Cartoon: The Future of Web Surfing
My new cartoon on modern web surfing. These days, web traffic is increasingly bots. And the content being written is increasingly by bots. Soon, it’ll all just be bots surfing to crawl stuff from bots.
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The Trump Effect on Tech Law – Video
For a long time, the EU has exerted strong influence in privacy, AI, and tech regulation – the Brussels effect. But deregulatory policies from the Trump Administration in the US have started to gain footing in the EU and elsewhere. Is there a Trump Effect? If so, how strong is it? Daniel Solove interviews Professor Anu […]
Cartoon: Your Privacy Is Very Important to Us
My latest cartoon on privacy.
Cartoon: Regulators vs. Venture Capitalists on AI
My latest cartoon about how tech companies promote AI to regulators and to venture capitalists. It has always struck me as outrageous how tech companies so eagerly keep mentioning how their AI will eliminate jobs or potentially kill all humans. That’s not a normal way to ingratiate your technology to the world. I believe they […]
VIDEO: Is Online Scraping Legal?
Daniel Solove and Woodrow Hartzog discuss their article, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Privacy and Scraping, 113 Cal. L. Rev. 1521 (2025). They argue that scraping, which is essential for AI, is inconsistent with nearly all core privacy principles in privacy laws. Is there a way to reconcile scraping and privacy?
Cartoon – Online Scraping
My new cartoon about online scraping. If you want to learn more about my thoughts on scraping, please download (free) my article with Professor Woodrow Hartzog, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between AI Scraping and Privacy, 113 California Law Review 1521 (2025). Also, please tune in to my upcoming online discussion with Professor Hartzog: Is […]
The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy – Final Published Version
I’m very excited to share with you the final published version of my article with Professor Woodrow Hartzog, The Great Scrape: The Clash Between AI Scraping and Privacy, 113 California Law Review 1521 (2025). You can download the article for free on SSRN.
Teaching Privacy Law
Today I’ve gathered some materials for teaching privacy law. Webinar: Teaching Information Privacy Law I have a video on Teaching Information Privacy Law. In this video (1 hour), eight law professors discuss our privacy law classes. Daniel Solove (GW Law) Anita Allen (Penn Law) Lior Strahilevitz (Chicago Law) Jolynn Dellinger (Duke Law) Najarian Peters (Kansas Law) Alicia Solow-Niederman (GW […]
Teaching Children About Privacy
Teaching children about privacy is crucial, as their futures will be intertwined with technology that uses personal data. Unfortunately, many K-12 schools do not adequately address this topic. The EyeMonger: My Children’s Book About Privacy I wrote The Eyemonger to introduce children to the topic of privacy. My goal is for this book to spark […]
The Economics of Privacy – Video
Daniel Solove interviews Alessandro Acquisti (MIT) about his pathbreaking work on the economics of privacy. Topics include the privacy paradox, the value of personal data, attitudes and behaviors, and the impact of laws.