Eddy Lin

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ABOUT EDDY LIN

Eddy Yen-Ting Lin is a Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) candidate and a Lloyd M. Robbins J.S.D. Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He serves as a Fellow at the Center on Global Democracy at Cornell University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology (DSET). His research focuses on comparative constitutional law, law and democracy, law and technology, AI regulation, platform governance, and communication policy.Lin also serves as the Deputy Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee of Taiwan’s Executive Yuan (Cabinet) and as a board member of both the Lee Teng-hui Foundation, established by Taiwan’s first democratically elected president, and the Taiwan Open Democracy Observatory Association.Previously, Lin led Amazon’s policy strategy and government affairs work in Taiwan and partnered with the public sector to drive digital transformation. Before that, he served on Meta’s Public Policy team, where he advanced XR and AI initiatives across the Asia-Pacific. He worked closely with policymakers and civil society to establish localized social media governance frameworks and co-led regulatory negotiations to safeguard user safety and election integrity.Lin served as the founding Managing Director of the Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy. He directed various initiatives, including fundraising to support youth participation in elections, crafting the Youth Policy White Paper, and leading the “Civil Rights for 18” campaign to lower the voting age, which led to Taiwan’s first-ever constitutional amendment referendum. His previous roles include serving as Policy and Campaign Manager for a Taipei City Councilor and hosting Youth News on the Taiwan Public Television Service, for which he received a New York Festivals TV & Film Award.He was named an Obama Asia-Pacific Leader (2024–2025) by the Obama Foundation and an Asia 21 Next Generation Fellow (2024) by the Asia Society.Lin holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Arts (M.A.) from the Graduate Institute of Journalism at National Taiwan University (NTU), where his thesis examined the boundaries of free speech in the social media era. He also earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from NTU, where he served as the 30th President of the NTU Student Association.