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Professor HUANG Tao
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S.J.D., Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, 2017-2021
LL.M., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2015-2016
J.M., Peking University, Beijing, China, 2010-2013
B.Eng., Chaohu University, Anhui, China, 2006-2010
LL.M., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2015-2016
J.M., Peking University, Beijing, China, 2010-2013
B.Eng., Chaohu University, Anhui, China, 2006-2010
Position Tag
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office
Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Academic Building – 6213
Telephone
+852 3442-7636
Email
Research Interests
Research Interests
- Constitutional Law
- Administrative Law
- Cyber Law
- Law and Technology
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Professor HUANG Tao (黃韜) is an Assistant Professor at City University of Hong Kong. He has earned a Bachelor of Engineering (in computer science) from Chaohu University (2010), a Juris Master from Peking University (2013), a Master of Laws from Harvard University (2016), and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Duke University (2021). Before embarking on the academic career, he’s been working for two years in the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, where he reviewed the legality and feasibility of the ordinances and regulations issued by the government.
Publications:
Articles:
- Decentralized Social Networks and the Future of Free Speech Online, 55 Computer Law & Security Review 106059 (2024).
- NetChoice, Regulatory Competition, and the Real Battle Behind Social Media Regulations, 27 Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law (2024).
- Free Speech Capability, 37 Harvard Human Rights Journal 1 (2024).
- Mapping the Jurisprudence of the Facebook Court, 72 Buffalo Law Review 109 (2024).
- Using Differential Privacy to Define Personal, Anonymous and Pseudonymous Data, 11 IEEE Access 109225 (with Shuyuan Zheng) (2023).
- A Quadruple Doctrinal Framework of Free Speech, 53 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 467 (2022).
- Freedom of Speech as a Right to Know, 89 University of Cincinnati Law Review 106 (2020).
- Information-centered Freedom of Speech (Xin Xi Zhong Xin Zhu Yi De Biao Da Zi You), 23 Journal of East China University of Political Science and Law (Hua Dong Zheng Fa Da Xue Xue Bao) 58 (2020).
Translated Books:
- 70 Years German Basic Law: The German Constitution and its Courts (Chapter Six, Freedom of Expression, the Media, Arts and Research), edited by Qianfan Zhang & Stefan Samse, Angle Publishing Company (2023).
Edited Books:
- Discussing Constitutionalism in China (vol. 3), co-edited with Qianfan Zhang, City University of Hong Kong Press (2021).
Book Reviews:
- Review of Haochen Sun, Technology and the Public Interest, Cambridge University Press (2022), 53 Hong Kong Law Journal 1277 (2023).
Previous Experience
- Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, 2013-2015