Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Boston winters are great ... for writing! Here's what I've been working on before the semester starts! 010
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 22/12/2025🎉 Excited to share that my piece "Foreign Affairs Prosecutions and Cybercrime" is now out in the Boston University Law Review! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comForeign Affairs Prosecutions and CybercrimeIn his article Contested Criminalization, Professor Steven Koh advances a theory of how the United States sets its global criminal justice policy, in which it u 021
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Super 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.eduClinic Submits Amicus Brief in SJC Pretext Stop Case 010
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 13/10/2025New 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.... 020
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 12/09/2025New 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...pulse.internetsociety.orgA New Chapter in Internet Fragmentation 043
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025📢 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...sciencespo.fr[RESEARCH PAPER] Internet Fragmentation’s Outward Turn, by Mailyn FidlerInternet Fragmentation’s Outward Turn This article aims to demonstrate that Internet fragmentation has turned outward. Internet fragmentation is often […] 000
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025 📢 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/...dc.law.utah.eduFragmentation of International Cybercrime LawCybercrime 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... 010
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Excited 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.eduJunior Scholars Conference | University of Michigan Law School 010
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Joined two of my colleagues to let our students know we will still abide by and defend the rule of law. newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/04/a...newhampshirebulletin.comAs some lawyers make a mockery of their oath, the rest will fight for the rule of law • New Hampshire BulletinOur 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... 1125
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Excited 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! 190
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Excited 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.... 2172
Mailyn Fidler @mailynfidler.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hello 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!papers.ssrn.comFragmentation of International Cybercrime LawCybercrime is global. But legal approaches to combating cybercrime have been fragmented. The first such multilateral legal mechanism, the Budapest Convention on 061
