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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 book coming out next year about law and technology that I hope you read. ๐Ÿ’™

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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

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 10h
Coming for Tim ๐Ÿ˜‰
Amazon Hot New Releases in Science and Technology Law

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 4d
In Seattle December 1? Come learn about AI and the environment!

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 6d
you: Iโ€™m impressed by gen AI
me: I saw the 1991 video Black & White

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 6d
Are you thinking of using Law & Technology: A Methodical Approach to teach? Please get in touch with me if so! I can get you a copy of the book and am keeping track of courses and syllabi. www.law-and-technology.com/interviews-a...
Interviews and Book Talks โ€” Law and Technology
www.law-and-technology.com

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 7d
My new book Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach is now available as an ebook! www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/3...
Law and Technology
Technology is difficult to study, let alone regulate. While law is uniquely positioned to channel technology toward human flourishing, technology poses special challenges to law and governance, obscur...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 7d
The U.S. took money away from the hungry and from basic medical research to give millions to this organization.
alondra.bsky.social Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social ยท 10d
โ€œMany of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementโ€
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"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 7d
new Ken Burns dropped

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 9d
Not that precise issue, but the book would provide a sensible path for analyzing it!

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social ยท 10d
โ€œMany of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementโ€

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 11d
Gosh, I donโ€™t know. Iโ€™ll ask

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 11d
So excited for this ๐Ÿฅน

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Kyra Wilson @kyrawilson.bsky.social ยท 14d
Thanks to @uwnews.uw.edu for covering my + @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's recent work published at AIES 2025! www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
People mirror AI systemsโ€™ hiring biases, study finds
In a new UW study, 528 participants worked with simulated AI systems to select job candidates. The researchers simulated different levels of racial biases for resumes from white, Black, Hispanic and.....
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 17d
It's sporadic! I'll try to post about it

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 17d
First time holding my book ๐Ÿฅน Thanks UCLA!

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Kaitlyn Zhou @kaitlynzhou.bsky.social ยท 18d
No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...

๐Ÿ“ข I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!

If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
Photo of Cornelll University building surrounded by colorful trees

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FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social ยท 20d
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR โ€” POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com ยท 20d
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social โ€” who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June โ€” said it all in this.

can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condรฉ Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part ofย TPM Cafe, TPMโ€™s home for opinion and news...
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 22d
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me ยท 22d
If you're at all interested in the direction technology is taking us legally, politically, economically, or socially, I urge you to listen to this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast from @justinhendrix.bsky.social talks to @rcalo.bsky.social about his new book:

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Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology
Podcast Episode ยท The Tech Policy Press Podcast ยท 10/26/2025 ยท 36m
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 24d
Come work on civic tech at our excellent Evans School of Public Policy apply.interfolio.com/175411
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 24d
This is something you should watch. Alessandroโ€™s work on the economics of privacy is unmatched.

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 24d
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Reposted by Daniel J. Solove, Ryan Calo

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alessandroacquisti.bsky.social @alessandroacquisti.bsky.social ยท 24d
Recording is now available: youtu.be/jLhJmgd0uPg?.... Thank you @daniel-solove.bsky.social ky.socialโ€ฌ, always a pleasure.
The Economics of Privacy
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com ยท 26d
DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social ยท 26d
CIS Affiliate @rcalo.bsky.social argues law should proactively shape tech rather than just react to it. His book proposes a methodical approach: define tech carefully, assess impacts, analyze legal implications, and recommend solutions www.techpolicy.press/ryan-calo-wa...
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
www.techpolicy.press

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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social ยท 28d
Amazing

Reposted by Steve Peers, Paul M. Schwartz, Ryan Calo

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social ยท 29d
Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
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