Ryan Calo

@rcalo.bsky.social

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I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a new book about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙

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Ryan Calo is an American legal scholar, internationally recognized within the fields of emerging technology, especially privacy, robotics, and artificial intelligence. He is a co-founder of the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab and the Center for an Informed Public which focuses on combating misinformation. .. more

Political science 27%

Computer science 24%

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among factors, according to @EPIC.org, causing a “health privacy crisis” in the United States, eroding trust and deterring people from seeking medical care.

Surveillance and ICE Are Driving Patients Away From Medical Care, Report Warns

A new EPIC report says data brokers, ad-tech surveillance, and ICE enforcement are among the factors leading to a “health privacy crisis” that is eroding trust and deterring people from seeking care.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 6d

Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?

Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.

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Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute

Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 8d

If you are organizing folks in Minneapolis right now, you may find this guide to Signal for beginners by @mshelton.bsky.social useful: freedom.press/digisec/blog...

Signal, the secure messaging app: A guide for beginners

Also available in Spanish.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 10d

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Ryan Calo

Ryan Calo is an American legal scholar and professor specializing in the intersection of law and emerging technologies, with a focus on robotics, artificial intelligence, privacy, and related policy c...

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 11d

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 12d

Wow, talk about unprecedented.
The Fed Chairman makes official statement that the President is using criminal charges to threaten him over monetary policy.

Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Stephen M. Walt, Kori Schake , and 88 more Anne Applebaum, Stephen M. Walt, Kori Schake, Claudia Sahm, Edward Witten, Daniela Gabor, Christian Odendahl, Nandita Sharma, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Menzie Chinn, Axel Bruns, Will Jennings, Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, David Dunning, Jennifer A. Richeson, Patrick A. Jansen, Alf Norkko, Joshua S. Weitz, Robert W. Wallace, Andrew Watt, David H. Kaye, Michael A. Clemens, David Feldman, Jonathan Wolff, Kevin Milligan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Richard Ashby Wilson, Caroline Krafft, Monika Schnitzer, David Rothschild, Guy Grossman, Ryan Enos, Shelly Lundberg, Ameet Sarpatwari, Michael Kevane, Iikka Korhonen, Trevon D. Logan, Laurent Pech, Robert C. Richards, Charles W. Smith, Lindsay M. Tedds, David L. Ortega, Rebecca Tushnet, David R. Miller, Silvia Secchi, Aaron Sojourner, Michael Zimmer, Holger Nehring, Gerald Friedman, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Robert B. Reich, Henry Farrell, Michael D. McDonald, Dean Eckles, Julia M. Wright, Brian Keegan, William Myers, Maria Abreu, Michael Müller, Michael Jones‐Correa, Kate Starbird, Shannon W. Anderson, Lisa Diedrich, Daniel Kuehn, Susan Strasser, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Alessandro Rigolon, Marcus Credé, Hisham Zerriffi, Simon Lester, Jay Shambaugh, Matthew Bodie, Tim Stephens, Peter Gratton, Aviel Roshwald, Martha Starr, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Farah Mendlesohn, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Michael Evans, Ryan Calo, Timothy D. McBride, Ryan Goodman, Jeroen Van Bouwel, Suzanne Mettler, Kimberly A. Clausing, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal, Peter Jacobs

Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12d

Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

YouTube video by Federal Reserve

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Kyle Jacobson @ks-jacobson.bsky.social · 14d

Just came across this listing for an (AI and) tech policy lead at King County. I'm under-qualified I think, but @rcalo.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social, @techpolicylab.bsky.social can you amplify for other Seattle area tech policy folks? www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/5182127...

AI & Technology Policy Lead Advisor in Seattle, WA | GovernmentJobs.com

Apply for AI & Technology Policy Lead Advisor position in Seattle, WA through GovernmentJobs.com. Join our team and become a part of King County community.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 15d

The woman ICE murdered was a poet 😔

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Data & Society @datasociety.bsky.social · 15d

Anthropomorphizing language conceals the limitations of AI, promoting misplaced trust. @emilymbender.bsky.social & @nannainie.bsky.social suggest focusing on a system’s functionalities: instead of saying a model is “good at” something, say what it is “good for." www.techpolicy.press/we-need-to-t...

We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI' | TechPolicy.Press

We share a responsibility to create and use empowering metaphors rather than misleading language, write Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie.

www.techpolicy.press

Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16d

Who's Watching? Privacy and Urban Surveillance. With experts from UW and NPR. everout.com/seattle/even... #seattle

Society + Technology After Hours: Who’s Watching? Privacy and Urban Surveillance at Halcyon Brewing Company in Seattle, WA - Monday, January 12 - EverOut Seattle

Join Society + Technology After Hours on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 5:30 PM at Halcyon Brewery (8564 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103) for Who’s Watching? Privacy and Urban Surveillance, a convers...

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 16d

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 17d

“Zervas remains single” 🙃

Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 18d

If you’re in Seattle.

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EPIC @epic.org · 18d

We're thrilled to welcome three new privacy experts to our Board of Directors: @dbrody.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, and Katherine Strandburg! We're looking forward to their guidance as we continue fighting to protect the fundamental right to privacy in 2026. epic.org/press-releas...

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Welcomes Three Distinguished Members to its Board of Directors

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Blake C. Stacey @blakestacey.myatproto.social · 21d

Wyden and Cox have said that section 230 protections probably don't apply to chatbot output anyway. The "generative" in "generative AI" means that the chatbot is (most of the time) not presenting content from others, but rather spewing up its own.

fortune.com/2023/09/07/a...

The Lawfare Podcast: Cox and Wyden on Section 230 and Generative AI

Among the many issues AI products raise is whether or not their outputs are protected by Section 230, the foundational statute that shields websites from liability for third-party content.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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University of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21d

Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social was interviewed for an article titled “Live Cameras are Tracking Faces in New Orleans. Who Should Control Them?” published by @npr.org. Listen/read it here: www.npr.org/2025/12/16/n...

Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?

A private non-profit operates over 200 cameras with live facial recognition in New Orleans. The system raises questions about privacy, legal authority and who should control surveillance technology.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 21d

Honored to join @epic.org’s board! 🙏 epic.org/press-releas...

PRESS RELEASE: EPIC Welcomes Three Distinguished Members to its Board of Directors

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 21d

X, not Grok, should apologize

evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 22d

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 22d

The system is rigatoni’d

Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Italy says US has sharply cut proposed pasta tariffs after a review reut.rs/4jmki48

Italy says US has sharply cut proposed pasta tariffs after a review

Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday the United States had sharply lowered proposed duties on several Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their U.S. activities.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 22d

Italy says US has sharply cut proposed pasta tariffs after a review reut.rs/4jmki48

Italy says US has sharply cut proposed pasta tariffs after a review

Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday the United States had sharply lowered proposed duties on several Italian pasta makers following a reassessment of their U.S. activities.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 23d

Can we talk about criminal responsibility for execs yet

Reposted by David Lazer, Steve Peers, Serge Egelman , and 6 more David Lazer, Steve Peers, Serge Egelman, Bessma Momani, Greg Linden, Aleksandra Urman, Ryan Calo, David Darmofal, Pieter Vantieghem

Jeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 23d

We got Meta’s “general global playbook” for defeating advertiser verification regulations, which the company knows would reduce scams. It includes making scam ads “not findable” for regulators searching Meta’s ad library through targeted scrubbing.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Meta created ‘playbook’ to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents show

As regulators pressure Meta to verify the identity of advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them. A Reuters investigation examines its tactics...

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 25d

Contrast this with how this same administration has revoked visas for researchers studying how information ecosystems are manipulated (including by foreign actors like Russia). Seems strange that they welcome back the manipulators and attack those working to identify and call them out.

Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 25d

Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...