Roxana Vatanparast 🌹
@roxanav.bsky.social
Academic, writer, artist. Writing a book on undersea cables, tech, empire, and international law.
Assistant Professor of Law at Capital Law School | Instructor, Harvard Summer School
www.roxanav.com
Assistant Professor of Law at Capital Law School | Instructor, Harvard Summer School
www.roxanav.com
Very much looking forward to discussing the Digital Divide in International Cyber Law in New York in October. #ILW25
The Digital Divide in International Cyber Law #ILW25
With: @chris4short.bsky.social, Jennifer Tridgell, Fabian Rogers, Roxana Vatanparast, and Rosey Wong.
Register for International Law Weekend 2025 here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2025-reg...
With: @chris4short.bsky.social, Jennifer Tridgell, Fabian Rogers, Roxana Vatanparast, and Rosey Wong.
Register for International Law Weekend 2025 here: www.ila-americanbranch.org/ilw-2025-reg...
September 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Very much looking forward to discussing the Digital Divide in International Cyber Law in New York in October. #ILW25
Unfortunately a still relevant piece I wrote 17 (!) years after I wrote it on the invocation of the preemptive use of force doctrine in relation to Iran's uranium enrichment program.
June 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Unfortunately a still relevant piece I wrote 17 (!) years after I wrote it on the invocation of the preemptive use of force doctrine in relation to Iran's uranium enrichment program.
Pre-print of a short new piece of mine on critical marine infrastructure (CMI) is up! I outline some of the international legal principles applicable to CMI generally, focusing on the Law of the Sea, laws applicable to CMI damage, and their limitations. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Pre-print of a short new piece of mine on critical marine infrastructure (CMI) is up! I outline some of the international legal principles applicable to CMI generally, focusing on the Law of the Sea, laws applicable to CMI damage, and their limitations. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
June 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Glad to have had the opportunity to review The New Knowledge: Information, Data and the Remaking of Global Power, for the journal Regulation & Governance. Pre-print available on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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i love that techbros reinvent buses every few years
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters
Uber to introduce fixed-route shuttles in major US cities designed for commuters | TechCrunch
Ride-hail and delivery giant Uber is introducing cheap, fixed-route rides along busy corridors during weekday commute hours in major U.S. cities -- one
techcrunch.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
i love that techbros reinvent buses every few years
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Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Register to join this timely discussion on June 2, in person or on line, with @katecrawford.bsky.social @hofrench.bsky.social @tamigraph.bsky.social and @triofrancos.bsky.social, hosted by my Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab at the Institute for Advanced Study www.ias.edu/events/raree...
The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance
The tech arm of Trump 2.0 isn't just reshaping government — it's consolidating control over the data infrastructure that makes modern governance possible. By centralizing data flows and gutting public...
lpeproject.org
May 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Right Understands That All Governance Is Data Governance lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...
Absolutely beautiful talk by @ruha9.bsky.social. How to put technology in service of collective healing and worldmaking?
Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...
Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...
Tanner Lecture Two with Ruha Benjamin
YouTube video by Mahindra Humanities Center
www.youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Absolutely beautiful talk by @ruha9.bsky.social. How to put technology in service of collective healing and worldmaking?
Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...
Dystopia, Utopia, or UStopia? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYIi...
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New work with Gavin Sullivan in the German Law Journal!
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion | German Law Journal | Cambridge Core
The Legal Infrastructures of UK Border Control—Cerberus and the Dispositif of Speculative Suspicion - Volume 25 Issue 8
cambridge.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New work with Gavin Sullivan in the German Law Journal!
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
Informed by unique access, we trace the design of Cerberus: an AI-based risk tool deployed by the UK Home Office.
Cerberus, we argue, enacts a governmentality of suspicion that evades our regulatory repertoire.
cambridge.org/core/journal...
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🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🚨New Paper🚨 (hi law reviews!)
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
‘Digitizing the Fisc’ is the first article to address the current separation of fiscal powers crisis, exemplified by Trump's takeover of the Treasury's payments IT systems, through a tri-dimensional legal, political economic, & technological lens.
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Some of you might have received the ESIL president's email this morning. What you might not know is that a group had been preparing to publish a letter that is open for signatures - most of the points of which are not addressed in this morning's email.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some of you might have received the ESIL president's email this morning. What you might not know is that a group had been preparing to publish a letter that is open for signatures - most of the points of which are not addressed in this morning's email.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
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Academic freedom lies at the heart of our profession and we must protect it at all costs.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin.
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Academic freedom lies at the heart of our profession and we must protect it at all costs.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
In consultation with colleagues, we have tried to articulate widespread concerns with respect to the upcoming ESIL conference in Berlin, in light of recent events.
📣Academic freedom is a fundamental pillar of our profession. Read our statement by over 150 international lawyers & ESIL members on troubling decision by Freie Universiteit Berlin to curtail academic freedom ahead of ESIL 2025. Letter is open for signature. voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
Statement by International Lawyers, ESIL Members, and ESIL Interest Group Convenors related to the 2025 ESIL Annual Conference at Freie Universität Berlin
voelkerrechtsblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📣Academic freedom is a fundamental pillar of our profession. Read our statement by over 150 international lawyers & ESIL members on troubling decision by Freie Universiteit Berlin to curtail academic freedom ahead of ESIL 2025. Letter is open for signature. voelkerrechtsblog.org/statement-by...
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Very happy to share the publication of this Special Issue on Law and Technology, guest edited with my wonderful colleagues of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on Intl Law and Technology @roxanav.bsky.social, @barriesander.bsky.social, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social and Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi. 1/
📣Special Issue on Law & Technology, on the theme Is Fairness in Digital Governance a Trap?, available open access in the European Journal of Legal Studies, guest edited by the ESIL IG on International Law & Tech team.
February 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Very happy to share the publication of this Special Issue on Law and Technology, guest edited with my wonderful colleagues of the @esil-sedi.bsky.social IG on Intl Law and Technology @roxanav.bsky.social, @barriesander.bsky.social, @dimitrivdm.bsky.social and Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi. 1/
📣Special Issue on Law & Technology, on the theme Is Fairness in Digital Governance a Trap?, available open access in the European Journal of Legal Studies, guest edited by the ESIL IG on International Law & Tech team.
February 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📣Special Issue on Law & Technology, on the theme Is Fairness in Digital Governance a Trap?, available open access in the European Journal of Legal Studies, guest edited by the ESIL IG on International Law & Tech team.
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🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨Elon Musk’s DOGE operatives are attempting to access confidential tax information — tax returns, bank data, Social Security numbers — for millions of Americans.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
Illegal access can lead to jail time under federal law.
@wyden.senate.gov and I are investigating and fighting back.
"The best place to view Los Angeles of the next millennium is from the ruins of its alternative future." Mike Davis
Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
Firefighters continue to battle blazes as L.A. braces for more days of fire weather
Five people have died, more than 2,000 structures have burned and at least 130,000 residents are under evacuation orders because of the wildfires burning across Los Angeles County. “We are absolutely ...
www.latimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"The best place to view Los Angeles of the next millennium is from the ruins of its alternative future." Mike Davis
Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
Absolutely heartbreaking to watch my hometown burn from afar. 💔 Praying for everyone in LA.
www.latimes.com/california/l...
Simulacra & Simulation
"AI-generated Instagram and Facebook profiles going viral right now have been on the platform for well over a year and all of them stopped posting 10 months ago after users almost universally ignored them." www.404media.co/metas-ai-pro...
Meta's AI Profiles Are Indistinguishable From Terrible Spam That Took Over Facebook
The Meta AI profiles everyone is mad about are old, were a colossal failure, and many are already dead.
www.404media.co
January 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Simulacra & Simulation
The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity between Finland and Estonia, was cut on Wednesday, Finland’s police said in a statement, the latest in a slew of disruptions to undersea infrastructure that are being investigated as acts of sabotage.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
Finland Seizes Ship After Undersea Cable Is Cut
The country’s prime minister said the incident, the latest in a series of disruptions to undersea infrastructure, underscored the danger of a so-called Russian shadow fleet.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
The Estlink 2 submarine cable, which carries electricity between Finland and Estonia, was cut on Wednesday, Finland’s police said in a statement, the latest in a slew of disruptions to undersea infrastructure that are being investigated as acts of sabotage.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/w...
A little Christmas Eve treat: French apple tart
December 25, 2024 at 1:28 AM
A little Christmas Eve treat: French apple tart
AI is not replacing labor but creating new forms of human labor. If AI is being sold as more efficient and cost-saving, it’s a lie. It’s a resource intensive algorithmic system that is creating new costs and harms. In the health care context, those harms can be devastating.
“Algorithm glitches are one facet of a dilemma that computer scientists and doctors have long acknowledged but that is starting to puzzle hospital executives and researchers: Artificial intelligence systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and to keep them working well.”
Health care AI, intended to save money, turns out to require a lot of expensive humans
Despite the hype over artificial intelligence in medicine, the systems require consistent monitoring and staffing to put in place and maintain.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:53 PM
AI is not replacing labor but creating new forms of human labor. If AI is being sold as more efficient and cost-saving, it’s a lie. It’s a resource intensive algorithmic system that is creating new costs and harms. In the health care context, those harms can be devastating.
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Since I cannot find one, here is a starter pack for the slightly niche topic of every aspect of PIL and the interwebs. Please feel free to send me so I can add you :D
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Since I cannot find one, here is a starter pack for the slightly niche topic of every aspect of PIL and the interwebs. Please feel free to send me so I can add you :D
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#ICYMI: Read the latest volume of the Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting here:
📚 https://cup.org/3ZXILol
@ajil.bsky.social #InternationalLaw
📚 https://cup.org/3ZXILol
@ajil.bsky.social #InternationalLaw
Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting: Volume 117 - | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting - Volume 117 -
cup.org
December 20, 2024 at 5:32 PM
#ICYMI: Read the latest volume of the Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting here:
📚 https://cup.org/3ZXILol
@ajil.bsky.social #InternationalLaw
📚 https://cup.org/3ZXILol
@ajil.bsky.social #InternationalLaw