Anupam Chander

Sep 16, 2024 | theconversation.com | Eric Smalley |Matt Williams |Anupam Chander |Doug Jacobson |Robert Olson |Sarah Florini | +1 more

TikTok headed to court on Sept. 16, 2024, in a bid to overturn a law that would force the video app to divorce from its China-based parent company or be banned in the U.S.During the appearance before a panel of judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, layers for TikTok said imposing such a prohibition would have “staggering” consequences for free speech.

Sep 16, 2024 | theconversation.com | Eric Smalley |Matt Williams |Anupam Chander |Doug Jacobson |Robert Olson |Sarah Florini | +1 more

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 6, 2024, upheld a law requiring TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the video app by Jan. 19, 2025, or face a nationwide ban on the app. The court rebuffed TikTok’s claim that the law violates its First Amendment rights.

May 26, 2024 | newspronto.com | Anupam Chander

AP Photo/Ted ShaffreyTikTok, the short-video company with Chinese roots, did the most American thing possible on May 7, 2024: It sued the U.S. government, in the person of Attorney General Merrick Garland, in federal court. The suit claims the federal law that took effect on April 24, 2024, violates the U.S. Constitution. The law names TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance Ltd., specifically.

Mar 25, 2024 | promarket.org | Dana Brakman Reiser |Anupam Chander

Two professors of law assess the merits and questions raised by Musk’s recent lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman. Dana Brakman Reiser, Centennial Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law SchoolElon Musk is suing OpenAI and its directors for, among other things, breach of fiduciary duty.

Nov 28, 2023 | techpolicy.press | Anupam Chander

Anupam Chander is Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Rebooting Social Media at Harvard University and Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown University. Donara Aghajani is a second-year law student at Georgetown Law. Alyanna Apacible (Georgetown Law ‘2023) is an Associate with the Research and Insights Team at the International Association of Privacy Professionals.