Writing

Selected Research, Analysis, and Op-Eds

2024

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "Protecting Data Privacy as a Baseline for Responsible AI," Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 18, 2024, https://www.csis.org/analysis/protecting-data-privacy-baseline-responsible-ai.

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "Modernizing U.S. Commercial Privacy Standards for a Digital Economy," Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 19, 2024, https://www.csis.org/analysis/modernizing-us-commercial-privacy-standards-digital-economy.

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "In Targeting TikTok, Congress Is Taking the Hardest Path to Online Safety," Barron's, March 14, 2024, https://www.barrons.com/articles/tiktok-ban-congress-online-safety-data-69ec20da.

2023

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "Reforming Section 702 of FISA for a Digital Landscape," Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 8, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/reforming-section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-digital-landscape.

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "The Right to Be Left Alone: Privacy in a Rapidly Changing World," Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 29, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/right-be-left-alone-privacy-rapidly-changing-world.

Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, "Social media platforms were not ready for Hamas misinformation," Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 12, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/social-media-platforms-were-not-ready-hamas-misinformation.

Caitlin Chin, "Navigating the risks of artificial intelligence on the digital news landscape," Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 31, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/navigating-risks-artificial-intelligence-digital-news-landscape.

Caitlin Chin, "Meta’s Threads: Effects on Competition in Social Media Markets," Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 19, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/metas-threads-effects-competition-social-media-markets.

Caitlin Chin, "Surveillance for Sale: The Underregulated Relationship between U.S. Data Brokers and Domestic and Foreign Government Agencies," Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 21, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/surveillance-sale.

Caitlin Chin, "TikTok: A Casualty of U.S.-China Geopolitical and Economic Tensions?" Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, May 19, 2023, https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2023/05/19/tiktok-a-casualty-of-us-china-geopolitical-and-economic-tensions/.

Caitlin Chin, "A Year of Action: Evaluating U.S. Technology Policy ahead of the Second Summit for Democracy," Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 22, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/year-action-evaluating-us-technology-policy-ahead-second-summit-democracy.

Caitlin Chin, "The Plans to Ban TikTok Aren't Really About TikTok," Barron's, March 8, 2023, https://www.barrons.com/articles/congress-ban-tiktok-china-surveillance-d1de1469.

Caitlin Chin, "Banning TikTok Will Not Solve U.S. Disinformation Problems," Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 8, 2023, https://www.csis.org/analysis/banning-tiktok-will-not-solve-us-online-disinformation-problems.

Caitlin Chin, "It’s the Perfect Time to Breakup Google’s Advertising Monopoly," Slate, Janaury 26, 2023, https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/doj-google-antitrust-lawsuit-tech-layoffs-economy.html.

2022

Caitlin Chin, "Elon Musk Bought Twitter Just in Time for a Social-Media Crackdown," Slate, December 21, 2022, https://slate.com/technology/2022/12/musk-twitter-antitrust-regulation-digital-markets-act.html.

Caitlin Chin, "The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: More Steps Needed to Repair Trust in Data Flows," Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 24, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/eu-us-data-privacy-framework-more-steps-needed-repair-trust-data-flows.

Caitlin Chin, "U.S. Data Privacy Troubles Do Not Start or End with TikTok," Center for Strategic and International Studies, October 6, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-digital-privacy-troubles-do-not-start-or-end-tiktok.

Caitlin Chin, "The United Kingdom's Online Safety Bill exposes a disinformation divide," Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 11, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/united-kingdoms-online-safety-bill-exposes-disinformation-divide.

Caitlin Chin, "Digital dragnets: Examining the government's access to your personal data," Written Statement before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, July 19, 2022, https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20220719/115009/HHRG-117-JU00-20220719-SD001.pdf.

Caitlin Chin, "What privacy in the United States could look like after Roe v. Wade," Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 25, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-privacy-united-states-could-look-without-roe-v-wade.

Caitlin Chin, "How to balance the scales between newspapers and technology giants," Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 5, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/how-balance-scales-between-newspapers-and-technology-giants.

Caitlin Chin, "Breaking down the arguments for and against U.S. antitrust legislation," Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 22, 2022, https://www.csis.org/analysis/breaking-down-arguments-and-against-us-antitrust-legislation.

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin, "Police surveillance and facial recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color," The Brookings Institution, April 12, 2022, https://www.brookings.edu/research/police-surveillance-and-facial-recognition-why-data-privacy-is-an-imperative-for-communities-of-color/.

Caitlin Chin, "Market capitalization is not the right focus for U.S. and EU antitrust reform," The Brookings Institution, March 22, 2022, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2022/03/22/market-capitalization-is-not-the-right-focus-for-u-s-and-eu-antitrust-reform/.

2021

Caitlin Chin, "Should Congress close the revolving door in the technology industry?" The Brookings Institution, November 4, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/11/04/should-congress-close-the-revolving-door-in-the-technology-industry/.

Nicol Turner Lee and Caitlin Chin, "The debate on antitrust reform should incorporate racial equity," The Brookings Institution, July 8, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/07/08/the-debate-on-antitrust-reform-should-incorporate-racial-equity/.

Bill Baer and Caitlin Chin, "Addressing Big Tech's power over speech," The Brookings Institution, June 1, 2021, https://www.theregreview.org/2021/06/01/baer-chin-addressing-big-techs-power-over-speech/.

Caitlin Chin, "Why Democrats and Republicans would benefit from hate crime protections for Asian Americans," The Brookings Institution, April 13, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/04/13/why-democrats-and-republicans-would-benefit-from-hate-crime-protections-for-asian-americans/.

Caitlin Chin, "After the SolarWinds hack, the Biden administration must address Russian cybersecurity threats," The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2021, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/11/after-the-solarwinds-hack-the-biden-administration-must-address-russian-cybersecurity-threats/.

2020

Caitlin Chin and Mishaela Robison, "How AI bots and voice assistants reinforce gender bias," The Brookings Institution and Italian Institute for International Political Studies, November 23, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-ai-bots-and-voice-assistants-reinforce-gender-bias/.

Caitlin Chin and Mishaela Robison, "This cuffing season, it's time to consider the privacy of dating apps," The Brookings Institution, November 20, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/11/20/this-cuffing-season-its-time-to-consider-the-privacy-of-dating-apps/.

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin, "By passing Proposition 24, California voters up the ante on federal privacy law," The Brookings Institution, November 17, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/11/17/by-passing-proposition-24-california-voters-up-the-ante-on-federal-privacy-law/.

Stephanie Chin and Caitlin Chin, "To mitigate the costs of future pandemics, establish a common data space," The Brookings Institution, November 2, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/11/02/to-mitigate-the-costs-of-future-pandemics-establish-a-common-data-space/.

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin, "How the 2020 elections will shape the federal privacy debate," The Brookings Institution, October 26, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/10/26/how-the-2020-elections-will-shape-the-federal-privacy-debate/.

Caitlin Chin, "Why the world is at a turning point with artificial intelligence and what to do about it," The Brookings Institution, August 12, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/events/why-the-world-is-at-a-turning-point-with-artificial-intelligence/.

Cameron F. Kerry, John B. Morris, Jr., Caitlin Chin, and Nicol Turner Lee, "Bridging the gaps: A path forward to federal privacy legislation," The Brookings Institution, June 3, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/research/bridging-the-gaps-a-path-forward-to-federal-privacy-legislation/.

Caitlin Chin, "Examining national privacy laws in the context of international trade," Georgetown University Institutional Repository, April 11, 2020, https://repository.library.georgetown.edu/handle/10822/1059602.

Caitlin Chin, "With a new 6(b) study, the FTC reassesses antitrust enforcement," The Brookings Institution, March 25, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/03/25/with-a-new-6b-study-the-ftc-reassesses-antitrust-enforcement/.

Cameron F. Kerry and Caitlin Chin, "Hitting refresh on privacy policies: Recommendations for notice and transparency," The Brookings Institution, January 6, 2020, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2020/01/06/hitting-refresh-on-privacy-policies-recommendations-for-notice-and-transparency/.

2019

Caitlin Chin, "The GDPR and CCPA as benchmarks for federal privacy legislation," The Brookings Institution, December 19, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/12/19/highlights-the-gdpr-and-ccpa-as-benchmarks-for-federal-privacy-legislation/.

Caitlin Chin, "Assessing employer intent when AI hiring tools are biased," The Brookings Institution, December 13, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/research/assessing-employer-intent-when-ai-hiring-tools-are-biased/.

Caitlin Chin, "Setting guidelines for facial recognition and law enforcement," The Brookings Institution, December 9, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/12/09/highlights-setting-guidelines-for-facial-recognition-and-law-enforcement/.

Caitlin Chin, "Analysis: Congress is divided. Are states?" Georgetown Public Policy Review, November 20, 2019, https://gppreview.com/2019/11/20/analysis-congress-divided-states/.

Caitlin Chin and Bhaargavi Ashok, "Addressing fairness in the context of artificial intelligence," The Brookings Institution, November 18, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/11/18/highlights-addressing-fairness-in-the-context-of-artificial-intelligence/.

Caitlin Chin and Marla Odell, "Commissioners discuss the future of the FTC's role in privacy," The Brookings Institution, November 5, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/11/05/highlights-commissioners-discuss-the-future-of-the-ftcs-role-in-privacy/.

Caitlin Chin, "In the net neutrality debate, what might follow Mozilla v. FCC?" The Brookings Institution, October 7, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/10/07/in-the-net-neutrality-debate-what-might-follow-mozilla-v-fcc/.

Caitlin Chin and Marla Odell, "Where stakeholders fall in the privacy debate," The Brookings Institution, September 17, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2019/09/17/highlights-where-stakeholders-fall-in-the-privacy-debate/.

Caitlin Chin, "Why net neutrality is an economic debate," Georgetown Public Policy Review, August 20, 2019, https://gppreview.com/2019/08/20/net-neutrality-economic-debate/.

2018

Caitlin Chin, "Solving the robocall regulatory challenge," Georgetown Public Policy Review, October 17, 2018, https://gppreview.com/2018/10/17/solving-the-robocall-regulatory-challenge/.

Caitlin Chin, "The U.S. privacy landscape post-GDPR" Georgetown Public Policy Review, August 1, 2018, https://gppreview.com/2018/08/01/the-u-s-privacy-landscape-post-gdpr/.

Caitlin Chin, "Looking ahead to the internet of things," Georgetown Public Policy Review, February 26, 2018, https://gppreview.com/2018/02/26/looking-ahead-internet-things/.

Caitlin Chin, "The policy issues of online education," Georgetown Public Policy Review, November 15, 2017, https://gppreview.com/2017/11/15/policy-issues-online-education/.