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Danielle Keats Citron

Faculty Affiliate

Affiliations

  • Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor of Law
  • Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law
  • Director, LawTech Center

Bio

Danielle Keats Citron is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor of Law and Martha Lubin Karsh and Bruce A. Karsh Bicentennial Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law. In 2019, Citron was named a MacArthur Fellow based on her work on cyberstalking and intimate privacy. Citron has worked with lawmakers, law enforcement and tech companies to combat online abuse and protect intimate privacy.  She is the author of “The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age” (2022) and “Hate Crimes in Cyberspace” (2014) as well as more than 60 law review articles and essays. Citron is the vice president of the nonprofit the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative founded in 2013. Citron is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  

In the News

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The Digital Wellness Industry Is Hijacking Women’s Health

Menopause and perimenopause, long under-researched and dismissed, have become a growth industry for online advertisers and wellness companies. Mining intimate data, this lucrative digital ecosystem exploits medical uncertainty to sell women hormones and supplements they don't need, or that can even harm them.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Meta Settlement a ‘Pittance,’ Law Professor Says

Meta’s settlement is a “pittance” relative to the company’s profits, according to Danielle Citron, DTD Lab faculty affiliate. She argues the bigger question is whether new protections for teenage Facebook and Instagram users will actually work, questioning a framework that relies heavily on parents to enforce limits and warning that teenagers may find ways around the restrictions.

www.bloomberg.com

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Q&A: Will Meta’s $17 billion settlement make social media safer for kids?

Danielle Citron, DTD Lab faculty affiliate, was featured in UVA Today's recent Q&A on Meta's $17 billion settlement over claims that Facebook and Instagram were designed to be addictive to children and teens. The conversation helps to break down the settlement, outline skepticism about how far it goes to protect kids' data, and what it signals for the future of tech accountability.

news.virginia.edu

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