Astrophysicist turned advocate: guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety, @joebeone@techpolicy.social

Joined February 2009
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Spent most of today learning about Lie algebras; pretty cool
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differential geometry worships at the altar of smoothness
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD retweeted
Canada's biggest attempt to regulate social media and AI services is here, complete with mandated age verification for millions, a powerful new regulator to oversee it all, and many unresolved questions. My post takes stock of Bill C-34's first week. michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/taki…
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wow, I actually hit the 500 notebook limit in NotebookLM; did not see that coming
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If the FISA court extended Section 702 collection through March 2027, why does the impending statutory expiration matter? Without a statute, the government lacks clear legal authority to compel newly launched platforms or services to surveil their users. Existing auths only.
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The lapse also freezes 702 surveillance. The government cannot modify its targeting procedures or ingestion pipelines to exploit additional or emerging technologies. The FISC is seems highly unlikely to approve novel programmatic expansions while the underlying statute is lapsed.
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD retweeted
An Internet exchange point (IXP) can only be truly successful if it is sustainable, actively managed, and continuously evolving. In other words, if it’s not a zombie. Zombie IXPs run on autopilot, with little planning, investment, or new peers. But they don’t all look the same, and can emerge from different governance models and challenges. Hear from Russell Bean, our IXP development expert, on some of the most common types of zombie IXPs, their symptoms, and how to treat them ⬇️ internetsociety.org/blog/202…
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD retweeted
Working on a quick analysis of Bill C-34, but initial reaction is that this is largely the original Online Harms Act (platforms only) social media ban for under 16 Bill S-209 (pornography and age verification) expansion to AI chatbots power to Digital Safety Commission.
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Out today: The Proof in the Code, where author Kevin Hartnett tells the definitive story of the birth and rise of Lean, and how a growing movement is transforming the enterprise of mathematics amazon.com/Proof-Code-Truth-…
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