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daniellecitron.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
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The desired final form of all these companies is “you let us watch you all the time.”

As the Senate’s resident privacy hawk I have to recommend against giving Donald Trump your most sensitive health data

I’m proud to be back at my alma mater, J.R. Tucker High School, to rally before Virginia’s primary election tomorrow. Don’t forget to make a plan to vote!

Hi, #EconSky! I’m Anderson, a 6th year PhD candidate at the University of Virginia. For those going to ASSA this week, I’ll be presenting my job market paper, The Effects of Privacy Regulation on the Supply of Stolen Data, during the CSMGEP session tomorrow at 8AM. Here’s a short thread about it

Our digital world is as much in need of understanding, joy, wonder, & stewardship as our our planet, health, & outer space. New post from a wonderful panel on participatory science w/ Alan Smith, Todd Whitney, @geurkink.bsky.social, & @sarahagilbert.bsky.social citizensandtech.org/2025/06/stud...

Hello friends. The only experience RFK Jr. has with public health is as a PATIENT. He is a lawyer. You’d go to a plastic surgeon to get sown up after an accident (not a lawyer) and your baby is delivered by an OBGYN (not a lawyer). No one in their right mind calls me to operate in them.

“It’s bad enough when law enforcement engages in such mass surveillance, but to have such data flowing through a private company creates an additional set of incentives for abuse…”

Me too. I am literally the ONE generation of women who had full reproductive age bodily autonomy - after Roe and before Dobbs. One. Only ONE generation of American women had these rights. Think about that.

Put this on a billboard.

“Meta does not indicate to users what their privacy settings are as they post, or where they are even posting to. So, if you log into Meta AI with Instagram, and your Instagram account is public, then so too are your searches about how to meet ‘big booty women.’”

New Yorkers, please protect my hometown. And please don’t force the country to listen to Andrew Cuomo’s voice for the next 4 years.So many other good options. Please & thank you. And @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social thanks for modeling how a 7 candidate debate can be informative & spicy. #MayoralDebate

A police chief saying he expects to be arrested and jailed by the federal government for how he chooses to do his official job—esp when it seems to be in the context of NOT interfering w ppl using their constitutional rights—feels like a really bad thing.

Listen to this great American. This nation is privileged to have a man of this character in the United States Senate. Thank you @padilla.senate.gov. We stand with you.

🙏🏼 @motherjones.com

This is a short doc that @knightcolumbia.org produced in 2023 about protests, the police, and the press. I wish it were less prescient. “The next time there are large-scale protests, the pieces of fabric that are holding this together may tear completely.” knightcolumbia.org/content/flas...

This is about as much as the three largest cancelled NIH grants - $36m for the development of new HIV prevention methods; $52m for oral antiviral drugs for pandemic-prone RNA viruses; and $56m for antiviral drugs against coronaviruses, flaviviruses, and henipaviruses: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

More and more surveillance is the requirement for participation in public life. Companies used to attempt to do this surreptitiously, but that’s no longer the case. They are now explicit that being surveilled is the cost of doing business. tech.yahoo.com/business/art...

Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.

Let's all take a moment to read the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. It's only one sentence.

it me!!!!!!!!

This is going to be an absolute must-read, as everything by either author tends to be.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated. “I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The U.S. Constitution and longstanding federal law strictly limit the use of the military to police civilians. Under the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, active-duty military forces are prohibited from engaging in domestic law enforcement unless explicitly authorized by Congress or the Constitution.

Great to hear Dr. Hayden speaking about her work at the Library of Congress. It was a true honor to help bring her vision to life: a Library for Congress and the people. As Dr. Hayden reminds us, libraries aren’t just buildings—they’re vital civic infrastructure for democracies. youtu.be/rme21qIbVHM

Great essay by @daniellecitron.bsky.social and @ariezra.bsky.social -- "Digital Authoritarianism" - discussing a tactic of attacking victims then falsely labeling victims as abusers to invite additional attacks lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archi...

As with Anita Bryant’s and anti-LGBTQ zealots’ use of the phrase, “parental rights” in this context is code for a deeply conservative political project @daniellecitron.bsky.social

Why are Trump and certain tech billionaires trying to build new dystopian cities and democracy-free "zones"? It reflects a scary tech idea called "The Network State." For @techpolicypress.bsky.social, I wrote about why you should be deeply concerned 👇 www.techpolicy.press/trumps-gaza-...

I’ve posted a draft of a work in progress that draws parallels between the anti-regulatory efforts of today’s tech industry and those of the leaded gasoline industry through most of the 20th century. Your thoughts are welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Authoritarians are great gaslighters … and abusers. It’s DARVO on a national scale. @daniellecitron.bsky.social and I connect online abuse and the erosion of democracy in @uchilrev.bsky.social online. More collaborations coming!

Our latest “Digital Authoritarianism” in @uchilrev.bsky.social Online. @ariezra.bsky.social and I explore the two-step destructive dance to silence and terrorize critics. We need to see this damage to democracy for what it is. lawreview.uchicago.edu/online-archi...

If you are interested in learning more about NDII, sexually explicit digital forgeries, and the TAKE IT DOWN Act, please view this thorough and thoughtful overview presented by CCRI President and Legislative and Tech Policy Director, @maryannefranks.bsky.social www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...

NEW VIDEO: My talk on 'Regulation m of Political Advertising in the EU... or How to Avoid It?' Starts: 16:34:00 @europarl.europa.eu at invitation of the Special committee on the European Democracy Shield - panel begins 16:24:00 multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

ProPublica: A 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now overseeing Department of Homeland Security main hub for terrorism prevention Adds Daily Beast: Thomas Fugate “was working as a neighborhood gardener just five years ago and in a grocery store as recently as August 2023”

They’re upending research into brain cancer, Ebola & diabetes. Welcome to 2025 “we all are going to die” America.

Did I mention that the data broker industry must be destroyed?

You wanna see something really scary? open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

Scoop about my work with the one and only @ariezra.bsky.social :)))

A lawless regime

There is more than sufficient evidence to open a federal hate crime case under 18 USC 249. This is precisely the type of crime the Shepard-Byrne ACT was passed to permit the feds to prosecute. Important to watch what DOJ does here. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

I had fun talking about the pro-natalist movement in America with The Guardian's Today in Focus: www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

The US isn't at war with migrants or cartels. But #Trump policies are blurring the line between war and peace. @becingber.bsky.social, @scott-roehm.bsky.social & I unpack: -What are wartime powers? -When can they be used? -What do and don't they unlock? 👇 www.justsecurity.org/113973/warti...