prof @laws.ucl.ac.uk, technology, law, policy, society, whimsical latvian top level domain names. michae.lv and fediverse https://someone.elses.computer/@mikarv 🏳️‍🌈https://bsky.app/profile/michae.lvhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mu2xxy64gk2ynote, when radovan karadžić (president of republika srpska, also convicted of war crimes in bosnia and sentenced to life) dies, if he does not move prisons he will die on the Isle of Wight where he is being held [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2xxy64gk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtlvejf43c2xuber fined 825m EUR for violating GDPR by dutch DPA re deactivation of drivers‘ accounts https://nos.nl/artikel/2627738-uber-schond-rechten-chauffeurs-ap-legt-megaboete-van-825-miljoen-op21 Aug 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlvejf43c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtlqonyrhs2adisappointed that out of the huge number of digital sovereignty conferences, none have yet centred the lived experience of actual sovereigns21 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlqonyrhs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtbz4pzsks2msainsbury‘s pauses AI shoplifting detection face scanning from Gordon’s Wine Bar spin out surveillance company Facewatch after incorrect customer ejection https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/humiliated-sainsburys-store-pauses-ai-scanning-after-false-shoplifting-accusation17 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbz4pzsks2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtbtbuozqk2fhave not seen anyone note that, in relation to AI SynthID text watermarking: all methods deployed by AI firms rely on private keys for security so no cheap/local/private detection. EU AI Act guidelines say it should not be this way, it should be local/interoperable. the deployed methods are not!17 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbtbuozqk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtbsjuzi3k2zgiven Amazon provide the 'Sidewalk' infrastructure that makes Tile trackers work via Alexa and Ring devices as detectors, they don't exactly have a leg to stand on when investigative journalists slip an AirTag in a book [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbsjuzi3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mtbjur7ams2wI've updated UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws — it now features ~40 EU instruments as well as Irish & UK digital laws; what cites each article/para/sub para from a db of 6.5M cases, statutes, decisions, guidance, pending CJEU preliminary rulings & more https://homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/laws/index.html17 Aug 2026 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbjur7ams2whttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mt2mkkpwbk2bmedia is a hugely important thing to study, it’s dismal to reduce it to ‘content’ https://degrees.asu.edu/bachelors/major/ASU00/CSCCBA/content-creation14 Aug 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2mkkpwbk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mstd3nhz3s2ai see government is taking its online presence seriously in this troubled digital age, passing GDS responsibility to the minister in charge of ‘ceremonials’ (ie remembrance day parades) and tourism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstd3nhz3s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msih6b4xws2zmeta fears a google 'glasshole' style catchy moniker situation for their unpleasant new tech. perhaps it's time to strike fear into their corporate partner and make 'raybanned' a verb? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msih6b4xws2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msiatsbs5c2oCloudflare (>20% of all domains) has started automatically implementing DSM Dir art 4 rights reservation (ie copyright/TDM objection to scraping) for all sites that do not have a robots.txt file. They also adding purpose fields to robots.txt unilaterally. https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/additional-configurations/managed-robots-txt/07 Aug 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiatsbs5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msfw2vhybuvjon protest and bluetooth mesh networking apps - india attempts to restrict source code to stop people circumventing internet shutdowns https://restofworld.org/2026/india-github-geoblock-jack-dorsey-bitchat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feeds06 Aug 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfw2vhybuvjhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msefmym73227if i were in the lords i would submit a private members bill to remove " (Text with EEA relevance)" from the end of the titles of all assimilated EU law05 Aug 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msefmym73227https://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msdyc432fk2gUCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws now includes *pending preliminary references & AG Opinions* for all EU laws. Currently updates weekly. Based on Eurlex data which is a bit later to update than CURIA data (if you can even find it on the new website...) https://homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/laws/index.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdyc432fk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msdvjlcaok2g$SPCX was, indeed, going to the moon https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/spacex-rocket-stage-expected-slam-194432157.html05 Aug 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdvjlcaok2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3msdnfxxjqk2hso much talk about the EU AI Act, but so little talk about the California AI watermarking provisions, SB 942, (extremely similar to the AIA) which became enforceable on the 2nd August05 Aug 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdnfxxjqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3ms6gluznu22cYou can now access many more digital laws, not just the GDPR, at the UCL Massively Crossreferenced Digital Laws page: EU: GDPR, DSA, DMA, AI Act, UCPD, NIS2 UK: OSA, DPA18, ...+ Each article/para/recital, links to what-cites-it in int'l cases/statutes/guidance https://homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/laws/index.html [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6gluznu22chttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mrusi42frc2sParts of the GDPR are cited and interpreted by thousands of pieces of case law and guidance, but there's no easy and free way to find out what. We've made a tool which makes it super easy, for 13,000 citing documents, all in one place. More regulations to come! https://homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucqnmve/laws/gdpr.html30 Jul 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrusi42frc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mrgbpq46z22rthat racoon is Getting Busy! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgbpq46z22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mrgbikdzi22know the AI Omnibus has been published, if you want to read a version with redline or a total consolidated version (not just the list of what has been deleted and added, which is what the omnibus is), i've published both recast and track-change versions on my website https://michae.lv/ai-act-as-amended-by-omnibus-recast-original-and-redline/24 Jul 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrgbikdzi22khttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mpki5pp2722cin the legislative proposal to expand the supreme court, could you please also tell them to publish HTML versions of their judgments? (you can still paginate them precisely, technology is amazing!). section 508 of the rehabilitation act called and it wants the judicial branch in scope.01 Jul 2026 02:34 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpki5pp2722chttps://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3mpeduwpu2a22genuine q: if ai coding is massively increasing engineers’ productivity why does software either feel the same or worse? where is this productivity actually going?28 Jun 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpeduwpu2a22https://bsky.app/profile/michae.lv/post/3movqikhp422jInformation Compliance team at the House of Commons managed to send an incorrect email to 120,000 recipients (me included), ironically intended as an internal puff piece about how good their information compliance is https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/incorrect_email_recipients_may_2#incoming-345668122 Jun 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:ujstglmdsoymx3t2yffcvgtm/app.bsky.feed.post/3movqikhp422j