Ryan Calo
@rcalo.bsky.social
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. 💙
The U.S. took money away from the hungry and from basic medical research to give millions to this organization.
“Many 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 Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The U.S. took money away from the hungry and from basic medical research to give millions to this organization.
new Ken Burns dropped
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
new Ken Burns dropped
So excited for this 🥹
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So excited for this 🥹
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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 systems’ 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.....
www.washington.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Thanks to @uwnews.uw.edu for covering my + @aylincaliskan.bsky.social's recent work published at AIES 2025! www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
First time holding my book 🥹 Thanks UCLA!
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
First time holding my book 🥹 Thanks UCLA!
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No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...
📢 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!
📢 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!
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...
📢 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!
📢 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!
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — 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.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — 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.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
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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 · The Tech Policy Press Podcast · 10/26/2025 · 36m
podcasts.apple.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Come work on civic tech at our excellent Evans School of Public Policy apply.interfolio.com/175411
This is something you should watch. Alessandro’s work on the economics of privacy is unmatched.
Recording is now available: youtu.be/jLhJmgd0uPg?.... Thank you @daniel-solove.bsky.social ky.social, always a pleasure.
The Economics of Privacy
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This is something you should watch. Alessandro’s work on the economics of privacy is unmatched.
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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
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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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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
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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...
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Check out this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast interview with @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social, a professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social and @ischool.uw.edu ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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.
techpolicy.press
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Check out this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast interview with @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social, a professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social and @ischool.uw.edu ⤵️⤵️⤵️
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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.
techpolicy.press
October 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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.
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🖥️ Video of @rcalo.bsky.social's SRI Seminar Series talk is now online.
In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.
📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.
📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🖥️ Video of @rcalo.bsky.social's SRI Seminar Series talk is now online.
In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.
📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
In “Law and technology: A methodical approach”, Calo explores how law can navigate the unique challenges posed by technology.
📼 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFX1...
Amish mattresses resilient against AWS outage ai-humanist.beehiiv.com/p/consider-t...
Consider the Amish mattress
As tech-tied products produce indentured consumers, there's growing value in objects unlinked to the datastream.
ai-humanist.beehiiv.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Amish mattresses resilient against AWS outage ai-humanist.beehiiv.com/p/consider-t...
Senate Republicans are holding a second hearing on alleged Biden censorship of speech entitled “Shut Your App” days after DOJ made Apple remove an app designed to report the public whereabouts of law enforcement. 🙃
October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Senate Republicans are holding a second hearing on alleged Biden censorship of speech entitled “Shut Your App” days after DOJ made Apple remove an app designed to report the public whereabouts of law enforcement. 🙃
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For this week’s podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Cybersecurity for Democracy’s Laura Edelson and Arturo Béjar, a whistleblower and safety advocate, about their report, “Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors.”
Evaluating Instagram's Promises to Protect Teens | TechPolicy.Press
A conversation with Laura Edelson and Arturo Béjar, two authors of a report titled "Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors."
buff.ly
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For this week’s podcast, Justin Hendrix spoke to Cybersecurity for Democracy’s Laura Edelson and Arturo Béjar, a whistleblower and safety advocate, about their report, “Teen Accounts, Broken Promises: How Instagram is Failing to Protect Minors.”
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New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
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Meta Platforms is cutting about 600 jobs in its AI division, according to an internal memo that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal and a person familiar with the matter.
Meta Cuts 600 in AI Division
The job cuts will affect legacy teams but not the company’s new TBD Lab unit.
on.wsj.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Meta Platforms is cutting about 600 jobs in its AI division, according to an internal memo that was viewed by The Wall Street Journal and a person familiar with the matter.
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For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year.
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
Privacy Papers for Policymakers Call for Papers
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) invites privacy scholars and authors with an interest in privacy issues to nominate finished papers for consideration for FPF’s annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers...
fpf.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year.
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...
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NEW, from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social: The FTC is disappearing blog posts about AI that were written during Lina Khan’s tenure as FTC chair www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
www.wired.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW, from me and @makenakelly.bsky.social: The FTC is disappearing blog posts about AI that were written during Lina Khan’s tenure as FTC chair www.wired.com/story/ftc-re...
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Privacy defies single definition per debate between @daniel-solove.bsky.social's taxonomy view & @rcalo.bsky.social /Angel's critique. Privacy pros face uncertainty in roles/budgets. Impact matters more than definitions. By @chuckcosson.bsky.social
Defining privacy — An academic debate that's not just academic
REI's Chuck Cosson explores the debate among privacy academics on just what "privacy" means.
iapp.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Privacy defies single definition per debate between @daniel-solove.bsky.social's taxonomy view & @rcalo.bsky.social /Angel's critique. Privacy pros face uncertainty in roles/budgets. Impact matters more than definitions. By @chuckcosson.bsky.social