Mailyn Fidler
@mailynfidler.bsky.social
law prof // tech & pwr & law
Super important and emerging issue! Delayed enforcement of traffic stops, combined with surveillance technologies, raise the potential for pretextual investigations. See my amicus brief, submitted alongside EPIC and the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic.
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/11/19/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/11/19/c...
Clinic Submits Amicus Brief in SJC Pretext Stop Case
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Super important and emerging issue! Delayed enforcement of traffic stops, combined with surveillance technologies, raise the potential for pretextual investigations. See my amicus brief, submitted alongside EPIC and the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic.
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/11/19/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/11/19/c...
New from me in Lawfare!
The UN Cybercrime Convention opened for signature over the weekend.
@mailynfidler.bsky.social writes that the convention is essentially a global mutual legal assistance treaty for all crimes, and its success will turn on whether states favor this kind of regime and whether the U.S. decides to join.
@mailynfidler.bsky.social writes that the convention is essentially a global mutual legal assistance treaty for all crimes, and its success will turn on whether states favor this kind of regime and whether the U.S. decides to join.
Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention
The convention, which just opened for signature, is substantively similar to the Budapest Convention, but it is procedurally different, and that may make all the difference.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New from me in Lawfare!
New version of Cybersecurity Mission Creep uploaded to SSRN. Thanks to those at the Junior Faculty Forum for Law & STEM and at IU's CACR talk series who have given feedback recently!
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October 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New version of Cybersecurity Mission Creep uploaded to SSRN. Thanks to those at the Junior Faculty Forum for Law & STEM and at IU's CACR talk series who have given feedback recently!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New blog post with Internet Society: I argue Internet fragmentation is taking an "outward" turn, no longer just used for domestic or authoritarian purposes but for extending power across borders.
Short piece: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...
Long piece: www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
Short piece: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...
Long piece: www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
A New Chapter in Internet Fragmentation
pulse.internetsociety.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
New blog post with Internet Society: I argue Internet fragmentation is taking an "outward" turn, no longer just used for domestic or authoritarian purposes but for extending power across borders.
Short piece: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...
Long piece: www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
Short piece: pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/a-new-c...
Long piece: www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
📢 New paper alert! Internet Fragmentation's Outward Turn, with Sciences Po. It argues that Internet fragmentation has taken a more aggressive dimension in international politics.
Will be revising and expanding into a law review article, so comments welcome!
www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
Will be revising and expanding into a law review article, so comments welcome!
www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
[RESEARCH PAPER] Internet Fragmentation’s Outward Turn, by Mailyn Fidler
Internet Fragmentation’s Outward Turn This article aims to demonstrate that Internet fragmentation has turned outward. Internet fragmentation is often […]
www.sciencespo.fr
June 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
📢 New paper alert! Internet Fragmentation's Outward Turn, with Sciences Po. It argues that Internet fragmentation has taken a more aggressive dimension in international politics.
Will be revising and expanding into a law review article, so comments welcome!
www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
Will be revising and expanding into a law review article, so comments welcome!
www.sciencespo.fr/public/chair...
📢 Publication day! This article is the first comprehensive analysis of all regional cybercrime conventions since 2001. The new UN Cybercrime Convention can't be understood without this history. #newlawrevarticles #cybercrime dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
📢 Publication day! This article is the first comprehensive analysis of all regional cybercrime conventions since 2001. The new UN Cybercrime Convention can't be understood without this history. #newlawrevarticles #cybercrime dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law
Cybercrime is global. But legal approaches to combating cybercrime have been fragmented. The first such multilateral legal mechanism, the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime, was launched in 2001 and po...
dc.law.utah.edu
May 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
📢 Publication day! This article is the first comprehensive analysis of all regional cybercrime conventions since 2001. The new UN Cybercrime Convention can't be understood without this history. #newlawrevarticles #cybercrime dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
📢 Publication day! This article is the first comprehensive analysis of all regional cybercrime conventions since 2001. The new UN Cybercrime Convention can't be understood without this history. #newlawrevarticles #cybercrime dc.law.utah.edu/ulr/vol2025/...
Excited to head to the Michigan Junior Scholars Conference today to present my forthcoming article, Cybersecurity Mission Creep!
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Junior Scholars Conference | University of Michigan Law School
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April 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Excited to head to the Michigan Junior Scholars Conference today to present my forthcoming article, Cybersecurity Mission Creep!
michigan.law.umich.edu/junior-schol...
michigan.law.umich.edu/junior-schol...
Joined two of my colleagues to let our students know we will still abide by and defend the rule of law.
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As some lawyers make a mockery of their oath, the rest will fight for the rule of law • New Hampshire Bulletin
Our law school prides itself on graduating “practice ready” attorneys, poised to zealously and ethically represent their clients. But in the first few months of this administration, the practice of la...
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April 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Joined two of my colleagues to let our students know we will still abide by and defend the rule of law.
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Proud to join my 363 colleagues.
Along with @prmalone.bsky.social, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social, and several colleagues at Stanford, I filed this amicus brief on behalf of 363 law professors in support of Perkins Coie and the rule of law. We will file similar briefs for Jenner and Wilmer Hale
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BRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 363 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOR DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law School
Amici 363 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and for Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief
law.stanford.edu
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Proud to join my 363 colleagues.
Excited to share that I will spend next year as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. I'll miss my current students but excited to push my research and teaching to the next level. I'll teach Criminal Procedure and these two fun classes. Reading or speaker suggestions are welcome!
March 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Excited to share that I will spend next year as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School. I'll miss my current students but excited to push my research and teaching to the next level. I'll teach Criminal Procedure and these two fun classes. Reading or speaker suggestions are welcome!
Come join us at this month's workshop!
Tomorrow (Fri.) 12 PM ET, the Law & Tech Workshop will discuss Michael Goodyear's (@nyulaw.bsky.social) "Dignity and Deepfakes", with @maryannefranks.bsky.social (@gwlaw.bsky.social) as the discussant. To sign up for the workshop, email [email protected]. More info at lawtechworkshop.org.
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Come join us at this month's workshop!
Excited to share my new paper, Cybersecurity Mission Creep, is forthcoming in the Illinois Law Review. It argues we're letting "cybersecurity" do too much of the hard work of governance for us. Comments welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Excited to share my new paper, Cybersecurity Mission Creep, is forthcoming in the Illinois Law Review. It argues we're letting "cybersecurity" do too much of the hard work of governance for us. Comments welcome. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Hello Internet friends. It's been a while! Here's my forthcoming piece, Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law. It reviews each regional conventions and argues they pursue a convergent goal, protecting sovereignty. First of a series, which will also look at the new UN Cybercrime Treaty!
Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law
Cybercrime is global. But legal approaches to combating cybercrime have been fragmented. The first such multilateral legal mechanism, the Budapest Convention on
papers.ssrn.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hello Internet friends. It's been a while! Here's my forthcoming piece, Fragmentation of International Cybercrime Law. It reviews each regional conventions and argues they pursue a convergent goal, protecting sovereignty. First of a series, which will also look at the new UN Cybercrime Treaty!