Chuck Cosson (He/Him)

Dad. Citizen. Attorney (Privacy, Data Security, Online Trust & Safety, Responsible AI, Tech Ethics & Human Rights). Songwriter (music at:

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace

[Seahawks Legends @SeahawksLegends]

Remembering The Enforcer. 💙

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@OrinKerr Wonder if GM has gamed this strategy out to include regulation - e.g., so consumers can use apps of their choice, GM is restricted in what it can do with your data, and safety features must meet minimum requirements. All are quite possible, at least for cars sold into Europe.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

The Violence Against Women Act, signed by President Bill Clinton on Sept. 13, 1994, was the first federal legislative package to designate domestic violence and sexual assault as crimes and require a community-coordinated response to violence against women. https://t.co/XXcA7gZrZO

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@daphnehk +1

[Washington Commanders @Commanders]

For 34 years, a small school made a big difference

Countless memories were made at Dickinson College

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

“A country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. America will always be great because such men have fallen in order that the principles expressed in our Constitution will endure. The people of America will realize what that gold star means…and will resolve to keep America worthy of such men.”

Letter from LTC James Rudder to the mother of Cpl Willis Caperton who was killed at D-Day.

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

Some of you may know I wrote a novel ("Whitewash" - under the pseudonym "Erik Blair") about this very phenomenon: politics as image, not policy. It wasn't a good thing in 2000; it's worse now.

"The ‘Trump-Oprah’ Voter" https://t.co/9yrhprczD2

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

Good paper - points out good journalism is a cybersecurity safeguard. Worth considering when doing risk assessments of markets where gov't treats an independent press as an enemy of the state. #cybersecurity #freespeech #riskmanagement

[Chamber of Progress @ProgressChamber]

Today, Kate Tummarello, Executive Director of @EngineOrg, spoke movingly to House lawmakers about the value of Section 230 in protecting access to online communities and resources.

Here's what @ktummarello had to say:

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

With reverence: https://t.co/2eqbpTHWyA #https://youtu.be/tBjQiAGksRw?si=rCKR3Shx5nHnpnKz #RememberingMLK https://t.co/2eqbpTHWyA

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

Interesting #privacy case - 4th Circuit Court holds a private health clinic's processing of data of a former patient is not "provision of healthcare" but a separate function, even though the only reason to have the data is providing healthcare. https://t.co/n7sX0yP8xK

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@AnitaGonzo @GonzoVice From "The Rum Diary" (p.46 in the Simon & Schuster paperback). Kemp is reflecting that he'd been living that way for 10 years, and it was wearing thin. And indeed it was for Kemp, though we probably know of some people who lived that way a lot longer!

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

40 years ago you implored “don’t forget about me” - and I have not…

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

I posted some new thoughts on AI model development and copyright on my blog at @StanfordCIS In part due to 'fair use' defenses, licensing content to use in training models likely isn't required. But I also think it's inevitable... #AI #Copyright https://t.co/erJ178Rs7e

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@briandavidearp Does the trolley stop near there?

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

Changed my conception of what music can and should do, in addition to being a great album.
Among other things, great for its broad emotional range: "Sunday Bloody Sunday" and "Seconds" are fear and frustration, and "Drowning Man" and "40" are hope and promise.

[U2 @U2]

Today marks 41 years of our album, War. Watch the full performance of Sunday Bloody Sunday (1983) now on YouTube.

https://t.co/8yYFySpx3V

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@daphnehk @corbinkbarthold That was a great read. And I couldn't agree more on this 'what - isn't it settled law that moderation is protected speech?!' thing. I mean, like 2003 settled law (Search King, Inc. v. Google https://t.co/BrrZ1UaMyw) ?

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

From Qs yesterday in @NetChoice cases re: Etsy, messaging, & email one wonders if the Justices grasped that, in fact, commercial platforms of all kinds (including AdSense & the like) moderate to reduce insensitive or exploitative content. Did any amicus point this out? #SCOTUS

[Chuck Cosson (He/Him) @ChuckCosson]

@OrinKerr I found it helpful.

On the “but the banks were repaid” objection, seems to me there’s a word for an arrangement where you obtain money by fraud, then repay it so you can go out and fraud again; rhymes with “Fonzie,” but it’s not cool.