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Daniel Solove

@daniel-solove.bsky.social
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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 danielsolove.com

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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15h
My most popular YouTube short video - on Franz Kafka and privacy. I’m surprised that this one got so many more views than other ones. I think I’m going to make more videos about literature. www.youtube.com/shorts/9n45B...
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Kafka's The Trial captures privacy today
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 21h
What’s the best poster image for Meaningful Data Minimization – my new paper draft with @hartzog.bsky.social? danielsolove.substack.com/p/whats-the-... Check out 5 variations I made, then vote in the poll. I’d appreciate your feedback.
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Alicia Solow-Niederman @aliciasn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's publication day! "The Supply Chain is a Circle: AI, Privacy, and People" is now live. Download here: ndlawreview.org/the-supply-c....
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JOIN US ONLINE – AI Slop: What Is It? What Can Be Done About it? (Wed 10/14 at 1 PM ET) REGISTER FREE teachprivacy.com/video-ai-slop/ I'll discuss AI slop with Jessica Silbey @jessicasilbey.bsky.social and Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social
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Video: AI Slop
AI Slop Wed, Oct 14 at 1 PM ET Daniel Solove chats with Jessica Silbey (BU Law) and Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law) about their thought-provoking article, AI
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Data minimization is the key to the success of privacy laws. Why is it working so badly? Read my new paper draft with Woodrow Hartzog danielsolove.substack.com/p/meaningful...
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
WATCH NOW: AI in Scholarship: Yes, Sometimes, or Never? danielsolove.substack.com/p/ai-in-scho... I speak with Nita Farahany (Duke Law) and Orin Kerr (Stanford Law) about the ethics of using AI in scholarship.
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AI in Scholarship: Yes, Sometimes, or Never?
Watch my discussion with Nita Farahany and Orin Kerr
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Roberto Carlos García interviews me on his podcast about AI and philosophy: www.ethicscircle.org/aitec-podcas... We chat about my book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY link.amazon/B02EaZVsQ
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#36 Daniel J. Solove: Privacy, Power, and the Failure of the Law — AITEC Philosophy Podcast
What if the biggest threat to privacy isn’t technology itself—but the laws that let powerful institutions use it without meaningful accountability? In this episode of the AITEC Philosophy Podcast, R...
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Meaningful Data Minimization – my new paper draft with Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Check out Meg Leta Jones‘s wonderful illustrated recap of the Congressional hearing on how to address the harms of AI, featuring the testimony of Paul Ohm. megleta.substack.com/p/rogue-ai-d... She's now on Substack - follow her!
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Rogue AI! doodles from senate hearing
Watching and drawing my Georgetown pal and co-instructor Paul Ohm talk to the Senate about the Hugging Face attack
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We can make great progress on regulating AI by fixing the shortcomings of existing privacy laws. See my article “Artificial Intelligence and Privacy” for why and how: ssrn.com/abstract=471...
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Teaching AI Law: A Collection of Resources + watch a great discussion about different approaches to AI law courses: danielsolove.substack.com/p/teaching-a...
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Teaching AI Law
A Collection of Resources
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Teaching AI Law – WATCH NOW www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwi3... I discuss teaching AI law with an all-star group: Alicia Solow-Niederman, Paul Ohm, Margot Kaminski, Ryan Calo, and Margaret Hu
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Teaching AI Law
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"You can't effectively regulate technology without regulating design." www.youtube.com/shorts/FdI_I...
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The Power of Design in Tech
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
TODAY - Teaching AI Law (Wed 9/30 at 2 PM ET) - REGISTER FREE here teachprivacy.com/video-teachi...  I discuss teaching AI law with an all-star group: Alicia Solow-Niederman, Margot Kaminski, Ryan Calo, and Margaret Hu.
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Video: Teaching AI Law
Teaching AI Law Wed, Sept 30 at 2 PM ET. Daniel Solove (GW Law) discusses how to approach teaching AI with an all-star group of leading professors in the
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Technological Design Is Power danielsolove.substack.com/p/technologi...
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Technological Design Is Power
Technological design is power.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Until tech companies are held accountable for the harms they cause--in this case nuisance as well as exposing people to risk--they'll just keep on making the world a worse place. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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It’s Raining Boxes: Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Suburb
In Richardson, a fleet of drones has started to deliver goods quickly. But the noise is drowning out life for some residents: ‘We can’t live like this.’
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A Privacy Torts Lesson from Philip Roth danielsolove.substack.com/p/a-privacy-...
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A Privacy Torts Lesson from Philip Roth
With its central theme of appropriating identity, Philip Roth’s novel Operation Shylock: A Confession (1993) involves a fictional account of himself meeting a man impersonating him.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Privacy/AI/Tech Works Worth Your Attention (Sept 2026 edition) danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... Also includes works by @jordfran.bsky.social @bennettcapers.bsky.social @mrc3po.bsky.social @aselbst.bsky.social
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Privacy, AI, and Tech Works Worth Your Attention
September 2026 Edition
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Privacy/AI/Tech Works Worth Your Attention (Sept 2026 edition) danielsolove.substack.com/p/privacy-ai... Includes works by @nikenberger.bsky.social @ariezra.bsky.social @paulohm.bsky.social @margotkaminski.bsky.social @hartzog.bsky.social
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Privacy, AI, and Tech Works Worth Your Attention
September 2026 Edition
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JOIN US ONLINE - Teaching AI Law (Wed 9/30 at 2 PM ET) teachprivacy.com/video-teachi... I discuss teaching AI law with an all-star group: Alicia Solow-Niederman, Paul Ohm, Margot Kaminski, Ryan Calo, and Margaret Hu.
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Video: Teaching AI Law
Teaching AI Law Wed, Sept 30 at 2 PM ET. Daniel Solove (GW Law) discusses how to approach teaching AI with an all-star group of leading professors in the
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Discussion with Cory Doctorow – “How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late” youtu.be/_0xR3uEgGcc
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How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JOIN US AT 11 AM ET TODAY - Discussion with Cory Doctorow @doctorow.pluralistic.net – “How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late” (Mon 9/21 at 11 AM ET), REGISTER FREE here teachprivacy.com/video-how-to...
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Video: How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late
How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late Mon, Sept 21, 2026, at 11 AM ET Daniel Solove discusses AI with Cory Doctorow, the bestselling author of many
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My thoughts on Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI danielsolove.substack.com/p/cory-docto...
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Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI
Book Club: Privacy, AI, and Tech
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Oh yay! More innovation! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers
UK academics say latest chemicals are ‘wake-up call’ and urge global action to stop weaponisation of neuroscience
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
TOMORROW - Discussion with Cory Doctorow – “How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late” (Mon 9/21 at 11 AM ET), REGISTER FREE here teachprivacy.com/video-how-to...
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Video: How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late
How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late Mon, Sept 21, 2026, at 11 AM ET Daniel Solove discusses AI with Cory Doctorow, the bestselling author of many
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Great essay by Carissa Véliz on how tech is dehumanizing us @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/5309NeX @carissaveliz.bsky.social
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Which Future for Online Life?
Carissa Véliz warns against allowing a dehumanizing industry’s predictions from becoming self-fulfilling prophecies.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
AI co's to society: "Hi, I'm new to the neighborhood. I'm loud and disruptive, I'll take everything I can grab, build hideous buildings nearby, hog water and electricity, and drive up bills, so you pay for it. I'll take your job and possibly kill you. I hope you give me a warm welcome!"
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI is a tax on society and AI companies must be forced to internalize their costs. danielsolove.substack.com/p/ais-tax-on...
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AI’s Tax on Society
There is recent talk about taxing AI, which is probably a non-starter with policymakers adverse to doing anything to stand in the way of tech companies.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anthropic: AI has catastrophic risks and could kill us all. Policymakers: Maybe we should require a transparency notice that something is AI and a warning that it might be dangerous.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Regulating scraping is a way to grab the AI bull by the horns. I wrote an article Woodrow Hartzog about how scraping should be recognized as a massive privacy violation: The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy, 113 Cal L Rev 1521 (2025). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy
<div> Artificial intelligence (AI) systems depend on massive quantities of data, often gathered by “scraping”—the automated extraction of large amounts of data
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
One way to slow down AI is to start strengthening and enforcing privacy laws. Even existing laws if interpreted wisely and enforced by regulators with a spine can make a difference.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI may not yet be able to successfully replicate a mind, but it's succeeding in making many people lose their minds. danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-absurd...
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The Absurd Discourse of AI
Dark Satire or Reality? You Be the Judge
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great video by @luizajarovsky.bsky.social on the urgent need for strong AI regulation. lnkd.in/p/eqKRin9i It's absurd that despite claims of existential risk, tech cos and politicians reject regulation. I wrote this relevant satirical post: danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-absurd...
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Some Thoughts on Existential AI Risk | Luiza Jarovsky, PhD | 20 comments
In light of recent developments, I would like to share some quick thoughts on existential AI risk. Watch my 2-minute video below: | 20 comments on LinkedIn
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The Census will be a battleground for the future of politics and much more, and tech scholar extraordinaire danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social has a new book coming out about it. This will surely be essential reading. I've pre-ordered my copy: www.danah.org/data-are-mad...
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Absurd Discourse on AI danielsolove.substack.com/p/the-absurd... This satirical post aims to capture the utter absurdity of discussions about AI. The most absurd thing is that is closer to reality than satire.
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The Absurd Discourse of AI
Dark Satire or Reality? You Be the Judge
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
VIDEO:The FTC on Privacy and AI teachprivacy.com/video-the-ft... I discuss the FTC’s current enforcement actions and future direction with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff)
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Video: The FTC on Privacy and AI
The FTC on Privacy and AI Daniel Solove talks with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff) about the FTC’s current enforcement actions and future direction.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Great movie list from @nitafarahany.bsky.social who aptly notes the movies put “risks we are facing in the hardware and software, but underlying it all is the choices that we make.” Agreed. The biggest danger we face is not tech but the humans creating and using tech. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Ten Movies That Help Us Understand the AI Moment
And what each one gets wrong
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TODAY - The FTC on Privacy and AI (Tues 9/8 at 2 PM ET) teachprivacy.com/video-the-ft... I discuss the FTC’s current enforcement actions and future direction with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff)
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Video: The FTC on Privacy and AI
The FTC on Privacy and AI Tues, Sept 8, 2026, at 2 PM ET Daniel Solove talks with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff) about the FTC’s current enforcement
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 06/09/2026
For reasons beyond my ken, @daniel-solove.bsky.social's starter pack has sent some new followers my way. To Daniel, I say, "Thank you," & to my new followers, I say: 👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
JOIN US ONLINE - Discussion with Cory Doctorow – “How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late” (Mon 9/21 at 11 AM ET), register free teachprivacy.com/video-how-to...
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Video: How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late
How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late Mon, Sept 21, 2026, at 11 AM ET Daniel Solove discusses AI with Cory Doctorow, the bestselling author of many
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Great op-ed by @catherinecrump.bsky.social in the LA Times on public backlash against Flock and surveillance: “What shouldn’t be happening is a de facto nationwide private surveillance system cobbled together without any democratic mandate.” www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Contributor: Of course Flock cameras are being attacked. Congress has failed to regulate them
If Congress doesn’t act, privacy vigilantes will keep sawing down license plate readers — and they’ll have some justification to say they had no other option.
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TeachPrivacy @teachprivacy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
JOIN ONLINE - The FTC on Privacy and AI (Tues 9/8 at 2 PM ET) teachprivacy.com/video-the-ft... Daniel Solove discusses the FTC’s current enforcement actions and future direction with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff) #FTC #AI
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Video: The FTC on Privacy and AI
The FTC on Privacy and AI Tues, Sept 8, 2026, at 2 PM ET Daniel Solove talks with D. Reed Freeman (ArentFox Schiff) about the FTC’s current enforcement
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
@gaiabernstein.bsky.social on the Meta settlement - worth reading. gaiabernstein.substack.com/p/the-meta-s... Gaia also wrote a great book about the issue of addiction to tech, UNWIRED amzn.to/4y6FQrD
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The Meta Settlement Is Not about the Money. It Is about the Redesign.
The 17 billion dollars that Meta will pay to settle the attorneys general lawsuit is not the real story.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
One problem I don’t think out literature of dystopias & authoritarianism has prepared us for very well is that in a massive country with a federalist system, an incredibly dangerous multimodal institutional collapse can FEEL pretty normal for a while in terms of most folks’ daily lives.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I had a great chat with Sergio Maldonado about consent and privacy on his podcast, Masters of Privacy @mastersofprivacy.bsky.social www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/daniel-sol...
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Daniel Solove: consent vs. privacy
Listen now | Professor Solove returns to discuss the fundamental flaws of “informed consent” and explore viable alternatives in the quest for true individual privacy.
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Understanding the Patchwork of U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws danielsolove.substack.com/p/understand...
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Understanding the Patchwork of U.S. State Consumer Privacy Laws
A Primer
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Daniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Alternative headlines: "Professors volunteer to replace themselves with AI slop" or "Gravediggers happily dig their own graves" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/b...
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Harvard Is Selling a $699 Course Taught by A.I. Clones of Its Faculty
To create a new bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. avatars of its instructors.
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Kate Jackson @katejackson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
No one had to think super hard about how to make a washing machine useful. A telephone. A vacuum cleaner. So why do our bosses have to constantly challenge us to find something, anything, for which AI might be helpful If your customers don’t find your product useful, that’s a you-problem
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Andrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
If you are focused on Flock in your communities, can I interest you in real-time crime centers, video analytics, drones, sensors, or other pattern-matching and tracking technologies. A narrow focus on ALPRs obscures the other equally pervasive and panoptic policing technologies in use.
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