Youth Privacy's Constitutional Reckoning
Youth privacy law today shares the logics and pathologies of the U.S. Supreme Court's jurisprudence about parental rights over children. We argue that this…
Danielle Citron
Affiliate Scholar
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Is Trust & Safety Dead, or Just Evolving?
Is this the end of Trust & Safety? Is anyone left to defend it? It had a golden age, but it appears to be over. In its place is a grim realpolitick, or, som…
The Evolution of Trust and Safety
This Article tells the inside story of the rise, spread, and evolution of trust and safety. We bring unique perspectives to this story. One of us (Citron) was o…
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Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers
“What is so ominous about these sites is that they’re close to the line of illegal, but not crossing the line,” said University of Virginia School of Law profes…
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X ordered its Grok chatbot to ‘tell like it is.’ Then the Nazi tirade began.
Hate speech is generally protected by the First Amendment in the United States, but lawyers could argue that some of Grok’s output this week crossed the line in…
Rethinking Youth Privacy
Congress and state legislatures are showing renewed interest in youth privacy, proposing myriad new laws to address data extraction, addiction, manipulation, an…
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Jack Dorsey, Twitter and Square Cofounder, Donates $10 Million to BU Center for Antiracist Research
"Cyber civil rights expert Danielle Citron, a School of Law professor of law, says Twitter should be credited with “trying to address hate speech in a cohe…
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The Technology 202: Lawmakers unveil bipartisan proposal to make social media moderation more transparent
"Danielle Citron, a professor the Boston University School of Law, has long argued that Section 230 should not be a “free pass,” but rather contingent on c…
The Legal Academy, Episode 4: Danielle Citron
Here is Episode 4 of The Legal Academy, my new show about law professors. The guest this week is Danielle Citron of Boston University Law School. Topics includ…
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Stalkerware sees all, and US laws haven't stopped its spread
"Law professor Danielle Citron of Boston University, who has studied stalkerware, applauded the settlement, which she said sets a mold that similar apps mu…
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The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow
"However, Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace, suggested there was no quid pro quo in…
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All’s Clear for Deepfakes: Think Again
The verdict was in, and it was a comforting one: Deepfakes are the “dog that never barked.” So said Keir Giles, a Russia specialist with the Conflict Studies Re…