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) 🍋
Nathalie Maréchal writes that the US midterm election results were a rebuke of Trump and a rejection of the tech oligarchy — and that the harder work of accountability, reform and renewal starts now.
Pull the Plug on Technofascism Before It Reboots
After Tuesday's US elections, it's time to turn attention toward accountability, reform, and renewal to make lasting change, writes Nathalie Maréchal.
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Prof. @payvandahdout.bsky.social says courts often avoid rendering decisions on the merits of inter-branch litigation. @nytimes.com
Will the Supreme Court Thwart Congressional Investigations?
Lawmakers must dodge rulings on immunity, standing and “valid legislative purpose.”
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WATCH NOW - How AI Relates to Privacy www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5e_... I speak with Amy Worley about her book, THE CONFIDENCE ADVANTAGE, on how to align AI, privacy, and cybersecurity.
How AI Relates to Privacy
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
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This week’s Substack has six Taboo Trades episodes, from survival labor to college sports buyouts, plus my Rhode Island paper on policing after decriminalization and my keynote on what we owe plasma donors. buff.ly/NSEXygA
Scott Colom refused to throw trans kids under the bus and wound up winning an election to the Senate over the anti-trans bigot who stopped him. IN MISSISSIPPI.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d agoStill published on Cindy Hyde-Smith’s official website: a 2023 article about how she single-handedly blocked Scott Colom’s nomination to be a federal judge. She just lost her Senate seat to him.
THANK YOU, MISSISSIPPI! This victory belongs to all of us and I am honored to be your new senator-elect.
R.I.P. Richard Posner, whose work had a big influence on me, even though I ended up disagreeing with him strongly on nearly everything. Here's my reflection on Posner and his work: danielsolove.substack.com/p/i-disagree...
I Disagreed with Richard Posner More than Almost Any Other Scholar, and Yet He Greatly Influenced Me
R.I.P. to a Great Scholar and Judge
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In a keynote for the 2026 Veterans Day Ceremony at #UVA, Army Maj. Gen. Robert Borcherding ’99 said that a veteran’s commitment should be honored in war or peace.
Their service matters: UVA ROTC honors veterans
Alumnus and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Borcherding told a University audience a veteran’s commitment should be honored in war or peace.
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US lawmakers should treat AI like every other technology federally regulated and establish enforceable rules rather than relying on voluntary pledges, argues @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Brian Judge. bit.ly/4BXx163
The AI Industry Should Make Something People Want
Brian Judge explains what comes next after US voters’ overwhelming rejection of data centers and the firms building them.
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LISTEN: In his keynote address at #UVALaw, @gwlaw.bsky.social Prof. Spencer Overton looks at challenges to an increasingly multiracial democracy.
The Multiracial Democracy Ahead
George Washington University Law School professor Spencer Overton delivers the keynote for “Voting Rights at the Crossroads of the 2026 Election,” sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Law
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Let’s recall once again that Alex Karp very recently was expressing his desire to use AI to shut up uppity bitches with college degrees: futurism.com/artificial-i...
CEO of Palantir Says AI Will Seize Power Away From College-Educated Women
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said AI would disrupt "humanities trained" and "Democratic voters" who are largely women.
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you’re telling me a landmark originalist supreme court opinion rests on a misquote rooted in a basic lack of historical understanding of the use of language, an understanding that cannot be gleamed through word searching 18th century documents? wow. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How a Misquote by a Supreme Court Justice Imperils Gun Restrictions
Justice Scalia incorrectly quoted an 18th-century legal scholar in a 2008 opinion — a decision with profound implications today.
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When we confuse privacy with “privacy settings,” we lose sight of what each of them really is, says @lowrypressly.bsky.social. The endless lists of data permissions do not encompass privacy’s full meaning and value; they capture an information-hungry business model. bit.ly/4kbD1Sn
TLDR: With Jim Jordan becoming House minority leader, it is incumbent on the media to speak with folks like Shawn Dailey, Adam DiSabato, Michael DiSabato, Mike Flusche, Mike Glane, Dan Ritchie, Tito Vasquez and Dunyasha Yetts again. Their stories deserve to be heard.
Joe Katz@joekatz45.bsky.social · 3y agoI'm too angry to type this out again
Swatters are increasingly using AI technology that creates synthetic voices or sound effects to generate remarkably believable fake emergency calls to law enforcement. n.pr/4sVqVz1
AI hoaxes are deceiving 911 dispatchers, and they're only getting harder to detect
Swatters are increasingly using AI technology that creates synthetic voices or sound effects to generate remarkably believable fake emergency calls to law enforcement.
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How did Rhode Island keep policing prostitution after decriminalization? What do we owe plasma donors? What have my UVA Law students and I been asking our Taboo Trades guests? All in this week’s Substack. buff.ly/NSEXygA
More reports of corporate espionage targeting Silicon Valley show how pervasive the problem is, says Prof. Elizabeth Rowe. @cnn.com
Big Tech has a spy problem | CNN Business
Silicon Valley is particularly vulnerable to corporate espionage: The cutting-edge technologies it develops have grown vital to the global economy.
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WATCH: @gwlaw.bsky.social Prof. Spencer Overton delivers the keynote address for “Voting Rights at the Crossroads of the 2026 Election” at #UVALaw.
The Multiracial Democracy Ahead
YouTube video by University of Virginia School of Law
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In this week’s Substack, I share a new paper on Rhode Island’s accidental decriminalization of prostitution, a keynote on what we owe plasma donors, and six Taboo Trades episodes with my UVA Law student co-hosts. buff.ly/hxuw0go
This lost cause is worth fighting for The Dem establishment's coronation of a weak Chuck Schumer as Senate majority leader is NOT a done deal if the people fight back Reward the senator who fought Trump when everyone else was cowering in fear My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/van-...
Chris Van Hollen fought when no one else would. Make him Dems’ leader. | Will Bunch
The Establishment’s race to keep Schumer and Jeffries as leaders must be stopped if Dems want to hold onto their midterm gains. Maryland’s senior senator should be on the shortlist.
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I wrote about how U.S. government IT systems under Trump should be considered completely compromised, likely requiring a decade and untold billions of dollars to fix:
Total System Failure: U.S. Government Networks Will Need To Be Torched And Rebuilt
From dodgy DOGE bros to White House systems compromised by foreign intelligence, Trump cybersecurity damage will take decades and untold billions to repair.
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WATCH — @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social: “Elon Musk’s DOGE put Americans’ Social Security numbers at risk and signed an agreement to share info with a political organization… DOGE WAS A FRAUD ON THE 🇺🇸 PEOPLE.” (This is what @marshablackburn wants to do to Tennessee)
This is one of my two most remembered law review articles from when I was an Article Editor. Sad we couldn’t get him to publish with us but one of the ones I still think about.
Joey Fishkin@fishkin.bsky.social · 6d ago@richardprimus.bsky.social wrote a law review article about the three-day fight on the floor of the Senate when Hiram Revels—the first Black member of either house of Congress—tried to take his seat. It is, as it happens, my all-time favorite law review article. So I'm going to tell you about it.
My debut Scotusblog column... "Whose tradition, which history? Agency adjudication and Sun Valley Orchards" www.scotusblog.com/2026/11/whos...
Whose tradition, which history? Agency adjudication and Sun Valley Orchards
Over the past few decades, several features of the administrative state have been subject to heated constitutional challenge. One of them is agency adjudication: the practice of resolving disputes “i…
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WATCH: In a discussion at #UVALaw, panelists discuss law and policy at the intersection of voting rights and race.
Voting Rights at the Crossroads
YouTube video by University of Virginia School of Law
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@nytimes.com @adamliptak.bsky.social is reading fascinating and important new article by @payvandahdout.bsky.social entitled “Interbranch Litigation” — loved seeing the recommendation and endorsement in NYT. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/u... @uvalaw.bsky.social
This was a fascinating gathering commemorating the 1956 Dartmouth summer workshop on AI. I was grateful to participate. The organizers asked for critique, and they got it... You can watch my talk, featuring some new work with @lmesseri.bsky.social, here: www.youtube.com/live/xm916h_...
The History of AI and the Future of Human Knowing
YouTube video by Dartmouth
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · last wk.The three-day AI at 70: What Must Remain Human? conference at Dartmouth included more than two dozen panel discussions, keynote speeches, and other presentations. The talks featured pioneering researchers, leaders in AI, and scholars who study AI's potential effects on society.
It's Election Day and Donald Trump is calling for the Democratic Party's leading election lawyer, someone who has humiliated him and his lawyers in scores of cases, to be jailed. This is not normal and yet here we are.
