Experts

Danielle K. Citron

Fast Facts

  • Vice president, Cyber Civil Rights Initiative
  • 2019 MacArthur Fellow based on her work on cyber stalking and sexual privacy
  • Board member, Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Expertise on privacyFirst Amendment, feminism and the law, civil rights

Areas Of Expertise

  • Domestic Affairs
  • Human Rights and Civil Rights
  • Law and Justice
  • Media and the Press
  • Science and Technology
  • Social Issues

Danielle K. Citron is the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and vice president of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative. Citron was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2019 based on her work on cyber stalking and sexual privacy and was named a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2023.

Her book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace (Harvard University Press) was named one of the “20 Best Moments for Women in 2014” by Cosmopolitan magazine. Her latest book, The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity, and Love in the Digital Age (W.W. Norton), was named one of Amazon’s Top 100 books of 2023. She has published more than 50 law review articles in outlets including Yale Law JournalCalifornia Law ReviewMichigan Law Review, Stanford Law ReviewTexas Law ReviewNotre Dame Law ReviewSouthern California Law ReviewBoston University Law Review, Emory Law Journal, Fordham Law Review, Minnesota Law Review, Florida Law Review, and Washington University Law Review. Her opinion pieces have appeared in The New York TimesThe AtlanticSlateLawfare, CNN, and the Guardian.

Citron previously taught at the Boston University School of Law, and for 15 years at the University of Maryland School of Law. She is an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center on Internet and Society, Yale Information Society Project, and NYU’s Policing Project. She served as chair of the board of directors of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and now sits on its board. She serves on the board of directors of the Future of Privacy think tank and on the advisory boards of ADL’s Center for Technology and Society and Teach Privacy. She works closely with Spotify and TikTok as well as federal and state lawmakers on issues of online safety, privacy, and free speech.

Danielle K. Citron News Feed

Given the well-documented attempts by Russia, China, and others to influence American elections through false information and “deepfakes,” what should voters expect as we approach the final weeks of the 2024 presidential election cycle? What can the U.S. do to combat the actions of foreign adversaries and ensure election integrity? A panel of experts discusses foreign interference in U.S. elections and the implications for the future of American democracy.
Danielle Citron, Mara Rudman Miller Center Presents
“It’s not just celebrities [targeted],” said Danielle Citron, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. “It’s everyday people. It’s nurses, art and law students, teachers and journalists. We’ve seen stories about how this impacts high school students and people in the military. It affects everybody.”
Danielle Citron CNN Business
In her newest book, “The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity, Identity and Love in the Digital Age,” the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Schenck Distinguished Professor of Law makes the case that intimate privacy is a human right. The issue cuts straight to the one of society’s growing, invasive phenomena: revenge porn.
Danielle Citron UVA Today
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has inducted two University of Virginia professors into its ranks.
Danielle Citron UVA Today
For 24 hours a day, seven days a week, American public-school students are being watched and tracked online, according to a new law review article by Danielle K. Citron, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who writes and teaches about privacy, free expression and civil rights.
Danielle Citron UVA Today
“This capability makes it possible to create audio and video of real people saying and doing things they never said or did,” wrote UVA cyber privacy expert Danielle Citron in the foreword to a 2019 paper she wrote with Robert Chesney of the University of Texas Law School.
Danielle Citron UVA Today