On 26 Feb 15:00-16:00 (CET), our third webinar features Lucia Bainotti and her chapter on the composite careers of creators, and Claire Marzo and her chapter comparing labour law and social protection of influencers in France and the United Kingdom

Here's my theory connecting the TikTok sale-or-ban law, cars, AI, and more: The National Security Internet. How the national security turn for digital regulation threatens free expression, economic development, and efforts to combat climate change. Will post on SSRN soon.

The one webinar that I thoroughly enjoyed because of their brilliant work. Many congratulations to Taylor Annabell for organising a wonderful session, and to Malcolm katrak and Laura Aade is also on Bluesky 🦋 for their enriching insights into labour and the influencer economy. Those interested should

Today the European Commission published a new election toolkit on the DSA (building on the 2024 election guidelines). Important effort in mitigating risks and protecting the integrity of elections in Europe 🇪🇺🗳️ digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/dsa…

Thank you for joining as a discussant and for providing such thought-provoking remarks/questions! Same goes for the remarks made by the wonderful Colten Meisner - coltenmeisner.bsky.social - you'll soon receive an email from me 🩷 and big thanks to Taylor Annabell for being an amazing host

With new laws being adopted in different states to protect child influencers, we will soon witness what you would call ‘forum shopping’ in business law, naming choosing laws that give you the least transaction costs. cybernews.com/editorial/chil…

New paper! Do Social Media Platforms Increase Well-Being? Three Unresolved Puzzles. (Forthcoming, Theory and Society.) Lawrence Solum John Tasioulas John A. List 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 Alex Imas papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

I will be sharing my paper on cross-platform labour this Wednesday (Feb 26, Melbourne time 8 pm)! Tune in to the online webinar if you are interested 😊

#NewPub + 1st pub of 2025! My review in InternetHistories of Mark R Johnson's "Twitch" from Polity is now (pun intended) LIVE 🕹️🏛️ A valiant opus on deciphering the eponymous livestreaming platform as a "gaming agora" 🔗👇

New paper alert, "The National Security Internet," now posted to SSRN. Why we should worry about the Digital Berlin Walls that interfere with global digital flows? AI, goods, & services; development & climate change--all adversely affected. ssrn.com/abstract=51514…

I wrote a casenote (in Dutch) on ECtHR Patrascu v Romania and how it places against the general backdrop of liability for user liability for third party generated content after Sanchez. boomportaal.nl/rechtspraak/eh…

⭐ Save the date for the new DICOPO Online Roundtable ⭐ 'Article 40 DSA: Making Data Access Work' 🗓️ 20 March, 4 p.m. 📍Online, Zoom Registrations, here: forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

⭐ DICOPO online roundtable ⭐ 📌 Thursday 20 March, 4 p.m. A multi-disciplinary discussion on data access under article 40 DSA hosted by Catalina Goanta and @JacobvandeKerkhof with Giulia Gentile, Adriana Iamnitchi, Filip Paspalj and Joschka Selinger.

IMCO Hearing on product safety and online platforms is now online. My evidence is from 15:39 minutes in! But all presentations were of great value and well worth a listen. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstreamin…

📢CFP: Intl. Workshop on Computational Approaches to Content Moderation and Platform Governance (COMPASS'25) at ICWSM sites.google.com/view/workshop-… w/ Savvas Zannettou Catalina Goanta Shagun Jhaver Robyn Caplan ⌛️Deadline: April 7 📨Submit your papers here ➡️ easychair.org/my/conference?… Istituto di Informatica e Telematica CNR

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Big news: TikTok Shop is now live in Brazil 🎉 It’s a new era of discovery shopping, where brands and sellers can authentically connect with the TikTok community. Explore all the ways to discover and promote products ⬇️ newsroom.tiktok.com/pt-br/tiktok-s…

From Ukraine🇺🇦 to Gaza🇵🇸, Syria🇸🇾, Lebanon🇱🇧, and now India🇮🇳 & Pakistan🇵🇰, creators use SM platforms to make their conflicts more visible. They're curators, eyewitnesses, and living archives of atrocity. We (Moa Eriksson Krutrök) call them *War Influencers*; OA paper Platforms & Society 🧵

class action lawsuit against ALO Yoga and several influencers alleges both failed to disclose that various social media campaigns were actually paid ads jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-…

beauty dupes, fashion dupes, electronic dupes, drug dupes--does marketing a product as a "dupe" ever constitute false advertising? i explored this question in my article "dupes," which is now live at NYU journal of IP & entertainment law NYU Journal of IP and Entertainment Law: jipel.law.nyu.edu/wp-content/upl…