I asked ChatGPT another interesting question: The term “spic” is a racial slur that has historically been used in the United States to demean and dehumanize Spanish-speaking people, particularly those from Latin American countries, including Puerto Ricans. Its usage is deeply offensive and rooted in a legacy of xenophobia, colonization, and systemic racism. Origins and…

Straight out of ChatGPT … I. Historical Use in Media and Public Discourse Example:In Oscar Lewis’s 1966 book La Vida: A Puerto Rican Family in the Culture of Poverty—San Juan and New York, Puerto Rican interviewees speak about being called “spic” by white peers, landlords, and employers. The book exposed deep racial discrimination and was…

SIM swapping (also known as SIM hijacking or SIM swap fraud) is a type of identity theft where a criminal tricks a mobile carrier into transferring a victim’s phone number to a SIM card the criminal controls. Once they gain control of the phone number, the attacker can intercept calls and text messages, including two-factor…

I am speaking publicly today because the truth must be stated clearly and without fear: I have been subjected to treatment that bears the unmistakable hallmarks of unauthorized human experimentation and psychological coercion—treatment no person should ever endure, let alone a private citizen and licensed attorney on U.S. soil. What has taken place over years—often…

As a licensed attorney in the State of California and a parent, I feel compelled to speak out against an orchestrated effort that has not only threatened my professional standing, but also targeted my children, compromised our health care, and violated our most basic constitutional rights. There is credible reason to believe that California and…

No individual, organization, or entity had the legal or moral right to access, use, or disseminate my communications, digital information, or personal identity—particularly in any manner that exploited my name, professional status, or private life for political, commercial, or retaliatory purposes. The unauthorized use of my identity and digital presence was not benign. It was…

The concern I raise here is not about satire or obvious entertainment. Rather, it is about the more subtle, strategic misuse of digital platforms, social media, advertising, and media content to shape perception, discredit individuals, and cause real personal harm. What may appear to be passive commentary or innocuous content often functions as a calculated…

When Disinformation Drives Detention, Law Schools Must Defend Truth and Due Process. It began, as these things often do, with a rumor: that a university had disclosed a graduate student’s records to immigration authorities. The student, a protest participant, was suddenly detained. The university president—newly appointed, a woman, and operating within strict legal boundaries—said little.…

Q: Do you pay authors? A: No, ChatGPT (OpenAI) does not pay authors whose works may have been included in the training data for models like mine. OpenAI has stated that its models are trained on a mixture of licensed data, publicly available data, and data used with permission. However, many works on the internet…

In the United States, every individual has the right to watch the news, use public media, and live peacefully in their neighborhood without fear of surveillance, harassment, or manipulation. These rights are not conditional. They are protected under the Constitution, federal communications law, privacy law, and international human rights instruments. Yet today, I raise serious…

It is deeply troubling—and morally indefensible—that any individual would participate in the public shaming of another person based on beauty, physical features, or perceived attractiveness. To engage in such conduct, particularly through social media or other public channels, reflects a profound abuse of privilege and platform. As a woman, a mother, and a professional, I…

What about that dash …? We tend to trust our vehicles. We assume that if something were dangerously wrong, a warning light would flash. A sensor would alert us. A technician would catch it during routine service. But what if the most pressing warning system is your own body? The Invisible Weight Inside the Cabin…