Speaking Engagements & Media Commentary

Speaking Engagements

Georgetown University, Guest Lecture, Legal and Ethical Considerations for Democracies, Apr. 27, 2021
Alan D. Lourie Boston IP American Inn of Court, Speech, Deepfakes: What They Are, Why They Matter for Lawyers, Apr. 14, 2021
Flashpoint Intelligence, Webinar, Disinformation and Deepfakes: Identifying Fake News to Fight Business Threats, Apr. 13, 2021
In The Public Interest Podcast, Podcast Interview, Deepfakes and Disinformation: The World of Manipulated Media, Mar. 30, 2021
South by Southwest (SXSW), Panel Discussion, Saving Society from Deepfakes: A Practical Policy Agenda for Today, Mar. 16, 2021 [Register]
Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business, Ten Years Hence Speaker Series Lecture, Fake News, Real Costs: How Disinformation and Deep Fakes Impact Business, Feb. 5, 2021 [Video]
Fault Lines Podcast, Podcast Interview, Deepfakes and China at the UN, Feb. 3, 2021
Council on Foreign Relations, Panel Discussion, Provenance Media: The Future of What We See and Hear Online, Dec. 11, 2020 [Video]
The Cyber 5 by Nisos, Podcast Interview, Legal Options for Disinformation and Deepfakes, Nov. 5, 2020
Encore Learning, Legal Hotspots, Lecture, Deepfakes and the Law, Oct. 15, 2020
The Bunker Daily Podcast with Nina Schick, Podcast Interview, At War in the Information Battlespace, Sept. 15, 2020
63rd Biennial Phi Alpha Delta National Convention, Panel Discussion, Legal and Policy Responses to Foreign Disinformation Campaigns and Covert Influence in the United States, Aug. 6, 2020 [Video]
Fox Conner Society of the Army-Navy Club of Washington D.C., Presentation, The Threat Disinformation and Deepfakes Pose to the Private Sector, July 27, 2020
NYU Journal of Legislation & Public Policy and NYU Center for Cybersecurity Symposium: “When Seeing Isn't Believing: Deepfakes and the Law,” Panel Moderator, A Terrorist’s Tool: Global Implications of Deepfakes & Misinformation for International Security and Human Rights, March 2, 2020 [Video]
U.S. Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, Presentation to Senate Staff, Deepfake Legislation: A Nationwide Survey, Jan. 30, 2020
National Security Law Today, Podcast Interview, Disinformation Deepfakes, Dec. 5, 2019
American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Breakfast Presentation, Disinformation and Deepfakes, Dec. 4, 2019
Fix Fake Symposium, Panel Discussion, Deepfakes Legislation and Regulation, Nov. 14, 2019
George Mason Law School, Discussion, National Security Law in the Private Sector, Nov. 3, 2019
DC Bar Association, Panel Presentation, The Threat Disinformation and Deepfakes Pose to the Private Sector and Their Legal Implications, Oct. 17, 2019
National Security Institute at the National Press Club, Panel Discussion, Contemporary Cyber Threats, July 11, 2019
National Security Institute, Panel Discussion, The World That Awaits: Geopolitical Issues Confronting the 116th Congress and the Tools it Has to Shape U.S. Foreign Policy, Jun. 27, 2019
WilmerHale, Client Webinar, Hard Truth: Disinformation Threatens Business, Jun. 20, 2019
National Center for State Courts, Workshop, The Threat of Disinformation to the State Court System, May 29, 2019
Fordham University Graduate School, Panel Discussion, Crisis Management, Apr. 17, 2019
Stanford Law School, Presentation, Legal Careers in National Security, Oct. 26, 2018
Harvard Law School, Presentation, National Security in the Private Sector, March 20, 2018

Media Commentary

Australian Broadcast Corporation, Foreign Correspondent Episode, Deepfakes And The End of Truth, Jun. 24, 2021 [Video]
Mark Corcoran and Matt Henry, The Tom Cruise Deepfake that Set Off 'Terror' in the Heart of Washington DC, Foreign Correspondent, Jun. 23, 2021
BBC Radio Ulster (Belfast), Talk Back with William Crawley, Mar. 10, 2021 [panel discussion on deepfakes at ~1h07m]
Gabrielle Penna, Lecturer Explores Fake News in Business, The Observer, Feb. 8, 2021
Shannon Vavra, Deepfake Laws Emerge as Harassment, Security Threats Come into Focus, Cyber Scoop, Jan. 11, 2021
Edward Segal, Deepfakes: 7 Ways To Guard Against This New Form Of Disinformation, Forbes, Jan. 11, 2021
Lee Ferran, Deepfakes Didn't Disrupt the Presidential Election, But What's Next?, Code and Dagger, Dec. 8, 2020
Brandi Vincent, Senators Introduce Deepfake-Focused Amendment to Defense Authorization Act, NextGov, June 29, 2020
Brandi Vincent, Pentagon Launches Coronavirus Mythbuster Site, NextGov, Apr. 6, 2020
Elizabeth Neus, What Is Deepfake Technology? Here Is How to Spot a Deepfake, State Tech, Jan. 29, 2020
David Ruiz, Deepfakes Laws and Proposals Flood US, Malware Bytes, Jan. 23, 2020
David Ruiz, Rules on Deepfakes Take Hold in the US, Malware Bytes, Jan. 15, 2020
Amanda S. Robert, The 2020 Election: 4 Threats to Anticipate, ABA Journal, Jan. 2, 2020
Misinformation Poses Threat to Business, Political Process, ABA News, Dec. 2019
Allie Morris, Texas is First State to Ban Political ‘Deepfake’ Videos, San Antonio Express-News, Oct. 9, 2019
Brandi Vincent, Bill to Combat Deepfakes Passes House Committee, NextGov, Sept. 26, 2019
Kate Elizabeth Queram, States Try to Stop Political Deepfake Videos, Route Fifty, Sept. 19, 2019
Deepfakes and Other Disinformation Pose Growing Business Threats, Say WilmerHale Lawyers. WilmerHale News, July 2, 2019
Sara Fischer, 2020 Misinformation Campaigns Take Aim at the Latest Spook Issues, Axios, May 28, 2019