What we have in America is a crisis of cowardice
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What we have in America is a crisis of cowardice
Ah I see why we aren't talking about this. The gun belonged to a DHS employee.
Super.
Super.
The CharacterAI lawsuit is tragic. Full stop. No child should feel compelled to take their life.
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ah I see why we aren't talking about this. The gun belonged to a DHS employee.
Super.
Super.
The CharacterAI lawsuit is tragic. Full stop. No child should feel compelled to take their life.
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
A Teen in Love With a Chatbot Killed Himself. Can the Chatbot Be Held Responsible?
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The CharacterAI lawsuit is tragic. Full stop. No child should feel compelled to take their life.
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...
But MSM does a serious disservice by glossing over the fact that the child had easy access to a firearm.
Anything to avoid the long overdue conversation about guns.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/m...