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Ari Ezra Waldman

@ariezra.bsky.social
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Law professor at UC Irvine, studying law, technology, society, and queer civil rights. 🏳️‍🌈 Dad to Peabody.

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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“In a world where billions and trillions are being spent on LLMs, anything where words are used is subject to its own profit-making purpose. If this goes forward with no limitation, there is no protection for any employee.” @ariezra.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/spirit...
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Spirit Airlines Wants to Sell Its Data to Google. Former Flight Attendants Are Freaked Out
“It never crossed my mind that they would be so bold as to sell our private data for AI,” says one former Spirit Airlines flight attendant.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Such a joy working with @daniellecitron.bsky.social and the outstanding editors at the @emorylawjournal.bsky.social !
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Absolutely this.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Slaughter is going to destroy this county’s already limited capacity to do much of anything about AI. Public oriented Expertise? Can be fired. What will remain are the tech bros whose neofascist and surveillance-loving employers fund right wing campaigns.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This is either the stupidest or most disingenuous thing I’ve seen from Alito … today. Election “choice[s]” do not happen when ballots are counted.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Very not good. Another Skrmetti in the works. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Justices to Weigh Parents Right to Sue Over Trans Youth Policy
The Supreme Court agreed to consider a case over parents’ legal standing to sue over laws or policies they claim place restrictions on divulging to parents when minors are seeking gender-affirming car...
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
If the president can fire the head of an “independent” agency without cause, there is no such thing as an “independent” agency.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Today's Second Amendment decision has little to do with law and less to do with history (which Alito ignores or denies as needed to reach his conclusion). It's all about power—the supermajority shoving its preferred gun policy down our throats with brute force. Odious. slate.com/news-and-pol...
These unanswerable questions, like Wolford itself, show what a doomed endeavor Bruen has been from the start as an attempt to do law. Far from restraining judges, the decision gives them maximum latitude to cherry-pick history in service of their preferred outcome—which, for Republican appointees, is usually a ruling against gun safety. This approach to the Second Amendment is wildly inconsistent with state sovereignty and self-rule, allowing unelected judges to topple democratically enacted gun restrictions based on dilettantish historical divination. There is no law to be found in Wolford. It reads not like the work of a court, but of a super-legislature imposing its ideological hostility to firearm regulations on a citizenry that never consented.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
John Roberts will want you to forget everything that happened this week at SCOTUS after he confirms that the first sentence of the 14th Amendment means what it says, please do not fall for it
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What happens when no member of the Supreme Court’s dominant Republican bloc feels any need to moderate its most aggressive impulses? We saw it yesterday: Even smaller case turn into maximalist rulings that blow up precedent and gut civil rights. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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The Conservative Majority Blew Apart One of the Biggest Myths About This Supreme Court
We are left with a court that is not only unaccountable, but utterly unmoored from internal restraints on its own power.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Maybe this company will finally die a long overdue death.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This … I don’t understand why some ppl don’t see Bar Weiss for what she really is and always has been.
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Mark your calendars: @uvalaw.bsky.social will be hosting a book celebration and panel discussing @monasloane.bsky.social’s brilliant new book Predicted with special guests @ariezra.bsky.social and Jenny Davis on Sept 10.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New paper in @bulawreview.bsky.social, “Challenging Technical Expertise” interrogates the idea that knowing how tech works is necessary to make good tech policy. I analyze the claims, find many lacking, & identify conditions when tech expertise might actually help. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Challenging Technical Expertise
This Article explores an underlying assumption of much law and technology scholarship and policy—namely, that technical expertise is necessary for technology po
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UC Irvine School of Law @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Prof. @ariezra.bsky.social joined @wamu.org 88.5’s 1A for an audio segment on a recent CA jury verdict against Meta and YouTube over platform design linked to compulsive use and youth mental health harms, and what it could mean for future regulation of the tech industry. wamu.org/story/26/03/...
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The start of social media’s legal reckoning
Social media companies have largely avoided legal responsibility for the harms linked to their platforms.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Hahahahahaha. Now thinking about all those law review articles that either argued the Board was really independent or started from the assumption that it was.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Along with @nilabala.bsky.social and others, I’ll be testifying today at 130 PM Pacific at the California State Assembly about the special importance of privacy for marginalized and vulnerable communities. You can watch here: www.assembly.ca.gov @ucirvine.bsky.social @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social
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Welcome to the California State Assembly | California State Assembly
Welcome to the official website of the California State Assembly.
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Congrats @hartzog.bsky.social for being featured in the new documentary, Privacy People! youtu.be/EqZOzwVaZp8
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Privacy People
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
The ACIP meeting happening at the CDC is absolutely appalling
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Congrats also to @daniel-solove.bsky.social on being on the list of top cited legal scholars per @heinonline.bsky.social ! This list captures all legal scholars, demonstrating Dan’s reach. Congrats Dan! You are a founder of the field and continue to make an impact! heinonline.org/HOL/scholarl...
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ABA-Approved Law Schools Most-Cited Authors - HeinOnline.org
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Congrats to @daniellecitron.bsky.social on being (yet again!!!) among the top cited legal scholars … per @heinonline.bsky.social. There are different ways to understand the data, but Danielle is in the top 10 legal scholars on multiple metrics! heinonline.org/HOL/scholarl...
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ABA-Approved Law Schools Most-Cited Authors - HeinOnline.org
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Honored to have the opportunity to join my brilliant coauthor @daniellecitron.bsky.social on the @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast to talk about trust and safety and legal endogeneity. Thanks @dwj88.bsky.social !
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Danielle Citron @daniellecitron.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Illustrating selective privacy and connection to digital enthnonationalism from Wired www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
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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.
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d@nny disc@ @hipsterelectron.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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 · 21/11/2025
virginialawreview.org/articles/ret... our latest is out! @ariezra.bsky.social and I on “Rethinking Youth Privacy”
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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...
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Salomé Viljoen @salome.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Call me crazy but I really do think if you've been face swapped into nonconsensual porn because you, a woman, dared to have a photo online, you should be able to sue everyone involved into oblivion
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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...
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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...
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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!
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
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.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Kavanaugh Stops
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Such an important piece by Kate Weisburd and Daniel Harawa www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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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.
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Stanford CIS @stanfordcis.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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...
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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.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
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!
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
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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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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...
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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.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Go @daniellecitron.bsky.social! 5 Questions for Danielle Citron. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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5 questions for Danielle Citron
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"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:
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Reactionary Futurism 2025 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
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?
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
For the right wing judiciary, “[t]he only logical consistency that matters is that the trans person loses.” @joshablock.bsky.social is exactly right.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This new book on the theory and method of law and technology by the brilliant @rcalo.bsky.social is so important! Congrats Ryan!
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New Article! I interviewed those involved in drafting ADPPA, the American Data Privacy & Protection Act, & reviewed primary sources. I tell the story of how law, legal processes, and influences on civil society skewed ADPPA in industry-friendly ways. scholarlycommons.law.emory.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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K. Sabeel Rahman @ksabeelrahman.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The fight building and dismantling state capacity is a fight over democratic freedom and equality. My latest paper on the kind of state emerging from this moment - and a vision for freedom and governance that should shape an alternative progressive state to come papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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ANTI-DOMINATION AND ADMINISTRATION
The foundations of the administrative state are being reshaped, both by the continuing transformations of administrative law doctrine by the courts and by the a
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
With the obvi caveat that class actions are not always practical, have been restricted, and will inevitable leave ppl out, everyone should do this immediately. Luckily, smart lawyers knew what was coming and were ready. This is how it’s done.
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The Trump FTC will use consumer protection law to ban gender affirming care. Speakers at this event include Miriam Grossman, who argues that ppl say they’re trans bc it’s cool, and Michael Laidlaw, who’s only job seems to be to lie when testifying against trans people. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
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The Dangers of “Gender-Affirming Care” for Minors
This workshop will focus on unfair or deceptive trade practices in “gender-affirming care” for minors.
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Daniel G. Aaron, MD, JD @medlawdan.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yesterday's Skrmetti decision reminds me of @ariezra.bsky.social: "in fact-intensive constitutional cases, opportunistic judges manufacture factual uncertainty when there is none by reframing doctrines of constitutional scrutiny as demands for scientific infallibility." #SCOTUS #LawSky
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
There’s a lot to unpack w Skrmetti. The first is that this decision will kill people. The human impact matters. Another is that the result depends on manufactured uncertainty. I wrote about that in civil rights litig—and trans rights specifically—here. ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcont...
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Ari Ezra Waldman @ariezra.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
May Melissa Hortman rest in power, and she will … because her legacy will live on in Minnesota and hopefully become a guide for progressives elsewhere.
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