Links for Week of December 19, 2025

This week, it seems that the TikTok deal will be happening in 2026. Professor Goldman had a nice post about whether Robots.txt files can be legally binding. Finally, AI used in school security mistook a clarinet for a gun. Florida school officials plan to expand the use, saying the system worked as anticipated.

TikTok Sale

• https://www.axios.com/2025/12/18/tiktok-sale
• https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/12/18/tiktok-us-divestiture
• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/bytedance-confirms-tiktok-will-be-sold-to-us-owners/
• https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/

Are Robots.txt Files Legally Binding?

• https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2025/12/are-robots-txt-instructions-legally-binding-ziff-davis-v-openai.htm

School Security – AI False Alarm

• https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/florida-schools-plan-to-vastly-expand-use-of-ai-that-mistook-clarinet-for-gun/