Peter Chapman

Associate Director

Peter Chapman is Associate Director with the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University. In this role, Peter works across KGI’s areas of focus, including technology platform regulation and design, artificial intelligence and public trust, and technology competition issues.

Peter has extensive responsible technology, human rights, and governance experience. Prior to joining KGI, he served as Associate Director and Technology & Human Rights Lead for Article One, a consultancy focused on business, human rights, and responsible innovation. Previously, Peter worked as Senior Legal Counsel with Twitter, where he co-led the development of Twitter’s Content Governance Initiative. Peter has worked on issues of human rights and accountability with a range of businesses, nonprofits and multilateral organizations, including Open Society Foundations where he co-led the Open Society Justice Initiative’s legal empowerment program. He has also worked with the World Bank and Carter Center. Peter has published on these topics in a variety of forums, including the OECDWorld Bank, and Cambridge University Press.

Peter is an attorney, holding a J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University. He has a M.A. in international affairs from the School of International Service, American University and a B.A. in peace studies and political science from Colgate University. Peter is a member of the OECD’s Expert Group on AI Risk & Accountability and a Non-Resident Fellow at NYU’s Center on International Cooperation.

The Latest From Peter Chapman

Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data

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Seeing the Digital Sphere: The Case for Public Platform Data

Should we be able to understand the risks kids face online? Understand how brands communicate with consumers? How politicians communicate online? These questions – and many more – can only be answered when public platform data is accessible. A new series by Tech Policy Press and the Knight-Georgetown Institute explores why public platform data matters, what threats researchers and journalists face trying to access this data, and how we can build a more transparent digital public sphere.

Leticia Bode, Peter Chapman

Better Access: Data for the Common Good

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Better Access: Data for the Common Good

Online platforms shape what we know, how we connect, and who gets heard. As critical conversations unfold publicly on digital platforms, the ability to study them at scale has steadily diminished. KGI’s latest report authored by a distinguished group of leaders from research, civil society, and journalism offers a roadmap for expanding access to high-influence public platform data – the narrow slice of public platform data that has the greatest impact on civic life due to its reach, source, or role in shaping what people see online.

Alex Abdo, Angie Drobnic Holan, Brandon Silverman, Cameron Hickey, Daniel Arnaudo, Jeremy Merrill, Jo Lukito, Justin Hendrix, Kaitlyn Dowling, Laura Edelson, Leticia Bode, LK Seiling, Mark Scott, Nadine Farid Johnson, Naomi Shiffman, Nathaniel Persily, Peter Chapman, Rachelle Faust, Rebekah Tromble, Tiago Ventura

Europe Unveils New Evidence-Based Guidelines to Advance Safer Platform Design for Minors

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Europe Unveils New Evidence-Based Guidelines to Advance Safer Platform Design for Minors

The European Commission’s new guidelines to protect minors online mark a step forward in online child safety, offering recommendations for how platforms are designed, including limits on manipulative design techniques, defaults to maximize protection, more agency for children, and regular risk reviews.

Zander Arnao, Peter Chapman

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