Professor Anne Cheung 張善喻
The Department of Law
Biography
Professor Anne S.Y. Cheung received her legal education at The University of Hong Kong (LL.B), The University of Toronto (J.D.), University of London (LL.M) and Stanford University (JSD). She teaches Law and Society and Media Law. Her research interests are in freedom of expression, privacy, children’s rights (including cyberbullying and domestic violence), and law and society studies. In 2008, she received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award by the University of Hong Kong.
She is a committee member of the Hong Kong Press Council and she is one of the principal investigators of the CLIC Project (Community Legal Information Centre, www.hkclic.org) and Youth Clic (youth.clic.org.hk). She and her team are currently building a website for seniors in Hong Kong. She worked on the Open Net Initiative (Asia) Project to study online freedom of speech in the form of blogging in China. Currently, she is working with Privacy International (UK) to study privacy protection in Hong Kong and China, and working with Media Alternative (the Philippines) to study eGovernance in Hong Kong and Asia.
Subjects Taught
Law & Society
Media Law
Legal Theory
Resesearch Interests
Freedom of Speech: online Censorship; self-censorship
Internet Privacy: online shaming; personal data protection
cyberbullying; right to play; corporal punishment
Language Rights
Socio-legal studies
Other:
Other than legal research, Professor Cheung’s interest is in Chinese literary writing. Her first book of prose 出走was published in 2012.
Research Areas
- Media Law
- Privacy Law
- Law and Technology
- Human Rights
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Research Profile
Selected Publications
Book
Professor Anne S.Y. Cheung specializes in media law, law and society, internet issues and children’s rights.
“Re-Personalizing Personal Data in the Cloud” in Anne S.Y. Cheung & Rolf H. Weber (eds.) Privacy and Legal Challenges in Cloud Computing (Edward Elgar 2015) 69-95.
“Defaming by Suggestions: Searching for Search Engine Liability in the Autocomplete Era,” in Andras Koltay (ed.) Comparative Perspectives on the Fundamental Freedom of Expression. (Budapest: Wolters Kluwer, 2015). (http://ssrn.com/abstract=2611074)
“Location Privacy: The Challenges of Mobile Service Devices,” 30 (2014) Computer Law & Security Review 41-54
“An Evaluation of Personal Data Protection in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1995–2012),” 3 International Data Privacy Law (2013) 29-41
“A Comparative Study of Cyberbullying in Hong Kong, Mainland and Taiwan: In Search of a Regulatory Regime” in Edward K. L. Chan (ed.) Child Protection in Chinese Societies: Challenges and Policies (US: Nova Publisher, June 2012) p. 119-141.
“Tackling Cyber-bullying from a Children’s Right’s Perspective” in Michael D. Freeman (ed.) Current Legal Issues: Law and the Child (Oxford University Press, March 2012). p.281-301
“Exercising Freedom of Speech behind the Great Firewall: A Study of Judges’ and Lawyers’ Blogs in China,” 52 Harvard International Law Journal Online (2011) 250-288 (selected as the Feature Article of that issue).
“Rethinking Public Privacy in the Internet Era: A Study of Virtual Persecution by the Internet Crowd,” 1:2 The Journal of Media Law (2009) 191-217 (United Kingdom, Hart Publishing, peer-reviewed).
“A Study of Cyber-Violence and Internet Service Providers’ Liability: Lessons from China,” Pacific Rim & Policy Journal (University of Washington, 2009) 323-346.
“China Internet Going Wild: Cyber-hunting versus Privacy Protection,” 25 Computer Law and Security Review ( 2009), p. 275-279.
“Chinese Court Rules against ‘Human Flesh’ Search Engine,” 97 Privacy Laws & Business International Newsletter ( Feb. 2009), 18-19.
Anne S.Y. Cheung and Rolf H. Weber, “Internet Governance and the Responsibility of ISPs,” 26 Wisconsin International Law Journal(2008); 403-477.
Anne S.Y. Cheung and Puja Kapai, “Settling the Liberalism’s Holy War against the Holy,” 2 Shantou University Law Review (2008); 236-277 (in Chinese).
“Public Opinion Supervision-A Case Study of Media Freedom in China,” 20 Columbia Journal of Asian Law (2007), 357-384.
“The Regulation of Chinese Women’s Sexuality on the Internet,” 12(1) Media and Arts Law Review (2007) 107-126 (University of Melbourne), refereed.
“The Business of Governance: China’s Legislation on Content Regulation in Cybersapce,” 38:2 New York University Journal of Law and International Politics (2006) 1-37.
“Turning Victims into Defendants: A Study of Sex Scandals” Singapore Journal of Legal Studies (Dec. 2004), 328-346, refereed.
“In Search of a Theory of Cult and Freedom of Religion in China,” vol. 13, no. 1(University of Washington) Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal (2004)1-30.
Anne S.Y. Cheung and Rolf H. Weber (ed), Privacy and Legal Issues in Cloud Computing ( 2015; UK: Edward Elgar Pub.) 305pp.
Self-Censorship and the Struggle for Press Freedom in Hong Kong(Kluwer International, 2003), refereed. 278 pages.