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

Measuring Risk II: What EU Risk Assessments and US Litigation Reveal About Snap and YouTube

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Measuring Risk II: What EU Risk Assessments and US Litigation Reveal About Snap and YouTube

KGI’s Measuring Risk I report examines what EU risk assessments and US litigation reveal about Snap and YouTube’s approaches to risks on their platforms, with a particular focus on risks to minors. The report explores the gap between what these platforms publicly disclose about risk mitigation and what has emerged through discovery in US litigation, including their own internal research, product development, and risk evaluation.

Peter Chapman, Matt Steinberg

Designing Technology Remedies: Lessons for Social Media and Generative AI Chatbot Litigation

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Designing Technology Remedies: Lessons for Social Media and Generative AI Chatbot Litigation

As social media and generative AI chatbot lawsuits in the United States proceed to discovery and trial, courts are emerging as central actors in shaping technology governance, platform accountability, and online safety. A new report by the Knight-Georgetown Institute, Tech Justice Law, and the USC Marshall School Neely Center provides a practical, evidence-based framework to help courts, litigators, and policymakers craft effective and enforceable remedies for harms associated with social media platforms and AI chatbots.

Peter Chapman, Alissa Cooper, Amy Winecoff, Tiffany Gillis Brown, Melodi Dinçer, Meetali Jain, Sarah Kay Wiley, Ravi Iyer

What US Lawsuits Reveal About Platform Design That DSA Reports Don’t

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What US Lawsuits Reveal About Platform Design That DSA Reports Don’t

TikTok’s and Meta’s 2025 DSA risk assessments describe a range of risks and a multitude of mitigations addressing risks to minors: screentime management, parental controls, privacy-oriented design defaults, and restrictions on notifications. However, the risk assessments provide very little information about the level of risks and the effectiveness of chosen mitigations. Internal company documents released in US litigation, on the other hand, tell a different story.

Peter Chapman, Matt Steinberg

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