Danielle Citron
@daniellecitron.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law; Vice President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative; #MacFellow; Author of The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (2022) and Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (2014) 🍋
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Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social says a DOGE employee’s reported Social Security data breach could be a violation of the Privacy Act. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data
A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Prof. @daniellecitron.bsky.social says a DOGE employee’s reported Social Security data breach could be a violation of the Privacy Act. @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Journal article by @daniellecitron.bsky.social and @ariezra.bsky.social argues youth privacy law wrongly relies on parental rights doctrine, harming kids. They propose including tech companies and shifting focus from control to who benefits. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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 reli
papers.ssrn.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Journal article by @daniellecitron.bsky.social and @ariezra.bsky.social argues youth privacy law wrongly relies on parental rights doctrine, harming kids. They propose including tech companies and shifting focus from control to who benefits. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Second in our series. @ariezra.bsky.social and I wrote “Youth Privacy’s Constitutional Reckoning forthcoming in Georgia Law Review papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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 reli
papers.ssrn.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Second in our series. @ariezra.bsky.social and I wrote “Youth Privacy’s Constitutional Reckoning forthcoming in Georgia Law Review papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Now out “Rethinking Youth Privacy” with extraordinary coauthor @ariezra.bsky.social in Virginia Law Review
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Now out “Rethinking Youth Privacy” with extraordinary coauthor @ariezra.bsky.social in Virginia Law Review
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If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
Some DOGE personnel had more access to data than previously acknowledged, according to a court filing.
www.politico.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
If anyone has any information on the identity of the "advocacy group tyring to overturn election results in certain states” and who were secretly in contact with DOGE, my Signal is DavidGilbert.01
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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January 19, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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Oh I love this.
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Oh I love this.
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AGs also have online forms. You may be able to paste this in (or you'll have to retype). Many allow you to remain anonymous. You can complain through criminal AND consumer protection divisions.
See next post for article links I used in support of a letter I recently sent to all of them.
See next post for article links I used in support of a letter I recently sent to all of them.
January 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
AGs also have online forms. You may be able to paste this in (or you'll have to retype). Many allow you to remain anonymous. You can complain through criminal AND consumer protection divisions.
See next post for article links I used in support of a letter I recently sent to all of them.
See next post for article links I used in support of a letter I recently sent to all of them.
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“ @maryannefranks.bsky.social & @daniellecitron.bsky.social have argued that when nonconsensual sexualization becomes routine—esp when it is used to punish women for speaking publicly—it does more than harm individual targets…It also narrows who feels able to participate in public discourse at all”🧪
January 14, 2026 at 10:46 PM
“ @maryannefranks.bsky.social & @daniellecitron.bsky.social have argued that when nonconsensual sexualization becomes routine—esp when it is used to punish women for speaking publicly—it does more than harm individual targets…It also narrows who feels able to participate in public discourse at all”🧪
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Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Mississippi’s largest synagogue was set on fire before dawn Saturday. Fire department ruled it arson, and a suspect has been arrested.
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
It is the same synagogue that the Ku Klux Klan bombed in 1967 because the rabbi supported civil rights. mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
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The surveillance industry is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties like we’ve seen in the actions of ICE. The industry seeks to profit off the data of millions while ICE creates one of the largest surveillance machines in history. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to
www.eff.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The surveillance industry is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties like we’ve seen in the actions of ICE. The industry seeks to profit off the data of millions while ICE creates one of the largest surveillance machines in history. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good:
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good:
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
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So revenge porn and CSAM are now premium features.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
"Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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"Restricted" is the wrong word, clearly.
What Musk has actually done is make the undressing of any woman or child on the platform an EXCLUSIVE feature for paying subscribe. He's made it a subscriber perk. This is some of the most fucked-up shit ever.
What Musk has actually done is make the undressing of any woman or child on the platform an EXCLUSIVE feature for paying subscribe. He's made it a subscriber perk. This is some of the most fucked-up shit ever.
"Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
January 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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"Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Musk's AI bot Grok limits image generation on X to paid users after backlash
Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked ...
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Twitter‘s solution to making CSAM for free is to make CSAM for profit.
Limiting Grok AI image edits to paid users 'insulting' to victims, says No 10
It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Twitter‘s solution to making CSAM for free is to make CSAM for profit.
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Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
Grok limits image generator after backlash over sexualized AI images
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot faced backlash for creating images of undressed women and children. The image-generating function will now be available only to paying subscribers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
January 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
I invite all Americans to join Minnesota in a day of unity tomorrow.
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My colleague @amandafrost.bsky.social is excellent on this panel about birthright citizenship. Her response on what sources to read to understand the issue (at ~1:14) — as compared to the other answers given — is notable. @uvalaw.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/scYYIy9...
www.youtube.com/live/scYYIy9...
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
My colleague @amandafrost.bsky.social is excellent on this panel about birthright citizenship. Her response on what sources to read to understand the issue (at ~1:14) — as compared to the other answers given — is notable. @uvalaw.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/scYYIy9...
www.youtube.com/live/scYYIy9...