Neil Netanel
@nnetanel.bsky.social
Pete Kameron Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law; Senior Research Fellow, Shamgar Center for Digital Law & Innovation, Tel Aviv University. Write about Copyright, Free Speech, Media, Militant Democracy.
As always, Fania Oz-Salzberger is spot on: When Shada Khatib, an Arab Israeli student, was killed by an Iranian missile, Israelis’ responses showed the strength of Arab-Jewish bonds—and the forces that threaten them. www.wsj.com/world/middle... via @WSJ
Essay | What the Death of My Arab Student Revealed About Israel
When Shada Khatib was killed by an Iranian missile, Israelis’ responses showed the strength of Arab-Jewish bonds—and the forces that threaten them.
www.wsj.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As always, Fania Oz-Salzberger is spot on: When Shada Khatib, an Arab Israeli student, was killed by an Iranian missile, Israelis’ responses showed the strength of Arab-Jewish bonds—and the forces that threaten them. www.wsj.com/world/middle... via @WSJ
Their 'three lines of history'
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Their 'three lines of history'
An April Holocaust tour of Poland gives rise to thoughts about the meaning of heroism, mutual responsibility and the value of choosing how one will die, when faced with the inevitable
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May 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Their 'three lines of history'
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My article Failing to Save the Press: What Should Be Next?, forthcoming in Texas Law Rev., is now up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Current legislation fails to induce Google and Meta to compensate the press for posting news excerpts and links. I survey that failure and some alternatives.
Failing to Save the Press: What Should Be Next?
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Liberal democracy cannot survive without a vibrant, free, and pluralist press. Indeed, in an increasingly “post-truth” age awash in social media disinfor
papers.ssrn.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
My article Failing to Save the Press: What Should Be Next?, forthcoming in Texas Law Rev., is now up on SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers..... Current legislation fails to induce Google and Meta to compensate the press for posting news excerpts and links. I survey that failure and some alternatives.
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Today Hamas partied around coffins of murdered Jews. The coffins were on stage, festive music played. Families gathered, children hoisted high. In the coffins were 2 Bibas children and mom Shiri. Only Shiri’s coffin contained someone else. She’s missing. The babies murdered. And the BBC reported:
February 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today Hamas partied around coffins of murdered Jews. The coffins were on stage, festive music played. Families gathered, children hoisted high. In the coffins were 2 Bibas children and mom Shiri. Only Shiri’s coffin contained someone else. She’s missing. The babies murdered. And the BBC reported:
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February 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Judge Bibas reverses course in the first copyright case on AI training and fair use. What happened—and what does it mean for gen AI, copyright, and the legal battles ahead? Some thoughts on Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, up now on Copyright Lately. copyrightlately.com/ai-training-...
AI Training, Fair Use, and the Burdens of Being First
Judge Bibas’s second take in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence will get second looks from courts deciding fair use in generative AI cases.
copyrightlately.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Judge Bibas reverses course in the first copyright case on AI training and fair use. What happened—and what does it mean for gen AI, copyright, and the legal battles ahead? Some thoughts on Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence, up now on Copyright Lately. copyrightlately.com/ai-training-...
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New issue of my newsletter: “Books, AI, and the Public Good: A New Grant” — A Mellon-funded project to develop an ethical, public-interest way to incorporate books into artificial intelligence
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
New issue of my newsletter: “Books, AI, and the Public Good: A New Grant” — A Mellon-funded project to develop an ethical, public-interest way to incorporate books into artificial intelligence
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The move follows complaints from politicians in Germany that X’s algorithm is promoting content by the far right ahead of the country’s February 23 elections.
European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents
EC has also requested access to information on how X moderates and amplifies content.
arstechnica.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The move follows complaints from politicians in Germany that X’s algorithm is promoting content by the far right ahead of the country’s February 23 elections.
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BREAKING: SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban law, affirming a lower court and setting the app on a collision course with a Jan. 19 start date.
"For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
January 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING: SCOTUS upholds TikTok ban law, affirming a lower court and setting the app on a collision course with a Jan. 19 start date.
"For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
"For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that the challenged provisions do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights."
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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Has anyone got information about the NYTimes v OpenAI oral argument today? How did it go?
January 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Has anyone got information about the NYTimes v OpenAI oral argument today? How did it go?
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Interesting post, including his thoughts and what and how to limit Meta interactions.
I have struggled with how to respond to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness. While I have thought about quitting Facebook, I find great value in the connections and friends I have here, and it doesn't seem fair that I should lose that 1/4
January 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Interesting post, including his thoughts and what and how to limit Meta interactions.
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As someone who worked on Birdwatch/Community notes at Twitter, I can tell you that the system was NEVER designed to work on it's own. It is is designed to work alongside fact checking systems.
The eshitification of the Meta continues
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
The eshitification of the Meta continues
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company's moderation policies and practices, saying that the election felt like a "cultural tipping point."
www.nbcnews.com
January 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As someone who worked on Birdwatch/Community notes at Twitter, I can tell you that the system was NEVER designed to work on it's own. It is is designed to work alongside fact checking systems.
The eshitification of the Meta continues
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
The eshitification of the Meta continues
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
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Today’s Platformer.news on Meta rolling up its fact-checking and loosening content moderation is a seriously good analysis of how the social media giant is creating “dire” safety risks around the world. www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch... @caseynewton.bsky.social
Meta surrenders to the right on speech
“I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer
www.platformer.news
January 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Today’s Platformer.news on Meta rolling up its fact-checking and loosening content moderation is a seriously good analysis of how the social media giant is creating “dire” safety risks around the world. www.platformer.news/meta-fact-ch... @caseynewton.bsky.social
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One remaining concern for me is that even people who WANT to find accurate information are going to be challenged to do it, because we're going to lose the groups that do this fact-checking work — unless non-profits step in to fill what is going to be a huge funding gap.
January 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
One remaining concern for me is that even people who WANT to find accurate information are going to be challenged to do it, because we're going to lose the groups that do this fact-checking work — unless non-profits step in to fill what is going to be a huge funding gap.
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The study I mentioned above bsky.app/profile/dgra...
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The study I mentioned above bsky.app/profile/dgra...
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Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
January 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Over the past 4–5 years, Facebook has sunset tools (chiefly CrowdTangle) used by researchers and journalists, made data difficult and expensive to get, and iced out academics studying disinformation.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
Now, it's shutting down the fact checking on its platform.
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I highly recommend this article by @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social: "Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases". It provides an excellent background of previous fair use technology cases which may be relevant to the ongoing AI litigation. www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-def...
Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases | UCLA Law Review
Abstract The fair use limitation on the scope of authorial exclusive rights is expected to be the main defense in lawsuits charging generative artificial in ...
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December 31, 2024 at 3:45 PM
I highly recommend this article by @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social: "Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases". It provides an excellent background of previous fair use technology cases which may be relevant to the ongoing AI litigation. www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-def...
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UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will look into several aspects of AI and copyright, and it is likely to prove to be a very contentious issue in the upcoming months, with a clear clash of the…
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will look into several aspects of AI and copyright, and it is likely to prove to be a very contentious issue in the upcoming months, with a clear clash of the…
UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will look into several aspects of AI and copyright, and it is likely to prove to be a very contentious issue in the upcoming months, with a clear clash of the interest of the UK's creative industries, and the interest of the government of fostering more tech investment.
www.technollama.co.uk
December 29, 2024 at 3:38 AM
UK Government publishes consultation on Copyright and AI
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will look into several aspects of AI and copyright, and it is likely to prove to be a very contentious issue in the upcoming months, with a clear clash of the…
The UK government has published its latest consultation on AI and copyright. This will look into several aspects of AI and copyright, and it is likely to prove to be a very contentious issue in the upcoming months, with a clear clash of the…
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Amici briefs about the TikTok ban are rolling in... Interesting to see elected officials in Congress (at least one of whom voted for the bundle of bills that included the TikTok ban) now file a brief saying it's unconstitutional www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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December 27, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Amici briefs about the TikTok ban are rolling in... Interesting to see elected officials in Congress (at least one of whom voted for the bundle of bills that included the TikTok ban) now file a brief saying it's unconstitutional www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...
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Federal judge in Manhattan sets Jan. 14 hearing date on motions to dismiss in three big copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft, including the NYT’s lawsuit
December 26, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Federal judge in Manhattan sets Jan. 14 hearing date on motions to dismiss in three big copyright cases against OpenAI and Microsoft, including the NYT’s lawsuit