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People Can Put Your Face on Porn—and the Law Can't Help You
"And it's the very artifice involved in these videos that provides enormous legal cover for their creators. “It falls through the cracks because it’s a…
Danielle Citron
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Inside Amazon Go: The camera-filled convenience store that watches you back
"“It’s not just the transaction,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor and privacy expert at the University of Maryland’s law school. “Powerful companies…
Should posting revenge porn be a federal crime?
Revenge porn is the non-consensual sharing of nude photos or videos. Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia have revenge porn laws, according to the C…
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'Swatting' suspect was linked to many other hoax calls in L.A. and elsewhere before Kansas tragedy
"Danielle Citron, a professor of law at the University of Maryland who specializes in privacy and cyberstalking, said the use of swatting as a form of payb…
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The Making of an American Nazi
"But this activity is difficult to prosecute when trolls know how to conceal their identity. A lone troll might leave his victim only one voicemail telling…
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It’s Getting Harder for Tech Companies To Deny Responsibility for Content
"The opposing view, held by advocates for victims of crime or harassment online, is that giving tech companies immunity removes any incentive they have to…
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So What the Hell Is Doxxing?
"For some, doxxing is morally troubling. Law professor Danielle Citron is one. “It provides a permission structure to go outside the law and punish each ot…
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Info Wars: Inside the Left’s Online Efforts to Out White Supremacists
"It would be hard to introduce a single federal law against doxxing, says Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and author of “Hat…
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Two men sentenced for violating Minnesota's revenge-porn law
"“The past two years have seen some real strides,” said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and the author of the book, “Hate Cr…
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Most people saw the Las Vegas shooting as a tragedy. Propagandists saw an opportunity.
"To learn more about what the motives behind this kind of behavior might be, I spoke to University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron. She’s the aut…
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Instagram rolls out comment-control, puts onus on user to filter trolls
"Danielle Citron, a cyber-harassment expert and law professor at the University of Maryland, said the comment-control tool is similar to those used by some…
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The Sex Trafficking Fight Could Take Down a Bedrock Tech Law
"Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland who serves on Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council and worked with Harris on her Backpage eff…