Non-Resident Fellow
You-Hao Lai

You-Hao Lai is a practicing lawyer currently pursuing his doctorate at The George Washington University Law School. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Democratic Governance Program at DSET. His research explores legal and policy responses to the challenges posed by digital authoritarianism to cybersecurity and the free flow of information. He is actively engaged in various civil movements related to technology regulation and human rights protection. Before joining DSET, he worked at the Cogito Law Office, a prominent firm specializing in public interest litigation in Taiwan. Additionally, he served as a legal and policy advisor to the President of the Judicial Yuan, Taiwan’s highest judicial organ. He holds LL.M. degrees from the National Taiwan University College of Law and Harvard Law School.

Education：S.J.D. Candidate, Law, The George Washington University, and LL.M., Harvard Law School, U.S.A.
DSET Research area：Artificial Intelligence
Research Focus：Constitutional Law 、 Cybersecurity 、 Digital Platform Regulation 、 Human Rights Law 、 Information Privacy
E-mail：[email protected]
Non-Resident Fellow
You-Hao Lai

You-Hao Lai is a practicing lawyer currently pursuing his doctorate at The George Washington University Law School. He currently serves as Deputy Director of the Democratic Governance Program at DSET. His research explores legal and policy responses to the challenges posed by digital authoritarianism to cybersecurity and the free flow of information. He is actively engaged in various civil movements related to technology regulation and human rights protection. Before joining DSET, he worked at the Cogito Law Office, a prominent firm specializing in public interest litigation in Taiwan. Additionally, he served as a legal and policy advisor to the President of the Judicial Yuan, Taiwan’s highest judicial organ. He holds LL.M. degrees from the National Taiwan University College of Law and Harvard Law School.

Education：S.J.D. Candidate, Law, The George Washington University, and LL.M., Harvard Law School, U.S.A.
DSET Research area：Artificial Intelligence
Research Focus：Constitutional Law 、 Cybersecurity 、 Digital Platform Regulation 、 Human Rights Law 、 Information Privacy
E-mail：[email protected]

DSET Publications

The Authoritarian Gaze: Chinaʼs Global Data Reach and the Systemic Risks to Democracy

Winning the Marathon, Not the Sprint: An Interview with Technology and the Rise of Great Powers Author Jeffrey Ding

Disinformation and Civil Defence: How Did Taiwan’s Civil Society Counter Foreign Information Manipulation?

DSET News & Events

DSET Op-ed in Just Security Examines Taiwan’s Platform Governance Challenges Through the RedNote and TikTok Cases

DSET Speaks at Stanford’s Hoover Institution on Countering Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in Taiwan and the United States

DSET Report: Chinese AI Services, Even “Singapore-Washed,” Risk PRC Data Access

DSET Speaks at the Sydney Dialogue, Addressing AI Competition and China’s Authoritarian Threats

DSET Commentaries

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