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Ari Ezra Waldman
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Law professor at UC Irvine, studying law, technology, society, and queer civil rights. 🏳️‍🌈
Dad to Peabody.

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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 4h
Illustrating selective privacy and connection to digital enthnonationalism from Wired www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com

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d@nny disc@ mc² @hipsterelectron.bsky.social · 4d
really good book "industry unbound" by @ariezra.bsky.social on how tech is used as a cudgel to ablate consent and disenfranchise privacy experts

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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 5d
virginialawreview.org/articles/ret... our latest is out! @ariezra.bsky.social and I on “Rethinking Youth Privacy”
Rethinking Youth Privacy - Virginia Law Review
Congress and state legislatures are showing renewed interest in youth privacy, proposing myriad new laws to address data extraction, addiction, manipulation, and more. Almost all of their proposals, a...
virginialawreview.org

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 7d
This is so disgusting people should not have to be afraid of putting their pictures online lest some creep turn them into fap material.

'AI girls never say no' is...quite a thing.
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 11d
We are so pleased to share the Call for Submissions for the 2026 Privacy Law Scholars Conference. We are introducing so many new elements this year, including a mentorship-focused pre-conference and discussion sessions in addition to our paper workshop sessions.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
PLSC 2026 CFP
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Privacy Law Scholars Conference 2026 www.privacyscholars.org The Program & Planning Committee of the Privacy Law Scholars Conference invites submissions for the 19th annual con...
docs.google.com

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 21d
More hope scrolling today. … I’m launching a new tech center at @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social ! So many new opportunities for students and faculty, including fellowships, endowed lectures, paper awards, policymaking advising. Grateful to our dean, Austen Parrish, and the affiliated faculty!
ucirvinelaw.bsky.social UC Irvine School of Law @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social · 21d
UC Irvine School of Law launched the new Center for Technology & Justice, a collaborative research-based institute directed by Prof. @ariezra.bsky.social studying how technology can change law and society and how law and society can change technology.

news.law.uci.edu/2025/11/05/u...
UC Irvine School of Law @ucilaw UC Irvine School of Law Announces New Center for Technology & Justice Directed by Prof. Ari Ezra Waldman, the Center will address critical issues such as digital abuse, privacy and tech regulation. UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice “My hope is that the Center generates ideas that have an impact in our community and beyond. Our goal is nothing short of developing a better way to understand and address the ways in which some technologies are doing harm to our kids, our freedom, and our democracy. Our students will work closely with faculty to change the world.” - Ari Ezra Waldman Professor of Law Faculty Director, Center for Technology & Justice UC Irvine School of Law UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice “The Law School is thrilled to see Professor Waldman launch this new Center. The Law School has long been a hub for studying issues impacting law and society, as well as the changing impact of technology on law and our society. Professor Waldman’s important work will be amplified through the ambitious projects of the Center, and I’m eager to see the tremendous impact it will have.” - Austen Parrish Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law UC Irvine School of Law UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice

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UC Irvine School of Law @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social · 21d
UC Irvine School of Law launched the new Center for Technology & Justice, a collaborative research-based institute directed by Prof. @ariezra.bsky.social studying how technology can change law and society and how law and society can change technology.

news.law.uci.edu/2025/11/05/u...
UC Irvine School of Law @ucilaw UC Irvine School of Law Announces New Center for Technology & Justice Directed by Prof. Ari Ezra Waldman, the Center will address critical issues such as digital abuse, privacy and tech regulation. UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice “My hope is that the Center generates ideas that have an impact in our community and beyond. Our goal is nothing short of developing a better way to understand and address the ways in which some technologies are doing harm to our kids, our freedom, and our democracy. Our students will work closely with faculty to change the world.” - Ari Ezra Waldman Professor of Law Faculty Director, Center for Technology & Justice UC Irvine School of Law UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice “The Law School is thrilled to see Professor Waldman launch this new Center. The Law School has long been a hub for studying issues impacting law and society, as well as the changing impact of technology on law and our society. Professor Waldman’s important work will be amplified through the ambitious projects of the Center, and I’m eager to see the tremendous impact it will have.” - Austen Parrish Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law UC Irvine School of Law UC Irvine Law Center for Technology & Justice

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Oct 24
This was always where the troop deployments were going. Their plan was always to occupy cities with Democratic majorities to scare ppl away from voting. This is ONE TOOL they’re using to stay in power.
gowder.io Paul Gowder @gowder.io · Oct 24
"Monitor" my ass. If I were Gavin's team I'd fully request UN election monitors to counterbalance the federal election intimidators
elizabethweill.bsky.social Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · Oct 24
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · Oct 24
"Monitor" my ass. If I were Gavin's team I'd fully request UN election monitors to counterbalance the federal election intimidators
elizabethweill.bsky.social Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 @elizabethweill.bsky.social · Oct 24
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
www.justice.gov

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Oct 2
Kavanaugh Stops
sifill.bsky.social Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Oct 2
“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh
sorenspicknall.bsky.social Soren Spicknall @sorenspicknall.bsky.social · Oct 2
"Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties."

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Oct 2
“The Govt sometimes makes brief, investigative stops to the check the immigration status of those who gather in locations where ppl are hired for day jobs; who work or appear to work in jobs such as landscaping, construction, agriculture, or car washes…” -Justice Kavanaugh

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Oct 1
Such an important piece by Kate Weisburd and Daniel Harawa

www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: The 4th Amendment will no longer protect you
Thanks to the Supreme Court, now there is no real limit on police seizures. People of color will bear the brunt of this regime, including immigrants who are already subject to raids.
www.latimes.com

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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · Sep 29
New research from @daniellecitron.bsky.social @ariezra.bsky.social examines growing concerns around content moderators — people tasked with keeping social media free of explicit content. Their upcoming paper adds to mounting warnings about this challenging job www.techpolicy.press/is-trust-saf...
Is Trust & Safety Dead, or Just Evolving? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson considers the conclusions of a new paper by Danielle Keats Citron and Ari Ezra Waldman.
www.techpolicy.press

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Sep 3
Awww thank you, friend! I aspire to be you, queen! 👑

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Sep 3
So honored to be recognized by the @williamsinstitute.bsky.social and alongside @nbenas.bsky.social @margotpollans.bsky.social @ddangaran.bsky.social @darapurvis.bsky.social. Their scholarship is outstanding!
ucirvinelaw.bsky.social UC Irvine School of Law @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social · Sep 2
Congratulations to Prof. @ariezra.bsky.social who has been awarded the 2025 Dukeminier Awards’ Ezekiel Webber Prize by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law‬ for his article, “Gender Data in the Automated Administrative State,” 123 Colum. L. Rev. 2249 (2023). news.law.uci.edu/2025/09/02/p...
Headshot of Professor Ari Waldman smiling outdoors in front of a blurred campus building. Text overlay reads: “Professor Ari Waldman Receives Dukeminier Award for Scholarship on Gender Data and Automated Governance.” Graphic with UC Irvine Law branding. Large yellow quotation mark icon at top left. White text on a blue background reads: “It is an incredible honor to be recognized by the Williams Institute and the Dukeminier Awards. I stand alongside outstanding scholars, all of whom are working on issues that are pressing today, especially given the federal government’s constant attacks on trans and gender-divergent people.” Below the quote is a circular headshot of Ari Waldman, with text: “Ari Waldman, Professor of Law, UC Irvine Law.”

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UC Irvine School of Law @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social · Sep 2
Congratulations to Prof. @ariezra.bsky.social who has been awarded the 2025 Dukeminier Awards’ Ezekiel Webber Prize by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law‬ for his article, “Gender Data in the Automated Administrative State,” 123 Colum. L. Rev. 2249 (2023). news.law.uci.edu/2025/09/02/p...
Headshot of Professor Ari Waldman smiling outdoors in front of a blurred campus building. Text overlay reads: “Professor Ari Waldman Receives Dukeminier Award for Scholarship on Gender Data and Automated Governance.” Graphic with UC Irvine Law branding. Large yellow quotation mark icon at top left. White text on a blue background reads: “It is an incredible honor to be recognized by the Williams Institute and the Dukeminier Awards. I stand alongside outstanding scholars, all of whom are working on issues that are pressing today, especially given the federal government’s constant attacks on trans and gender-divergent people.” Below the quote is a circular headshot of Ari Waldman, with text: “Ari Waldman, Professor of Law, UC Irvine Law.”

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Aug 22
Such a joy to collaborate with @daniellecitron.bsky.social on our third (!!!) piece together, this time bringing our perspectives to trust and safety. Danielle has been in the trenches since the beginning. I couldn’t have written this without her!

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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · Aug 22
Excited to share a piece @ariezra.bsky.social and I have written “The Evolution of Trust and Safety” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Evolution of Trust and Safety
<p><span>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 (Citr
papers.ssrn.com

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Aug 10
So sorry for your loss. Sending hugs!

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jul 26
RFK Jr. has fired all members of the Preventive Services Task Force, which requires insurance companies to cover certain treatments. The Supreme Court ruled he could do so in June.

Likely next step: Appointing quacks who will end mandatory insurance coverage for PrEP.
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs
The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.
www.wsj.com

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 24
It’s all so 🍌

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 24
This paper is so well done!

Reposted by Ari Ezra Waldman, David Murakami Wood, Kath Albury

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Jul 23
"The book about Gamergate we have been waiting for."

@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social includes "Gaming Democracy: How Silicon Valley Leveled Up the Far Right" by @adriennemassanari.bsky.social in a round-up of new scholarship about the alt-right:
Reactionary Futurism 2025 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
lareviewofbooks.org

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 14
Not really the focus of the post

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 13
cc: @daniellecitron.bsky.social

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 13
Yeah, let’s run an experiment that re-traumatizes children to make an AI that won’t ever be able to detect trauma in children. If that’s not the AI industry’s motto, I don’t know what is??

Also, how does something like this even pass IRB?

Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Ari Ezra Waldman

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 13
“The interdisciplinary team built the model after recording 18 sessions with children as they shared traumatic experiences.”
USF researchers develop AI that detects PTSD in children’s facial expressions
The tool can help overcome barriers to diagnosis, like cognitive development, language skills, avoidance behaviors and emotional suppression.
www.tampabay.com

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 11
You’re shocked? Hahaha

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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · Jul 9
The line from Skrmetti to this sham of a workshop” on gender affirming care is the demand for perfection (which doesn’t exist in science) for trans care studies while applying zero standards to anti-trans “studies”. They also literally weaponize a trans kid’s death to stoke anti-trans hate.
transvestigations.bsky.social s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · Jul 9
Hi all—I'll be periodically live-posting today's FTC event on GAC's supposed "deceptive trade practices."

Trump's anti-trans agenda is getting creative—cracking down on (or at least intimidating) GAC providers w/ misapplied consumer protection laws. The event will be...interesting.

[A THREAD 🏳️‍⚧️🧵]

Reposted by Daniel Aaron, Ari Ezra Waldman

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s. baum @transvestigations.bsky.social · Jul 9
Hi all—I'll be periodically live-posting today's FTC event on GAC's supposed "deceptive trade practices."

Trump's anti-trans agenda is getting creative—cracking down on (or at least intimidating) GAC providers w/ misapplied consumer protection laws. The event will be...interesting.

[A THREAD 🏳️‍⚧️🧵]