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Our Bots, Ourselves
"According to university law professors Woodrow Hartzog and Danielle Citron, “It is the first such complaint by the FTC that involved bots designed to acti…
Danielle Citron
Affiliate Scholar
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Regulate That Hairbrush? Cyberlaw Experts Say Maybe
"“Seriously, a hairbrush? Do we really need that to be connected to the internet?” LeBlanc asked. Danielle Citron, a nationally known online safety and pri…
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How FamilyTreeNow Makes Stalking Easy
"Companies rarely get in trouble if someone the uses personal information they sell in an unauthorized way, creating a “Wild West” where data brokers and p…
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The disgusting stuff female athletes hear on social media and how they’re fighting back
"None of these findings has surprised Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of the book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. “It…
Follow Buddies and Block Buddies: A Simple Proposal to Improve Civility, Control, and Privacy on Twitter
The 2016 election has put squarely on the public agenda a series of questions related to the norms of social media, everything from the proliferation of fake ne…
Op-ed: Five unexpected lessons from the Ashley Madison breach
On December 14, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission settled a complaint with the company running the adult finder site Ashley Madison over the 2015 data breach t…
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1 in 25 Americans has faced or been threatened with ‘revenge porn’
"There are some legal options available, University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron said. For instance, if a victim took a photo themselves, they…
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The political fight behind Facebook and Google’s new terrorist content database
"“[The database] is definitely responsive to what’s going on in Europe,” says Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland, who specializ…
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Instagram is the latest social media firm to tweak its app in an attempt to prevent harassment
"Danielle Citron, professor of law at the University of Maryland, welcomes the changes because she said they give users more control over the content with…
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How Algorithms Can Bring Down Minorities' Credit Scores
"Preventing algorithmic discrimination is a challenge. It’s not easy to hold companies to the laws that would protect consumers from unfair credit practice…
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Some pervert cyberflashed me on the subway—And I have my iPhone to thank
"Flashing someone is illegal, but the cyber equivalent isn’t, said Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland, who has written a boo…
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Alleged Kidnapping Raises Questions About Online Harassment
""We often see people who torment domestic partners will torment them and terrorize them with any tool they have, and that is on and offline," Un…