The Information Society Project at Yale Law School
@yaleisp.bsky.social
The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is an intellectual center addressing issues at the intersection of law, tech & society. https://law.yale.edu/isp/community
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📢 Apply now for the 2026–27 ISP Resident Fellowship at Yale Law School! We encourage projects on AI and the digital public sphere—free speech, content moderation, privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic governance. More info: law.yale.edu/isp/join-us#...
Tomorrow at our Law & Tech Speaker Series: The Hidden Automation of Reincarceration
Join us for a talk with Kate Weisburd (Law Prof at @uclawsf.bsky.social)
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
cosponsored by YJolT
DM for Zoom info
Join us for a talk with Kate Weisburd (Law Prof at @uclawsf.bsky.social)
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
cosponsored by YJolT
DM for Zoom info
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Tomorrow at our Law & Tech Speaker Series: The Hidden Automation of Reincarceration
Join us for a talk with Kate Weisburd (Law Prof at @uclawsf.bsky.social)
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
cosponsored by YJolT
DM for Zoom info
Join us for a talk with Kate Weisburd (Law Prof at @uclawsf.bsky.social)
🗓️ Tuesday, November 11, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
cosponsored by YJolT
DM for Zoom info
New publication by ISP Fellow @mailynfidler.bsky.social in @lawfaremedia.org: "Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention"
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...
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Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention
The convention, which just opened for signature, is substantively similar to the Budapest Convention, but it is procedurally different, and that may make all the difference.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New publication by ISP Fellow @mailynfidler.bsky.social in @lawfaremedia.org: "Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention"
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proc...
ISP Fellow @ignaciocofone.bsky.social publishes in Iowa Law Review about "Taxonomizing Synthetic Data for Law"
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Taxonomizing Synthetic Data for Law
Synthetic data is increasingly important in data usage and AI design, creating novel legal and policy dilemmas. All too often, discussions of synthetic data tre
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November 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ISP Fellow @ignaciocofone.bsky.social publishes in Iowa Law Review about "Taxonomizing Synthetic Data for Law"
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Thank you to Prof. Laura DeNardis for a magnificent talk on “Authenticity in an AI Society” at today’s Ideas Lunch!
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thank you to Prof. Laura DeNardis for a magnificent talk on “Authenticity in an AI Society” at today’s Ideas Lunch!
ISP Fellow Ge Chen has written a report titled “Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression in China.” It was published by the Future of Free Speech as a chapter in its 2025 report on AI Laws, Chatbots, and the Future of Free Expression.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
ISP Fellow Ge Chen has written a report titled “Artificial Intelligence and Freedom of Expression in China.” It was published by the Future of Free Speech as a chapter in its 2025 report on AI Laws, Chatbots, and the Future of Free Expression.
futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
futurefreespeech.org/wp-content/u...
Tomorrow’s Ideas Lunch
We’re excited to host Prof. Laura DeNardis (Georgetown University) for a talk on: “Authenticity in an Artificial Society.”
Thursday November 6, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
We’re excited to host Prof. Laura DeNardis (Georgetown University) for a talk on: “Authenticity in an Artificial Society.”
Thursday November 6, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tomorrow’s Ideas Lunch
We’re excited to host Prof. Laura DeNardis (Georgetown University) for a talk on: “Authenticity in an Artificial Society.”
Thursday November 6, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
We’re excited to host Prof. Laura DeNardis (Georgetown University) for a talk on: “Authenticity in an Artificial Society.”
Thursday November 6, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
Tomorrow!
📅 Nov. 5, 2025 | 🕛 12:10–1:00PM | 📍 SLB 127
PSRJ & YLW+ Present:
Training the Next Generation: A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Hosted by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice & Democracy Initiative.
For more info: law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...
📅 Nov. 5, 2025 | 🕛 12:10–1:00PM | 📍 SLB 127
PSRJ & YLW+ Present:
Training the Next Generation: A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Hosted by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice & Democracy Initiative.
For more info: law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...
PSRJ & YLW+ Present: Training the Next Generation, A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and contributes to Times editorials. She is also the Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law at Yale Law School.
law.yale.edu
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tomorrow!
📅 Nov. 5, 2025 | 🕛 12:10–1:00PM | 📍 SLB 127
PSRJ & YLW+ Present:
Training the Next Generation: A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Hosted by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice & Democracy Initiative.
For more info: law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...
📅 Nov. 5, 2025 | 🕛 12:10–1:00PM | 📍 SLB 127
PSRJ & YLW+ Present:
Training the Next Generation: A Conversation with Emily Bazelon
Hosted by the Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice & Democracy Initiative.
For more info: law.yale.edu/yls-today/ya...
ISP Fellow @akriti.bsky.social publishes in Oxford Intersections: Social Media in Society and Culture about 'The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media':
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The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media
Abstract. Private or end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram have begun to occupy an important space in digital regulation acro
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November 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
ISP Fellow @akriti.bsky.social publishes in Oxford Intersections: Social Media in Society and Culture about 'The “Social” Impact of Private Messaging Applications: Charting the Impact of the EU Digital Services Act on New Social Media':
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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Thank you to @christopherali.bsky.social for a magnificent talk on “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times” at today’s Ideas Lunch!
October 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Thank you to @christopherali.bsky.social for a magnificent talk on “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times” at today’s Ideas Lunch!
Fellowship opportunities at the MFIA Clinic: law.yale.edu/mfia/opportu...
Opportunities
law.yale.edu
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Fellowship opportunities at the MFIA Clinic: law.yale.edu/mfia/opportu...
Tomorrow’s Ideas Lunch
We’re excited to host Prof. Christopher Ali (Penn State University) for a talk on: “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times.”
Thursday October 30, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
We’re excited to host Prof. Christopher Ali (Penn State University) for a talk on: “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times.”
Thursday October 30, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Tomorrow’s Ideas Lunch
We’re excited to host Prof. Christopher Ali (Penn State University) for a talk on: “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times.”
Thursday October 30, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
We’re excited to host Prof. Christopher Ali (Penn State University) for a talk on: “Epistemics, Empathy, and Equity: Rethinking Broadband Policy in Turbulent Times.”
Thursday October 30, 2025 | 12:00PM-1:30PM | Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (for ISP fellows only)
TODAY!
Book Talk: The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
📅 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511
co-sponsored by Yale University Library Book Talks and Yale Law School's Information Society Project.
Book Talk: The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
📅 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511
co-sponsored by Yale University Library Book Talks and Yale Law School's Information Society Project.
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
TODAY!
Book Talk: The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
📅 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511
co-sponsored by Yale University Library Book Talks and Yale Law School's Information Society Project.
Book Talk: The Radical Fund by John Fabian Witt
📅 Wednesday, October 29, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
📍 Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street, New Haven, CT 06511
co-sponsored by Yale University Library Book Talks and Yale Law School's Information Society Project.
Today, Prof. Dawn Nunziato came to speak to us about “The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech.” Thank you for a great presentation at this week’s Law & Tech Talk!
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Today, Prof. Dawn Nunziato came to speak to us about “The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech.” Thank you for a great presentation at this week’s Law & Tech Talk!
Join us for tomorrow's Speaker Series event!
Prof Dawn Nunziato (@gwlaw.bsky.social) will discuss:
"The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech"
📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 | 12:10–1:30 PM | SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
Cosponsered by YJoLT
Prof Dawn Nunziato (@gwlaw.bsky.social) will discuss:
"The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech"
📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 | 12:10–1:30 PM | SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
Cosponsered by YJoLT
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Join us for tomorrow's Speaker Series event!
Prof Dawn Nunziato (@gwlaw.bsky.social) will discuss:
"The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech"
📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 | 12:10–1:30 PM | SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
Cosponsered by YJoLT
Prof Dawn Nunziato (@gwlaw.bsky.social) will discuss:
"The EU v. Platforms and the First Amendment: Regulating Online Hate Speech"
📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 | 12:10–1:30 PM | SLB 128
DM for Zoom details
Cosponsered by YJoLT
The Espionage Act’s reach is criminal, its language capacious, and its chilling effect immediate.”
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
Weaponizing the Espionage Act: What It Means for Whistleblowers, Reporters, and Democracy
How the Trump administration could weaponize the Espionage Act and its chilling effect to control the press and justify suppression.
www.justsecurity.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Espionage Act’s reach is criminal, its language capacious, and its chilling effect immediate.”
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
MFIA Director David Schulz and Prof. Brian O’Neill on what’s at stake for whistleblowers, reporters, and democracy if the Trump administration uses it:
www.justsecurity.org/122491/weapo...
At this week’s Ideas Lunch: Prof. Yan Fang on “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law.” Thank you for an enlightening presentstion!
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At this week’s Ideas Lunch: Prof. Yan Fang on “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law.” Thank you for an enlightening presentstion!
Reposted by The Information Society Project at Yale Law School
The MFIA Clinic at Yale Law School is now accepting applications for its Clinical Fellowship starting July 1, 2026.
Help defend press freedom, free speech, and government transparency.
🗓 Review begins Nov 15, 2025.
🔗 law.yale.edu/mfia/news/op...
Help defend press freedom, free speech, and government transparency.
🗓 Review begins Nov 15, 2025.
🔗 law.yale.edu/mfia/news/op...
Opportunities
MFIA CLINICAL FELLOWSHIPOctober 15, 2025
law.yale.edu
October 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The MFIA Clinic at Yale Law School is now accepting applications for its Clinical Fellowship starting July 1, 2026.
Help defend press freedom, free speech, and government transparency.
🗓 Review begins Nov 15, 2025.
🔗 law.yale.edu/mfia/news/op...
Help defend press freedom, free speech, and government transparency.
🗓 Review begins Nov 15, 2025.
🔗 law.yale.edu/mfia/news/op...
Call for Papers: Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Tech (Feb 2026, virtual).
Seeking papers on how private law shapes & is shaped by tech—AI, privacy, right to repair, algorithmic remedies & more.
🗓 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 - 🔗 privatelawtech.org
Seeking papers on how private law shapes & is shaped by tech—AI, privacy, right to repair, algorithmic remedies & more.
🗓 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 - 🔗 privatelawtech.org
Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Technology
Register for more information about our yearly workshop series!
privatelawtech.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Call for Papers: Workshop on Private Law & Emerging Tech (Feb 2026, virtual).
Seeking papers on how private law shapes & is shaped by tech—AI, privacy, right to repair, algorithmic remedies & more.
🗓 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 - 🔗 privatelawtech.org
Seeking papers on how private law shapes & is shaped by tech—AI, privacy, right to repair, algorithmic remedies & more.
🗓 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025 - 🔗 privatelawtech.org
📢 Tomorrow at noon!
Join us for “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law” with Yan Fang, Assistant Professor of Law at @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
🗓 Thursday, Oct 23 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM | 📍Baker Hall 405
Join us for “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law” with Yan Fang, Assistant Professor of Law at @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
🗓 Thursday, Oct 23 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM | 📍Baker Hall 405
October 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 Tomorrow at noon!
Join us for “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law” with Yan Fang, Assistant Professor of Law at @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
🗓 Thursday, Oct 23 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM | 📍Baker Hall 405
Join us for “Between Distance and Engagement: How Platform Companies Navigate Contested Law” with Yan Fang, Assistant Professor of Law at @bostoncollege.bsky.social.
🗓 Thursday, Oct 23 | 🕛 12–1:30 PM | 📍Baker Hall 405
This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “Deconstructing the Digital Persona: Price Personalization and the Algorithmic Self.” Thank you to Prof. Mateusz Grochowski for a wonderful presentation!
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This week’s Law & Tech Talk examined “Deconstructing the Digital Persona: Price Personalization and the Algorithmic Self.” Thank you to Prof. Mateusz Grochowski for a wonderful presentation!
Join us for Prof. @mateuszgr.bsky.social’s @tulanelaw.bsky.social) talk: “Deconstructing the Digital Persona: Price Personalization and the Algorithmic Self”
📅 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
Cosponsored by YJoLT
DM for Zoom details
📅 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
Cosponsored by YJoLT
DM for Zoom details
October 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join us for Prof. @mateuszgr.bsky.social’s @tulanelaw.bsky.social) talk: “Deconstructing the Digital Persona: Price Personalization and the Algorithmic Self”
📅 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
Cosponsored by YJoLT
DM for Zoom details
📅 Tuesday, October 21, 2025
🕛 12:10–1:30 PM
📍 SLB 128
Cosponsored by YJoLT
DM for Zoom details
ISP fellow Madhavi Singh writes in Harvard Journal of Law & Technology: "The Antitrust Case Against AI Overviews"
jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/the-a...
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The Antitrust Case Against AI Overviews
Madhavi Singh is the Deputy Director of the Thurman Arnold Project and a Resident Fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. She was previously a Research Associate...
jolt.law.harvard.edu
October 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
ISP fellow Madhavi Singh writes in Harvard Journal of Law & Technology: "The Antitrust Case Against AI Overviews"
jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/the-a...
jolt.law.harvard.edu/digest/the-a...
Thank you to Professor Hannah Bloch-Wehba for a wonderful talk on “How Tech Took Over” at this week’s Ideas Lunch!
October 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thank you to Professor Hannah Bloch-Wehba for a wonderful talk on “How Tech Took Over” at this week’s Ideas Lunch!
Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. Hannah Bloch-Wehba's (Texas A&M University School of Law) talk about: "How Tech Took Over"
📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025
⏰12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)
📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025
⏰12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. Hannah Bloch-Wehba's (Texas A&M University School of Law) talk about: "How Tech Took Over"
📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025
⏰12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)
📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025
⏰12:00-1:30 PM
📍Baker Hall 405
DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)
Yesterday, Prof. @hartzog.bsky.social (Boston University School of Law) came to speak to us about “Against AI Half Measures.” Thank you for a wonderful presentation at this week’s Law & Tech Talk!
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yesterday, Prof. @hartzog.bsky.social (Boston University School of Law) came to speak to us about “Against AI Half Measures.” Thank you for a wonderful presentation at this week’s Law & Tech Talk!