Outside of academia, Fidler has been involved extensively in policy debates, advocacy, and litigation involving numerous issues at the intersection of technology and the law.
Recently, she testified in the European Parliament on regulation of surveillance software. She also joined the board of the civil society Social Media Council for the Republic of Georgia.
She has worked to advise civil society on a variety of issues, including in Africa about tech policy, local coalitions in the U.S. about local governance of police surveillance tech, and national organizations about tech export controls. She has also briefed members of the U.S. Senate and U.K. House of Lords on tech policy issues.
Prior to joining academia, as a federal appeals court clerk, she handled primarily criminal law appeals. Before that, she helped litigate cases arguing for public access to criminal search warrants and electronic surveillance records, Section 1983 cases on behalf of journalists, and dealt with tribal freedom of information laws. She authored numerous amicus briefs in Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, content moderation, and First and Fourth Amendment cases.
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