Danielle Citron

@daniellecitron.bsky.social

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UVA Law Prof; CCRI VP; #MacFellow; author, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014)

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Tomorrow, Alexis Shore and I will be talking about research we've done with @daniellecitron.bsky.social on the impact of intimate privacy protections at Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. Danielle, we'll do our best to rep our work! rebootingsocialmedia.org/events/platf...

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Our movement was born online and it grew thanks to the reach that Twitter afforded us. But the Twitter we knew is largely gone. Today's dangerous cesspool of hate and disinformation is bad for progressive organizing, so we've decided to step back from "X."

We’re stepping back from the increasingly dangerous and dysfunctional ‘X’, and we’re sorry i...indivisibleteam.medium.com (Given that the ‘free speech absolutist’ mentioned below often threatens to sue those who criticize him, allow us to clarify that these…

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Thrilled to host this episode featuring BFF & amazing teacher, scholar, and advocate @daniellecitron.bsky.social along w/ UVA Law students Gabriele Josephs & Aamina Mariam. We discuss her latest book The Fight For Privacy tabootrades.buzzsprout.com/1227113/1384...

Thinking I will try this platform HT beloved coauthor and coteacher @keichensehr.bsky.social for the nudge

This was so fun and rewarding and cannot beat talking ideas with extraordinary bestie @kimkrawiec.bsky.social

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„The risk is that well timed deepfake [e.g. the night before an election] can turn the tide on who shows up to vote.“ @daniellecitron.bsky.social +1! For Germany, I believe society is not well prepared for what’s coming, especially because their knowledge on #AI and it’s possibilities is low.

Had a great chat with @cbcnews.bsky.social John Dickerson about deepfakery, truth, and politics. Discussed “Liar’s Dividend” coined by Bobby Chesney and me in 2019. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/temporary-solutions-as-a-i-plagues-election-cycle/

Over the moon for Ellie Citron, new member of UChicago Law Review!

A hate crime. Let’s be clear about what this is and then we can tackle it it in meaningful way https://apple.news/AnMwGRVj5SBC4Kx5zLRiN1Q

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The term, coined by @daniellecitron.bsky.social and Bobby Chesney, is wonderfully illustrated in this 2019 piece: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3213954

Liar's dividend, this is called. Term is probably going to get a lot more use.

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ok this is also incredible: The judge said that Republican states are being "denied the benefits intended to arise from the federal system." APPARENTLY THE CONSTITUTION WAS FORMED SO YOU COULD SPREAD ELECTION & COVID MISINFORMATION; HAPPY BIRTHDAY/INDEPENDENCE DAY, AMERICA!!

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In the ~Twitter files~ of judicial opinions, a Trump appointed judge ordered the Biden admin to stop meeting with tech executives bc the judge said the admin is engaged in a "massive effort" to "suppress speech based on its content" https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63290154/293/missouri-v-biden/

NOTE “you” deflecting responsibility by chatbot founder. No, you built this hazardous service, liability is yours. 230 was never meant to cover this. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/technology/ai-chatbots-misinformation-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Just put down mystery novel Girl A and I’m deep in my feelings. What a superb book. Bravo Abigail Dean https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Novel-Abigail-Dean/dp/0593295846

So sweet so I didn’t move until she did!!

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Dean Tolson is 100% right

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My comment on Jordan’s “Weaponization of CISA” report: “This report grossly misrepresents my work and the work of the MDM subcommittee — a volunteer group that served an advisory, not an operational role for CISA. …”

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I wrote about the first anniversary of Dobbs, which in just twelve months has already unleashed grotesque moral absurdities and unspeakable loss beyond what I think we can comprehend. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/23/roe-v-wade-overturned-abortion?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A year ago Roe v Wade was overturned. Grieve for the new America | Moira Doneganwww.theguardian.com The supreme court’s decision has created a two-tiered class of US citizenship: one for men and one for women. It is a generational tragedy

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No Response to John Eastman Cert. Petition Seeking to Wipe Out District Court Finding that Eastman More Likely Than Not Engaged with Trump in Crime Related to 2020 Election https://electionlawblog.org/?p=137040

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New: We obtained never-published records that show the fear and chaos inside Twitter before and after the insurrection: "Do we have to wait for violence — someone getting shot?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/23/new-twitter-video-jan6/

New video undercuts claim Twitter censored pro-Trump views before Jan. 6www.washingtonpost.com Twitter employees were told not to take down potentially threatening pro-Trump tweets on the day before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Civil rights giant and leader Sherrilyn Ifill to join Howard Law as inaugural Vernon Jordan Chair Ever grateful for her brillaint leadership and moral clarity https://thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/civil-rights-lawyer-sherrilyn-ifill-appointed-inaugural-vernon-jordan-endowed-chair-civil-rights

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any coverage of "why are the big platforms backing away from restrictions on election/vaccine falsehoods" that doesn't include information about this harassment campaign is missing a big part of the story https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/business/gop-disinformation-researchers-2024-election.html

G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Electionwww.nytimes.com A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.

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Twitter has already died many deaths but here's another https://twitter.com/rexchapman/status/1670508895658475520?s=61&t=uEk1-jwqUgniOwYHLPhADQ

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For those of you who wanted a physical copy but weren't excited about paying the outrageous price for the hardcover, you can now pay a moderately less outrageous price for the paperback. :-)

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The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberation, is finally available in paperback. Links to publisher and Amazon at https://rulelaw.us --- and of course still the free open access copy.

The Rule of Law in the United States: An Unfinished Project of Black Liberationrulelaw.us Open access book published in 2021 by Paul Gowder describing the history and current state of the rule of law in the United States from the perspective of Black liberation movements.

Mary Anne Franks, Hany Farid, and I talked about CCRI’s founding and work at our ten year anniversary. https://youtu.be/qn-YM41bgc8

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New paper about participatory disinformation around the 2020 US election, improvisation, and online influencers. Teaser: maybe you’ve read the recent articles about the multi-dimensional harassment my colleagues and I have been receiving… here’s some of the research inspiring that harassment.

New work on influencers and "participatory disinformation" in the 2020 U.S. Election. Disinformation is not just elite-driven--it's a hybrid model of elites and non-elites. From @katestarbird.bsky.social @noupside.bsky.social Matt DeButts https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20563051231177943

We talked about the evolution of terminology related to image based sexual abuse. Why revenge porn was always wrong and how we have been working with lawmakers and enforcers, and on behalf of survivors (survivor founded CCRI) with CCRI President Mary Anne Franks, Clare McGlynn, and Asia Eaton