Andrew Folks
@andrewfolks.com
Attorney (privacy, adtech, data stuff), to the extent applicable.
sweet/twisted irony referring to trump as the dog here
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
sweet/twisted irony referring to trump as the dog here
"if you're a big stan of targeted advertising..." is not something you'd expect at a CPPA board meeting lol
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"if you're a big stan of targeted advertising..." is not something you'd expect at a CPPA board meeting lol
This has been happening for years with basic garage band beats “featuring” like three unrelated artists. It almost ruined release radar (the one thing I look forward to every week, which Spotify has ruined on its own volition). AI just makes the songs more believable.
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists. n.pr/4hzHZ8a
Your favorite band has a new single? It might be AI
With AI music generators widely available, scammers are uploading songs to the pages of inactive artists and dead musicians. Spotify says it is cracking down, but the practice persists.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This has been happening for years with basic garage band beats “featuring” like three unrelated artists. It almost ruined release radar (the one thing I look forward to every week, which Spotify has ruined on its own volition). AI just makes the songs more believable.
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If you're interested in the future of neural data privacy and brain hacking read my Q+A with expert Nita Farahany.
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What brain privacy will look like in the age of neurotech
Nita Farahany spoke with Recorded Future News about whether brain data will be commodified and the role artificial intelligence plays in allowing internal speech to be decoded.
therecord.media
October 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you're interested in the future of neural data privacy and brain hacking read my Q+A with expert Nita Farahany.
therecord.media/what-brain-p...
therecord.media/what-brain-p...
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
New CCPA regs consider “legal services offices” to be “sensitive locations.” I have never seen such protections afforded to lawyers like this, and I’m really curious exactly what prompted this inclusion.
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New CCPA regs consider “legal services offices” to be “sensitive locations.” I have never seen such protections afforded to lawyers like this, and I’m really curious exactly what prompted this inclusion.
"How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising" @techpolicypress.bsky.social
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How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press
Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.
www.techpolicy.press
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
"How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising" @techpolicypress.bsky.social
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Excellent Verge piece on the age verification meteor hurtling towards the embattled right to anonymity.
www.theverge.com/policy/78125...
www.theverge.com/policy/78125...
The right to anonymity is powerful, and America is destroying it
Age verification was already risky — now it’s downright dangerous.
www.theverge.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Excellent Verge piece on the age verification meteor hurtling towards the embattled right to anonymity.
www.theverge.com/policy/78125...
www.theverge.com/policy/78125...
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Without an independent FTC, will it be credible enough to enforce the EU-US Data Privacy Framework? The US will lose its most effective federal regulator of privacy. My article about FTC privacy reg with @hartzog.bsky.social is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The FTC and the New Common Law of Privacy
One of the great ironies about information privacy law is that the primary regulation of privacy in the United States has barely been studied in a scholarly way
papers.ssrn.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Without an independent FTC, will it be credible enough to enforce the EU-US Data Privacy Framework? The US will lose its most effective federal regulator of privacy. My article about FTC privacy reg with @hartzog.bsky.social is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
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September 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Cheap TV prices are subsidized by sales of your viewership data (sorry)
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 5:52 PM
Cheap TV prices are subsidized by sales of your viewership data (sorry)
Sending letters to 3 TikTok service providers about not weakening privacy/security of Americans’ data because of the threat of foreign powers is dripping with irony.
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FTC Chairman Ferguson Warns Companies Against Censoring or Weakening the Data Security of Americans at the Behest of Foreign Powers
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N.
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August 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sending letters to 3 TikTok service providers about not weakening privacy/security of Americans’ data because of the threat of foreign powers is dripping with irony.
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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OpenAI speed-running every available monetization model. Just sell ads, you're going to get there eventually.
www.ft.com/content/4491...
www.ft.com/content/4491...
OpenAI to take cut of ChatGPT shopping sales in hunt for revenues
Artificial intelligence start-up has shown brands a prototype of its new checkout feature
www.ft.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI speed-running every available monetization model. Just sell ads, you're going to get there eventually.
www.ft.com/content/4491...
www.ft.com/content/4491...
Absolute bloodbath in both top 10s at Wimbledon
July 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Absolute bloodbath in both top 10s at Wimbledon
Between Utah v. Snap and Michigan v. Roku, the plaintiff's firms have realized they do not need a private right of action to go after big tech firms.
July 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Between Utah v. Snap and Michigan v. Roku, the plaintiff's firms have realized they do not need a private right of action to go after big tech firms.
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Great in-depth analysis from Daniel Goldberg: technologylaw.fkks.com/post/102kqsd...
Takeaways from the $1.55 Million CCPA Settlement with Healthline Media (via Passle)
On July 1, 2025, the California Attorney General’s office announced a $1.55 million settlement with Healthline Media LLC (Healthline) for alleged violat...
technologylaw.fkks.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Great in-depth analysis from Daniel Goldberg: technologylaw.fkks.com/post/102kqsd...
Will be a fun experiment to watch play out:
"Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access"
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
"Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access"
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
Introducing Pay per crawl- enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access
Pay per crawl is a new feature to allow content creators to charge AI crawlers for access to their content.
blog.cloudflare.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Will be a fun experiment to watch play out:
"Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access"
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
"Introducing pay per crawl: enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access"
blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-...
Odd Lots doing reputation and legitimacy laundering for this administration via Stephen Miran on today's ep is disappointing.
June 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Odd Lots doing reputation and legitimacy laundering for this administration via Stephen Miran on today's ep is disappointing.
Shrek is Law.
June 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Shrek is Law.