Patrick K. Lin is an attorney and researcher who specializes in artificial intelligence, surveillance technology, and data privacy regulation. Patrick is the author of Machine See, Machine Do, a book about how institutions use technology to surveil, police, and make decisions about the public, as well as the historical biases that impact that technology. He is also an attorney in the Digital Technology & Human Rights Group at Eisenberg & Baum, LLP and the Judith Bresler Fellow at the Center for Art Law. He serves as the junior board chair of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.).
Patrick previously worked for the EFF, FTC, and the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy & Technology Project. His work at these organizations focused on researching and advocating for student speech, academic freedom, online speech, and protection from police surveillance technologies.
Patrick is a frequent speaker on AI, civil rights law, the history and politics of surveillance, and technology regulation. He has presented before a wide range of professional and academic audiences, including Stanford University, UNC School of Law, New York University, State of the Net, Cloudflare TV, All Tech Is Human, and various podcasts.
Patrick received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School, where he was an executive notes editor of the Brooklyn Law Review, and his B.A. in Economics from New York University.
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