Research
Publications
Anne Cheung & Yongxi Chen
From Datafication to Data State: Making Sense of China’s Social Credit System and Its Implications
We live in an age of datafication wherein nearly all aspects of our lives can be transformed into data and evaluated. The authors seek to make sense of the heightened datafication-enabled social control under China’s Social Credit System (SCS) by developing the concept of the data state. A “data state” is defined as a governance model enabling the state to comprehensively monitor,…
December 9, 2021
Anne Cheung
完美情人
A piece of writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in August 2023.
August 25, 2023
Haochen Sun
The Law and Ethics of AI Creativity
This Article comprises three parts. In Part I, after demonstrating that creativity is a social process, I explore the ethical principles of originality, attribution, and authenticity of creative activities. In Part II, I scrutinize the opacity of AI systems in the collection, utilization, and generation of works, highlighting the need for a greater focus on the legal and social problems arising from…
January 27, 2025
Adrian Kuenzler
Personalized Competition Law: The New Frontier of AI Market Governance
Artificial Intelligence technologies prompt several doctrinal shifts in competition law. For AI market governance, this means moving toward personalized enforcement. Rather than applying one-size-fits-all legal tests, regulators may need to tailor rules and liability standards by sector, by actor, or by the sophistication of algorithms in use. This approach requires greater transparency, context-sensitive oversight, and documentation of algorithmic logic to facilitate audits,…
September 26, 2025
Ryan Whalen
Defining Legal Technology and its Implications
Legal technological developments have been both lauded as the promising future of the law and derided as a danger to the fundamentals of justice. This article helps reconcile these divergent perspectives by providing a definition of legal technology and a framework through which to understand its different types and their potential implications for the legal system and society more generally. Mapping technologies…
April 28, 2022
Anne Cheung
追憶在AI國度
A piece of writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in November 2023.
November 24, 2023
Michael Cheung and Anne Cheung
Michael Cheung and Anne Cheung on The Legal Fiction of Equal Authenticity: A Study of Judicial Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation in Hong Kong (HKLJ)
“The Legal Fiction of Equal Authenticity: A Study of Judicial Interpretation of Bilingual Legislation in Hong Kong” Michael MK Cheung and Anne SY Cheung Hong Kong Law Journal, Vol. 55, Part 2 of 2025, pp.341 – 371 Abstract: The principle of equal authenticity seeks to give equal status to Chinese and English legislative texts in Hong Kong. However, challenges arise due to discrepancies between…
October 15, 2025
Adrian Kuenzler
Meta’s peculiar acumen—moving privacy ahead in social media markets
This article puts forward a new perspective on Meta Platforms Inc., a recent breakthrough decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), reconfiguring key debates around the use of personal data by social media companies and how that use affects the manner in which individuals and social relations are represented, realized, and governed through digital markets. The decision enables dominant…
October 14, 2025
Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur, Ryan Whalen
How Many Latours Is Too Many? Measuring Brand Name Congestion in Bordeaux Wine
Firms rely on brand names to market goods to consumers, and consumers rely on brand names to locate goods that satisfy their preferences. If multiple firms are using the same or similar names, consumers may be confused about which product to buy, and firms may not obtain the benefits of their investments in quality. Recently, both firms and scholars in a number…
February 18, 2022
Anne Cheung
院舍機械人
A piece of writing by Anne Cheung published on Ming Pao in April 2023.
April 6, 2023