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Yotam Berger

@yberger.bsky.social
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Doctoral (JSD) candidate at Stanford Law School. I write about criminal procedure, technology, national security, and Israel

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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 10/08/2026
Yotam Berger explores the benefits and drawbacks of the United States government's use of civil forfeiture to recover cryptocurrency stolen by transnational scam networks. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pig-...
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Pig-Butchering Scams and the Limits and Promise of Civil Forfeiture
The United States has increasingly used civil forfeiture to recover cryptocurrency stolen by transnational scam networks. The strategy has produced important seizures—but it remains structurally fragi...
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 16/03/2026
@yberger.bsky.social explores the legal and constitutional restraints on how law enforcement in the U.S. can use commercial spyware like NSO Group's Pegasus. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spyw...
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Spyware-Based Searches for Domestic Criminal Law Enforcement
NSO Group’s and Paragon’s targeting of American markets warrant evaluation of spyware’s potential implications for domestic criminal justice.
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Yotam Berger @yberger.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
The Pegasus Era: Regulating a New Generation of Government Spyware, the first chapter of my dissertation, has just been published with GJIL
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The Pegasus Era: Regulating A New Generation of Government Spyware
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 12/11/2025
Since Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Israeli forces have detained thousands of Palestinians, but none have yet been indicted for their crimes. @yberger.bsky.social explores the complex legal questions raised by the future prosecution of Hamas militants captured on Oct. 7.
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Toward the Oct. 7 Trials
Israel’s justice system faces unprecedented dilemmas in prosecuting Hamas militants detained after the attacks.
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Lawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 08/10/2025
On Sept. 25, Microsoft announced that it would block Israel’s elite intelligence arm from using its cloud service to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinian data. @yberger.bsky.social explores what this step says about Big Tech’s increasing role as "surveillance intermediaries."
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Microsoft’s Crackdown on Unit 8200 Reveals Tech’s Intermediary Role
Microsoft’s recent action against Israel’s Unit 8200 demonstrates Big Tech’s growing ability to limit state-operated surveillance practices.
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Yotam Berger @yberger.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The Economist's Scam Inc. podcast series is one of the most compelling pieces of journalism I've seen in years. If you're interested in the intersection of technology and criminal law, I highly recommend giving it a listen. Here’s the first episode on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUg-...
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Scam Inc 1: Pigs in a barrel
YouTube video by The Economist
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Yotam Berger @yberger.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
My article, From Uniforms to Robes, has just been published in the Emory International Law Review. Based on my master’s thesis, this piece examines how the Supreme Court of Israel exercises judicial review in criminal cases originating from military-operated tribunals
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