
Caitlin Chin is a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she researches technology regulation in the United States and abroad. She previously worked as a research analyst at the Brookings Institution, where her projects centered around U.S. federal and state legislation related to information privacy, antitrust, and algorithmic bias. At Brookings, Chin coauthored "Bridging the gaps: A path forward to federal privacy legislation" (with Cameron Kerry, John Morris Jr., and Nicol Turner Lee), which put forward a comprehensive framework for national commercial privacy standards in the United States. In addition, she has published over two dozen other reports or commentaries on public policy issues including "Addressing Big Tech's power over speech" (with Bill Baer) and "Why Democrats and Republicans would benefit from hate crime protections for Asian Americans." Chin has spoken on C-SPAN, WOSU/NPR, and France 24, and her work has been cited by the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Future of Privacy Forum, among other organizations. She has a BA in government and Spanish from the University of Maryland and an MPP from Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Her master's thesis, "Examining national privacy laws in the context of international trade," won a student paper award at the 48th Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (TPRC48) in 2020. She was also a recipient of Public Knowledge's 20/20 Visionaries award in 2021.
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In the News
TikTok: A Casualty of US-China Geopolitical and Economic Tensions?
Caitlin Chin in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs — May 19, 2023
How Technology Is Changing Immigration Lines
Caitlin Chin in Foreign Policy — April 27, 2023
Could Montana's Effort To Block TikTok Statewide Work?
Caitlin Chin in HuffPost — April 18, 2023
Europe Is Paranoid About Data But Does Nothing About Spyware
Caitlin Chin in Foreign Policy — April 12, 2023
Built in North Texas, Clapper app finds new users as TikTok uncertainty looms
Caitlin Chin in Dallas Morning News — April 12, 2023
Tiktok on the Clock: Inside the Efforts to Ban the App
Caitlin Chin in World Affairs — April 4, 2023
美國能禁止民眾使用TikTok嗎?
Caitlin Chin in Hong Kong News — March 24, 2023
TIKTOK THE SCAPEGOAT IN US-CHINA GEOPOLITICS?
Caitlin Chin in BFM 89.9 — March 24, 2023
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Promoting the Responsible Use of Synthetic Media
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin and Di Cooke — May 10, 2023

Disinformation and Deepfakes: Countering Gender-Based Online Harassment
Event by Asha Allen , Alejandra Caraballo , Moira Whelan , Kristina Wilfore , and Caitlin Chin — May 9, 2023
TikTok and U.S.-China Technology Competition: A Conversation with Caitlin Chin
Podcast Episode by Bonny Lin and Caitlin Chin — April 27, 2023

A Year of Action: Evaluating U.S. Technology Policy ahead of the Second Summit for Democracy
Commentary by Caitlin Chin — March 22, 2023
TikTok: To Ban or Not to Ban?
Podcast Episode by Caitlin Chin — March 15, 2023

The Plans to Ban TikTok Aren’t Really about TikTok
Commentary by Caitlin Chin — March 9, 2023
Banning TikTok Will Not Solve U.S. Online Disinformation Problems
Commentary by Caitlin Chin — March 8, 2023
It’s the Perfect Time to Break Up Google’s Ad-Tech Monopoly
Commentary by Caitlin Chin — January 31, 2023
Elon Musk Bought Twitter Just in Time for a Social Media Crackdown
Commentary by Caitlin Chin — January 4, 2023
Book Event: The Fight for Privacy with Danielle Citron
Event by Caitlin Chin and Danielle Citron — December 5, 2022