Tiffany C. Li
@tiffanycli.bsky.social
Law professor and writer. Expert on tech, privacy, AI, and sarcasm.
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my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
www.azcentral.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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I'm sure there's been Discourse on this today that I've missed, but my $0.02: I think it conflates three distinct concepts - privacy laws, privileges in court proceedings, and professional ethics rules governing confidentiality. They don't all protect the same thing!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | If You Tell ChatGPT Your Secrets, Will They Be Kept Safe?
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I'm sure there's been Discourse on this today that I've missed, but my $0.02: I think it conflates three distinct concepts - privacy laws, privileges in court proceedings, and professional ethics rules governing confidentiality. They don't all protect the same thing!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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what if technology wasn't something that was done to us, but instead something that we do?
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
what if technology wasn't something that was done to us, but instead something that we do?
“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
A small army is racing against time and Trump to preserve U.S. history
Like 'monks' in the Middle Ages, volunteers are working to preserve cultural treasures they fear are under threat from President Trump’s war against 'woke.'
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Today in class we read two papers on data and ethics:
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today in class we read two papers on data and ethics:
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
"Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture"
culturalanalytics.org/article/1105...
"Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data"
par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...
🕯️ manifesting this energy for midterms 🕯️
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
🕯️ manifesting this energy for midterms 🕯️
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In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped
October 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped
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For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year.
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
Privacy Papers for Policymakers Call for Papers
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to nominate finished papers for consideration for FPF’s annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers...
fpf.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year.
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
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I’m pleased that my Georgia Law Review article is now out! I did a content analysis of every state constitutional amendment from 1960 to the present that altered any criminal procedure protection—which revealed how few states even *tried* to ratify the Warren Court’s criminal procedure holdings.
October 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I’m pleased that my Georgia Law Review article is now out! I did a content analysis of every state constitutional amendment from 1960 to the present that altered any criminal procedure protection—which revealed how few states even *tried* to ratify the Warren Court’s criminal procedure holdings.
And the price of gold is surging. This feels familiar…
And this:
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
92% of the growth in the entire country this year has been data centers. And some of that is "circular deals" that dont involve actual money
fortune.com/2025/10/07/d...
Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says | Fortune
Is a U.S. without data centers a country without GDP growth?
fortune.com
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
And the price of gold is surging. This feels familiar…
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Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:
Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”
9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”
Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”
9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”
October 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents:
Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”
9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”
Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?”
9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”
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There is unfortunately no end to doomscrolling, but you still need time to rest and recover.
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 AM
There is unfortunately no end to doomscrolling, but you still need time to rest and recover.
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September 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For your #FollowFriday consideration, a random list of folks whose posts my dev @davidcolarusso.com has found interesting:
@profsteed.bsky.social
@tiffanycli.bsky.social
@elienyc.bsky.social
@mikewhelanjr.bsky.social
@lifewinning.com
@neorsd.org
@profmmurray.bsky.social
@bunkum.us
@profsteed.bsky.social
@tiffanycli.bsky.social
@elienyc.bsky.social
@mikewhelanjr.bsky.social
@lifewinning.com
@neorsd.org
@profmmurray.bsky.social
@bunkum.us
The world may be chaotic and unpredictable, but a sweet treat, a walk outside, a good book, and a nap will never let you down
September 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The world may be chaotic and unpredictable, but a sweet treat, a walk outside, a good book, and a nap will never let you down
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The title of this post from @riana.bsky.social says it all. This is a blazing big deal for the 4th Amendment.
Then again, it's a blazing big deal for like ten other reasons.
Mostly because lets the FTC decide if platforms enforced their speech rules correctly.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/18/t...
Then again, it's a blazing big deal for like ten other reasons.
Mostly because lets the FTC decide if platforms enforced their speech rules correctly.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/18/t...
The World’s Most Popular Porn Site Is a Government Agent Now. Does It Matter?
On Monday, I published a two-part blog post about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Aylo, parent company of Pornhub. The FTC’s complaint alleged that Aylo violated federal consumer…
www.techdirt.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The title of this post from @riana.bsky.social says it all. This is a blazing big deal for the 4th Amendment.
Then again, it's a blazing big deal for like ten other reasons.
Mostly because lets the FTC decide if platforms enforced their speech rules correctly.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/18/t...
Then again, it's a blazing big deal for like ten other reasons.
Mostly because lets the FTC decide if platforms enforced their speech rules correctly.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/18/t...
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A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster www.wired.com/story/jlr-ja...
A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster
The UK-based automaker has been forced to stop vehicle production as a result of the attack—costing JLR tens of millions of dollars and forcing its parts suppliers to lay off workers.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster www.wired.com/story/jlr-ja...
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Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library!
It's easy! Check your library's website.
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I was chatting about this op-ed w/ a friend; what is the best way to communicate to a general audience about police surveillance? etc.
& one of my conclusions was that people fixate on the power of the tools when they are new to the subject, but eventually they evolve past the tools
& one of my conclusions was that people fixate on the power of the tools when they are new to the subject, but eventually they evolve past the tools
Opinion | What You Need to Know About Police Surveillance (Gift Article)
New tools allow law enforcement agencies to track us at an unimaginable scale.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I was chatting about this op-ed w/ a friend; what is the best way to communicate to a general audience about police surveillance? etc.
& one of my conclusions was that people fixate on the power of the tools when they are new to the subject, but eventually they evolve past the tools
& one of my conclusions was that people fixate on the power of the tools when they are new to the subject, but eventually they evolve past the tools
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not just climate, either
they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives
the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal
they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives
the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal
“With this move, they’re taking away the practical and material capacity of the federal government to do the basic elements of climate policymaking”
E.P.A. To Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
not just climate, either
they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives
the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal
they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives
the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal
This thread is a calming read 🧵
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This thread is a calming read 🧵
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Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social