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Daniel Solove
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I'm a law professor at GW Law School and an expert on privacy, AI, technology, and data security law. I also write about law, literature, and the humanities. More about me at https://danielsolove.com

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Daniel J. Solove is the Eugene L. and Barbara A. Bernard Professor of Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the George Washington University Law School. He is well known for his academic work on privacy and for popular books on how privacy relates with information technology. .. more

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 17h
“It is impossible to protect privacy from authoritarianism without addressing consumer privacy.” - from Daniel J. Solove, Privacy in Authoritarian Times - final published version here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 17h
DHS is issuing subpoenas for social media accounts that are critiquing ICE www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t... More support for my argument that we must address surveillance capitalism to protect against gov't surveillance papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 1d
“It is impossible to protect privacy from authoritarianism without addressing consumer privacy.” - from Daniel J. Solove, Privacy in Authoritarian Times - final published version here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #PrivacyMatters

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 1d
VIDEO – my lecture on my paper, “Artificial Intelligence and Privacy” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z46k...
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 1d
Here's a list of some topics I cover in my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 2d
The GW Center for Law & Technology @gwclt.bsky.social is hosting a great event tomorrow - Private Matters: Health, Technology, and Battles Over Personal Data. Please join us calendar.gwu.edu/event/privat...
Private Matters: Health, Technology, and Battles Over Personal Data
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 2d
Can tech companies be trusted to self-regulate? Short answer: Hell no. www.youtube.com/shorts/KKYLV...
Can Tech Companies Self-Regulate?
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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 2d
Only 3 days left to lock in Early Bird pricing for the Privacy + Security Forum 🙌 Register: bit.ly/PSF-Spring

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 3d
It's time to end tech exceptionalism www.youtube.com/shorts/tjGoS...
It's time to end tech exceptionalism.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 4d
Another dystopian AI Superbowl ad -- this one from Ring, showing a vast network of AI surveillance cams with AI analysis to find lost dogs. Happy use today, but tomorrow, it'll be used to hunt for people. ICE is probably already plotting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OheU...
Search Party from Ring | Be A Hero In Your Neighborhood
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 5d
My latest article with the one and only @spenceroverton.bsky.social called “Digital Ethnonationalism” forthcoming in University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Here is the papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 6d
Bizarre dystopian Superbowl commercial where AIexa+ tries to kill Chris Hemsworth many different ways, then offers him a massage. And this is to try to convince folks that AI is good? I thought it was a promo for a Black Mirror episode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha92...
Chris Hemsworth thinks Alexa+ is scary good | Big Game Commercial
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 7d
I also wrote a book about the topic, NOTHING TO HIDE: THE FALSE TRADEOFF BETWEEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY - I posted the entire book free online here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 7d
My Chronicle of Higher Ed piece is based on my article, "I've Got Nothing to Hide" and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy - download free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 7d
It's gratifying to see a Chronicle of Higher Education editor recall a piece I wrote there 15 years ago. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/a...

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 8d
Next was an excellent talk by @daniel-solove.bsky.social on the misguided current approach to privacy law and how to reconceptualize it. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV8c... (3/6)
On Privacy and Technology
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Reposted by Paul M. Schwartz, Daniel J. Solove

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 9d
Join us for a fireside chat with Stephen Bolinger to discuss his Documentary ‘Privacy People’. May 6-8, 2026: bit.ly/34nInA7 #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters @sbolinger.bsky.social

Reposted by Daniel J. Solove

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Privacy + Security Academy @privsecacademy.bsky.social · 10d
Join us for a fireside chat with Mary Anne Franks to discuss Fearless Speech. May 6-8, 2026: www.privacysecurityacademy.com/psf-spring-a... #privsecforum #PrivacyMatters

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 11d
Privacy in Authoritarian Times – key quotes from the article: open.substack.com/pub/danielso...

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 11d
Privacy laws should have a private right of action. Read my argument as to why: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Reposted by Daniel J. Solove, Andrew Guthrie Ferguson

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 12d
Ferguson on Everything-Everywhere Searches

Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Everything-Everywhere Searches and the Geofence Puzzle (George Washington Journal of Law & Technology (Jan. 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Police surveillance…
Ferguson on Everything-Everywhere Searches
Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (George Washington University - Law School) has posted Everything-Everywhere Searches and the Geofence Puzzle (George Washington Journal of Law & Technology (Jan. 2026)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Police surveillance technologies have outpaced Fourth Amendment doctrine. Arbitrary, generalized search powers stretching across entire cities and states now exist in forms that have no historical analog. Police can now search “everything everywhere all at once” and current Fourth Amendment doctrine has little to say about the resulting privacy and security threats.
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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 12d
“Maine .. law requiring employers to notify employees & job applicants about employee surveillance .. does not apply to cameras used in the workplace for safety & security purposes .. to take effect in July 2026, depending on when the legislature adjourns” ogletree.com/insights-res...
Maine Enacts Law Requiring Employers to Notify Employees About Surveillance Tools
On January 11, 2026, Maine enacted a law (House Paper (H.P.) 25 / Legislative Document (L.D.) 61) prohibiting employers from using surveillance tools without first informing job applicants and employe...
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 12d
AI and Surveillance - Symposium Issue of the GW Journal of Law & Tech - gwjolt.org/volume-2/ Great lineup of articles by Ferguson, Schneier, Francis, Hartzog, Richards, Arnett, and Weisburd - symposium sponsored by GW Center for Law and Tech @gwclt.bsky.social
AI and Surveillance - Symposium Issue of the GW Journal of Law & Tech

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 12d
Cartoon: Cookie Apocalypse teachprivacy.com/cartoon-cook... For more cartoons, subscribe to my free newsletter teachprivacy.com/newsletter/
Cartoon: Cookie Apocalypse
* * * * Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School. Through his company, TeachPrivacy, he has created the
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 13d
A small part of me wonders whether something is fishy about the Rotten Tomatoes audience scores. Nah . . . nothing going on here . . .

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 13d
As is typical these days, nearly all news outlets have toned down what Trump actually said about his Kennedy Center plans. They make it sound like a closure for renovations, when in fact Trump's post sounds like a complete rebuild. One more example of systematic media downplaying.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13d
Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14d
Paul Jurcys (U California) et al. have posted “The Future of Privacy Law? A Comment on Solove/Hartzog’s ‘Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control in an Age of AI’” on SSRN. ssrn.com/abstract=528... They discuss my essay with Woody Hartzog: ssrn.com/abstract=468...
The Future of Privacy Law? A Comment on Solove/Hartzog's 'Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control in an Age of AI'
This Comment engages with Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog’s thought-provoking claim that “privacy as control” is increasingly “futile” in an era of ubiquitous
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14d
“Judges, state legislators, and others who care about preventing authoritarianism must dramatically improve privacy protection.” From my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15d
“Government entities readily work in tandem with the private sector, buy its services and technologies, or can just readily demand the vast data hoarded by companies.” From my article, Privacy in Authoritarian Times papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....