Danielle Citron
@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) 🍋
Fantastic write up of @monasloane.bsky.social book talk! Thank you Virginia Law Weekly for www.lawweekly.org/front-page/2...
How AI is restructuring social life — Virginia Law Weekly
There are several concerns I and many others have about AI: heightened bias and discrimination, pervasive misinformation, widespread job loss, and untenable demands on natural resources. Yet in her ne...
www.lawweekly.org
September 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Fantastic write up of @monasloane.bsky.social book talk! Thank you Virginia Law Weekly for www.lawweekly.org/front-page/2...
Must read by my brilliant @uvalaw colleague Caleb Nelson entitled Against the Dictatorial Presidency. Download now papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Against the Dictatorial Presidency
Article II of the Constitution says that “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Ever since the 1980s, it has be
papers.ssrn.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Must read by my brilliant @uvalaw colleague Caleb Nelson entitled Against the Dictatorial Presidency. Download now papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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This week's guest, linguist @emilymbender.bsky.social, talks with @adambecker.bsky.social about the origin of her famous paper on LLM’s,
“On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”
#ai #datmpodcast #future #science #llm #linguist #stochastic #parrots
“On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”
#ai #datmpodcast #future #science #llm #linguist #stochastic #parrots
September 15, 2026 at 11:06 PM
This week's guest, linguist @emilymbender.bsky.social, talks with @adambecker.bsky.social about the origin of her famous paper on LLM’s,
“On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”
#ai #datmpodcast #future #science #llm #linguist #stochastic #parrots
“On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots”
#ai #datmpodcast #future #science #llm #linguist #stochastic #parrots
We had a once in a lifetime event celebrating @monasloane.bsky.social’s book Predicted w commentary by @ariezra.bsky.social Jenny Davis and Kirsten Martin. @elizabethrowe.bsky.social and I were kvelling. 127 plus folks attended! Here is the Cavalier Daily www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026... up
Mona Sloane joins U.Va. Law for a discussion of her book on AI and sociology
Sloane runs the Sloane Lab at the University, an interdisciplinary research group focusing on the intersection of artificial intelligence and cultural, economic, material and political conditions.
www.cavalierdaily.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
We had a once in a lifetime event celebrating @monasloane.bsky.social’s book Predicted w commentary by @ariezra.bsky.social Jenny Davis and Kirsten Martin. @elizabethrowe.bsky.social and I were kvelling. 127 plus folks attended! Here is the Cavalier Daily www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026... up
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Don Jr's extravagant 3-day wedding was bankrolled by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Umar Kremlev, per @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
www.propublica.org
September 14, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Don Jr's extravagant 3-day wedding was bankrolled by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Umar Kremlev, per @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Even VP Gerald Ford got that can’t blame the computer but rather how WE build and use them.
September 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Even VP Gerald Ford got that can’t blame the computer but rather how WE build and use them.
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Shanah Tovah, New York!
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
September 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Shanah Tovah, New York!
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
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We’re baaaack. 👻🎙️
Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast is officially here—with a new team of @uvalaw.bsky.social student hosts and a fresh lineup of conversations about stuff we aren’t supposed to sell…but do anyway.
Start the season with our welcome episode
#TabooTrades #UVALaw #Podcast
Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast is officially here—with a new team of @uvalaw.bsky.social student hosts and a fresh lineup of conversations about stuff we aren’t supposed to sell…but do anyway.
Start the season with our welcome episode
#TabooTrades #UVALaw #Podcast
Welcome to Season 7! - Taboo Trades
In this episode, we welcome listeners to Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast and introduce this year’s UVA Law student hosts: Mia Armstrong, Sahanya Bhaktaram, Tyler Donovan, Kate Garmer, Liz Jahoda-...
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September 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
We’re baaaack. 👻🎙️
Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast is officially here—with a new team of @uvalaw.bsky.social student hosts and a fresh lineup of conversations about stuff we aren’t supposed to sell…but do anyway.
Start the season with our welcome episode
#TabooTrades #UVALaw #Podcast
Season 7 of the Taboo Trades Podcast is officially here—with a new team of @uvalaw.bsky.social student hosts and a fresh lineup of conversations about stuff we aren’t supposed to sell…but do anyway.
Start the season with our welcome episode
#TabooTrades #UVALaw #Podcast
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@axios.com highlights a recent classroom exercise from Prof. Mitu Gulati, in which he instructed students to come up with a plan for the president to manage a U.S. government default.
😱 Imagining the unthinkable
www.axios.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:24 PM
@axios.com highlights a recent classroom exercise from Prof. Mitu Gulati, in which he instructed students to come up with a plan for the president to manage a U.S. government default.
A mouse has vanquished my ability to have a candy/chocolate selection. And on the day I brought in my new stash! Mouse ate clear though the plastic M&M dispenser. @uvalaw.bsky.social it will return! Someday!
September 8, 2026 at 10:21 PM
A mouse has vanquished my ability to have a candy/chocolate selection. And on the day I brought in my new stash! Mouse ate clear though the plastic M&M dispenser. @uvalaw.bsky.social it will return! Someday!
@monasloane.bsky.social, my sister Dr. Jeanine Morris-Rush and I on how digital wellness industry is hijacking women’s intimate privacy, agency, and health and undermining relationships with their doctors. Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/h...
The Digital Wellness Industry Is Hijacking Women’s Health
Danielle Keats Citron, Jeanine K. Morris-Rush and Mona Sloane warn that health apps are undermining patients’ agency and placing additional burdens on doctors.
www.project-syndicate.org
September 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
@monasloane.bsky.social, my sister Dr. Jeanine Morris-Rush and I on how digital wellness industry is hijacking women’s intimate privacy, agency, and health and undermining relationships with their doctors. Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/h...
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"If Ford automobiles were spontaneously catching on fire, we wouldn’t tolerate the CEO changing the subject to discuss our general lack of preparedness for a future with flying cars. We’d demand that the company address the acute problem happening right now."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...
Opinion | How Scared Should We Be of A.I. Right Now? (Gift Article)
The dark and distressing way that Silicon Valley talks about A.I. can be traced to a philosophy that influenced many tech executives.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"If Ford automobiles were spontaneously catching on fire, we wouldn’t tolerate the CEO changing the subject to discuss our general lack of preparedness for a future with flying cars. We’d demand that the company address the acute problem happening right now."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/o...
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Journalism Job Alert: there are three jobs open on the NYT tech team in San Francisco. We are hiring for reporters to cover Anthropic, xAI, and a general AI business reporter. Message me if these interest you and you want to apply! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
Business Correspondent, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
San Francisco, CA
job-boards.greenhouse.io
August 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Journalism Job Alert: there are three jobs open on the NYT tech team in San Francisco. We are hiring for reporters to cover Anthropic, xAI, and a general AI business reporter. Message me if these interest you and you want to apply! job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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“The gulf between employers and the employed is constantly widening, and classes are rapidly forming…Corporations, which should be the creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”
— Grover Cleveland
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
— Grover Cleveland
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
September 4, 2026
On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
“The gulf between employers and the employed is constantly widening, and classes are rapidly forming…Corporations, which should be the creatures of the law and the servants of the people, are fast becoming the people’s masters.”
— Grover Cleveland
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
— Grover Cleveland
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
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We did this!
"'The fact that this policy exists at all is due to the enormous work of parents across the city who spoke out against the overreach of A.I. into their kids’ classroom,” @kellyclancy.bsky.social said."
A.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools
A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2026 at 12:59 AM
We did this!
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Please enjoy this interview with @hypervisible.blacksky.app about Meta's pervert glasses.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-revolt...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-revolt...
The revolt against Meta’s ‘pervert glasses’ is part of a growing storm
AI. Data centers. Flock cameras. Now Meta’s “pervert” glasses. Breaking down the latest stage of a mass resistance to big tech with Chris Gilliard, privacy scholar and author of Luxury Surveillance.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Please enjoy this interview with @hypervisible.blacksky.app about Meta's pervert glasses.
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-revolt...
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-revolt...
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@alondra.bsky.social's fantastic recent piece "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool." I highly recommend reading this, regardless of what field you're in. It walks through many dimensions that we should all be thinking about. 2/2.
www.amacad.org/publication/...
www.amacad.org/publication/...
August 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
@alondra.bsky.social's fantastic recent piece "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & Tool." I highly recommend reading this, regardless of what field you're in. It walks through many dimensions that we should all be thinking about. 2/2.
www.amacad.org/publication/...
www.amacad.org/publication/...
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WATCH: Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social discusses shortcomings with Meta’s settlement and new protections for teenage Facebook and Instagram users. @bloomberglp.bsky.social
Watch Meta Settlement a ‘Pittance,’ Law Professor Says - Bloomberg
Meta’s settlement is a “pittance” relative to the company’s profits, according to University of Virginia Law Professor Danielle Citron. She argues the bigger question is whether new protections for te...
www.bloomberg.com
August 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
WATCH: Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social discusses shortcomings with Meta’s settlement and new protections for teenage Facebook and Instagram users. @bloomberglp.bsky.social
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Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social examines Meta’s $17 billion settlement over claims that the company deliberately designed products to be addictive to children.
Q&A: Will Meta’s $17 billion settlement make social media safer for kids?
news.virginia.edu
August 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social examines Meta’s $17 billion settlement over claims that the company deliberately designed products to be addictive to children.
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Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’ (Published 2021)
The country music star broke into song before she was inoculated, and urged her fans to “get out there and get your shot.”
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Reminder: Dolly Parton helped fund the Moderna vaccine for COVID.
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Dolly Parton is one of those people who just made the world feel a little warmer.
Her voice. Her generosity. Her humanity.
Rest In Power 🙏🏽💔
Her voice. Her generosity. Her humanity.
Rest In Power 🙏🏽💔
August 25, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Dolly Parton is one of those people who just made the world feel a little warmer.
Her voice. Her generosity. Her humanity.
Rest In Power 🙏🏽💔
Her voice. Her generosity. Her humanity.
Rest In Power 🙏🏽💔
Preordering @davekarpf.bsky.social new book Vaporware Inc.—excited to read!
August 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Preordering @davekarpf.bsky.social new book Vaporware Inc.—excited to read!
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Trump has threatened to sue the left-leaning @americanprogress.bsky.social (CAP) and its donors over a study it published questioning the benefits of his National Guard deployment. I'm proud that Cato's president is speaking out against this act of intimidation. "We stand with CAP." /1
August 21, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Trump has threatened to sue the left-leaning @americanprogress.bsky.social (CAP) and its donors over a study it published questioning the benefits of his National Guard deployment. I'm proud that Cato's president is speaking out against this act of intimidation. "We stand with CAP." /1
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The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her online and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement. nyti.ms/3Sqb2mk
August 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The German actress Collien Fernandes set out to discover who was pretending to be her online and sending men sexually explicit material. Her answer ignited a feminist movement. nyti.ms/3Sqb2mk