Open Internet Policy “don’t be evil” an albatross around Google’s neck is Danny Weitzner’s excellent account of the highlights of one of the more interesting panels at CFP this year.
A Personal Blog
by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
My Publications | e-mail
All opinions on this blog are those of the author(s) and not their employer(s) unelss otherwise specified.
Who Reads Discourse.net?
Readers describe themselves.
Please join in.Reader Map
Recent Bluessky Posts- How often has he objected to unanimous consent? Never? December 28, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- Here's a brilliant and also moving analysis of the U.S. shift toward authoritarianism...and the importance of individual acts of resistance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FeO... December 28, 2025 Jon Rauch
- Cell phones got invented well into my adulthood. I have cell phones in my dreams sometimes, but they never work or I can never dial them properly, because if they did or if I could that would solve the problem the dream is about. December 25, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- Sounds like this would help with grading? December 25, 2025 Michael Froomkin
- One of the most amazing and affirming things I've ever read online. There is hope for us all. December 25, 2025 Michael Froomkin
Recent Comments
- Michael on Robot Law II is Now Available! (In Hardback)
- Mulalira Faisal Umar on Robot Law II is Now Available! (In Hardback)
- Michael on Vince Lago Campaign Has No Shame
- Just me on Vince Lago Campaign Has No Shame
- Jennifer Cummings on Are Coral Gables Police Cooperating with ICE?
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 51 other subscribers
Uh, aren’t assertions like “don’t be evil” supposed to act as an albatross around the ‘ole neck? I mean, what a whinge. “We market ourselves as a non-evil company, but it’s so haaarrrddd to be non-evil when we collaborate with the Chinese dictatorship!” Oh, cry me a river Andy.