Daphne Keller
@daphnek.bsky.social
Director of Platform Regulation, Stanford Law School LST Program. Former Google (2004-2015) Legal Director for Web Search, Speech and Intermediary Liability Issues.
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
May be cranky.
https://law.stanford.edu/daphne-keller/
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How do journalists get records from government agencies through @freedom.press public records requests? Is that something anyone can access?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
How do journalists get records from government agencies through @freedom.press public records requests? Is that something anyone can access?
404 Media is gonna teach you 🫵
Find out how to join our LIVE session here:
404 Media is gonna teach you 🫵
Find out how to join our LIVE session here:
The thought of reading this fills me with inertia and desire to do literally anything else. But it's incredibly important! And @domingosmiguel.bsky.social read it.
And boom, just like that, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court has done what the Brazilian Congress has been discussing for years: determined a notice and takedown for illegal content and platform liability in case of non compliance. It’s DSA bycourt ruling, baby!
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
www.stf.jus.br/arquivo/cms/...
www.stf.jus.br
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The thought of reading this fills me with inertia and desire to do literally anything else. But it's incredibly important! And @domingosmiguel.bsky.social read it.
I love “We Can Just Do Things” as a description of what ATProto is enabling so much.
This is super cool, and a real validation of the ecosystem. Forget all the whining about filter bubbles or what not. What's happening here is important, in large part because it allows people to build cool shit, not wait for some billionaire to order a lackey to build what they want at your expense
On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I love “We Can Just Do Things” as a description of what ATProto is enabling so much.
Ooh I hadn’t seen this image. So good.
DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ooh I hadn’t seen this image. So good.
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Excited to have @daphnek.bsky.social join me on the Anchor Change podcast this week to talk about the law and online speech including how trust and safety is becoming a compliance function.
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open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
How Law Shapes Online Speech
Watch now | Exploring the intersection of how the law and technology influences the way expression is managed on digital platforms with Stanford's Daphne Keller
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November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Excited to have @daphnek.bsky.social join me on the Anchor Change podcast this week to talk about the law and online speech including how trust and safety is becoming a compliance function.
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
open.substack.com/pub/anchorch...
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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I'm unimpressed by Reddit's lawsuit against Perplexity et al. In the process of pleading notably weak DMCA claims, I think Reddit pleads itself out of court on its state-law claims.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I'm unimpressed by Reddit's lawsuit against Perplexity et al. In the process of pleading notably weak DMCA claims, I think Reddit pleads itself out of court on its state-law claims.
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Oh hell yes.
This is like in a movie when two giant, comically inept, and heavily armed bad guys face off.
This is like in a movie when two giant, comically inept, and heavily armed bad guys face off.
MPA Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Instagram Over “Literally False and Highly Misleading” PG-13 Rating
The MPA said that Instagram owner Meta wants to exploit the trusted (and trademarked) rating system for its own use.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Oh hell yes.
This is like in a movie when two giant, comically inept, and heavily armed bad guys face off.
This is like in a movie when two giant, comically inept, and heavily armed bad guys face off.
If you are someone who has the privilege to do this, DO IT.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Michael Davis, “Conspicuously Exercising Academic Freedom as a Response to Incremental Threats”
www.aaup.org/JAF16/conspi...
www.aaup.org/JAF16/conspi...
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If you are someone who has the privilege to do this, DO IT.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Incremental retreat from constitutional rights by the powerful endangers everyone else's rights in the long term.
Hey, @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy -- thank you *so* much for keeping this well-formatted, usable copy of the DSA 4-column doc alive on the web.
www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u...
All archivists are heroes.
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All archivists are heroes.
www.patrick-breyer.de
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Hey, @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy -- thank you *so* much for keeping this well-formatted, usable copy of the DSA 4-column doc alive on the web.
www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u...
All archivists are heroes.
www.patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u...
All archivists are heroes.
This hurts way more than losing CBS.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This hurts way more than losing CBS.
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It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It's almost as if letting the ultra-rich own the entire mainstream press and also all the big social platforms had a downside.
In this house we believe MTG stands for Magic The Gathering
FWIW, when you talk to Democrats about MTG, Lauren Boebert or any of the other MAGA crew, they obviously find them horrible and bad. But when you talk to them about Nancy Mace, there's almost a level of pity. Ilhan Omar told me "I hope she does get the help she needs."
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In this house we believe MTG stands for Magic The Gathering
I want journalists and authors to get paid for their work. And I know that AI is part of the problem.
But the problem I personally experience multiple times a day is that it takes 500 frustrating steps to view content, even when I am a paying subscriber. 1/
But the problem I personally experience multiple times a day is that it takes 500 frustrating steps to view content, even when I am a paying subscriber. 1/
November 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I want journalists and authors to get paid for their work. And I know that AI is part of the problem.
But the problem I personally experience multiple times a day is that it takes 500 frustrating steps to view content, even when I am a paying subscriber. 1/
But the problem I personally experience multiple times a day is that it takes 500 frustrating steps to view content, even when I am a paying subscriber. 1/
This Jamie Raskin letter to YouTube is hot, hot fire. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
In a new letter to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan first reported by WIRED, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Jamie Raskin shares half a dozen excerpts of transcripts with 20 Alphabet employees.
Republicans Claimed Biden Censored YouTube. 20 Employees Seem to Say Otherwise
Lawyers for Alphabet, Youtube's parent company, recently alleged that the Biden administration tried to “influence” the company. Interviews with employees don't appear to support their claim.
www.wired.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This Jamie Raskin letter to YouTube is hot, hot fire. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Awwww. In the form to submit comments to the European Data Protection Board, there is a dropdown menu of countries that lists the EU countries in alph order first, and then rest-of-world countries. It still has the United Kingdom in the first part of the list 🥹
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Awwww. In the form to submit comments to the European Data Protection Board, there is a dropdown menu of countries that lists the EU countries in alph order first, and then rest-of-world countries. It still has the United Kingdom in the first part of the list 🥹
Internal platform dissensus about what content to remove is normal.
Having policy people whose jobs depend on relationship with govt want to accommodate govt is annoying, but normal.
It's lots of other people's job to push back on that. I'm not sure what other deliberative process people imagine.
Having policy people whose jobs depend on relationship with govt want to accommodate govt is annoying, but normal.
It's lots of other people's job to push back on that. I'm not sure what other deliberative process people imagine.
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Internal platform dissensus about what content to remove is normal.
Having policy people whose jobs depend on relationship with govt want to accommodate govt is annoying, but normal.
It's lots of other people's job to push back on that. I'm not sure what other deliberative process people imagine.
Having policy people whose jobs depend on relationship with govt want to accommodate govt is annoying, but normal.
It's lots of other people's job to push back on that. I'm not sure what other deliberative process people imagine.
This does not bode well, and I didn’t know they could even do that.
BREAKING: The full Fifth Circuit decided that it will be rehearing the case over West Texas A&M's effort to ban a charity drag show from campus. The panel, on a 2-1 vote, sided with the student group.
The Fifth Circuit decided to go en banc even after the school didn't seek en banc review.
The Fifth Circuit decided to go en banc even after the school didn't seek en banc review.
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This does not bode well, and I didn’t know they could even do that.
Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information.
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
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Using the DSA to Study Platforms
verfassungsblog.de
October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here is the first piece in a series of short articles I'm doing about the DSA and researcher access to publicly available information.
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
It focuses on categories of researchers under the DSA, and what data they are each authorized to use. 1/
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
This starts tomorrow! I will be moderating a little chat about jawboning with @genevievelakier.bsky.social and Derek Bambauer.
How timely :)
How timely :)
NEXT WEEK: Free expression online faces new challenges — from AI to government pressure on platforms. At this year’s #FutureOfSpeechOnline 2025, experts will explore what’s at stake for speech in the digital age.
🗓️ Oct 28 & 29 | 🕛 12–3pm ET
🎟️ standtogether.swoogo...
🗓️ Oct 28 & 29 | 🕛 12–3pm ET
🎟️ standtogether.swoogo...
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This starts tomorrow! I will be moderating a little chat about jawboning with @genevievelakier.bsky.social and Derek Bambauer.
How timely :)
How timely :)
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Very good overview of the current state of Platform data access under the DSA by @daphnek.bsky.social
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
Using the DSA to Study Platforms
verfassungsblog.de
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Very good overview of the current state of Platform data access under the DSA by @daphnek.bsky.social
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
verfassungsblog.de/dsa-platform...
Commission’s preliminary findings against X and TikTok dropped yesterday.
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October 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Commission’s preliminary findings against X and TikTok dropped yesterday.
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ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
First Amendment nerds, help me find a case! It’s mid-century and a justice (Brennan?) writes a dissent (or concurrence?) that talks about disparate impact on African American speakers, citing studies about differences in language use.
Thank you
Thank you
October 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
First Amendment nerds, help me find a case! It’s mid-century and a justice (Brennan?) writes a dissent (or concurrence?) that talks about disparate impact on African American speakers, citing studies about differences in language use.
Thank you
Thank you
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
@dwillner.bsky.social might just force my to change my positions on law and automated content moderation. I'd resent that fiercely if he weren't also so nice and funny.
I am forgetful about it self-promotion, so dropping a last minute link to note that I’m giving a talk Berkman Klein today. Come check it out if you’re free, or catch the recording later:
cyber.harvard.edu/events/autom...
cyber.harvard.edu/events/autom...
Automating Content Policy
AI is no longer just moderating individual posts — it is learning how to interpret and enforce policy itself. Dave Willner — who has led trust and safety teams at Facebook, Airbnb, and OpenAI — joins ...
cyber.harvard.edu
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@dwillner.bsky.social might just force my to change my positions on law and automated content moderation. I'd resent that fiercely if he weren't also so nice and funny.