About
Corinne Tan
Academic Fellow, NUS TRAIL · Former Practitioner · Author
The Strategic Summary
Corinne Tan is a lawyer-turned-scholar who has spent 15 years developing expertise that almost nobody else in the world possesses: the combination of practitioner legal training, global academic rigour, and deep specialisation in exactly the governance challenges that will define the next decade of digital policy.
She published a book on social media and copyright in 2018 that was years ahead of the mainstream conversation. She has now published a book — with Cambridge University Press — on AI and disinformation at the precise moment that conversation has become urgent for every government, platform, and civil society organisation on the planet.
The Journey
Earlier Career
Corporate Lawyer & In-House Counsel
Corinne began in commercial legal practice. That grounding in how law actually operates — its practical mechanics, its limits, its relationship with institutional power — became the foundation for everything that followed.
Melbourne Law School
PhD & LLM — Research Foundations
A PhD and LLM from Melbourne Law School anchored a decade of research at the intersection of digital platforms, intellectual property, and governance. This is where the questions that define her current work were first seriously posed.
NTU & UCL Press · 2018
First Book: Regulating Content on Social Media
Published open-access deliberately. The book examined how platforms use design, terms of service, and code to govern user behaviour, often in ways that bypass copyright law. It was ahead of its time.
NUS TRAIL · Present
Academic Fellow: AI, Disinformation & Platform Law
Based at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law at NUS Faculty of Law. The Cambridge Press book on AI and disinformation was completed here, alongside an active research agenda and an NGO board role.
Values
Intellectual Rigour
Every public statement should reflect the same evidentiary standards as academic work. Never sacrifice accuracy for a hot take.
Practical Impact
The move from private practice to scholarship was purposeful. That purpose — making law meaningful in the real world — is visible in everything published.
Accessibility
The UCL Press book was published open-access deliberately. The commitment to democratising legal knowledge is not incidental to the brand — it is the brand.
Moral Seriousness
The AusCam board role is not a footnote. It is evidence that the interest in digital harm is personal, not just professional.
Official Bio Versions
Three versions for different contexts. For media enquiries contact media@corinnetan.net.
Corinne Tan is Academic Fellow at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law (TRAIL), NUS Faculty of Law. A former corporate lawyer and in-house counsel, she has spent 15 years researching the legal dimensions of platform governance, copyright, AI, and disinformation. She is co-author of Addressing Misinformation and Disinformation (Cambridge University Press, 2026) and author of Regulating Content on Social Media (UCL Press, 2018). Corinne holds a PhD and LLM from Melbourne Law School and an LLB from NUS. She is Board Secretary of the AusCam Freedom Project.
Corinne Tan is Academic Fellow at NUS TRAIL (Faculty of Law) and a leading expert on AI governance, disinformation law, and platform regulation. She is co-author of Addressing Misinformation and Disinformation (Cambridge University Press, 2026) and a former corporate lawyer with 15 years of research experience across Singapore and Australia.
Academic Fellow, NUS TRAIL. Expert in AI law, disinformation, and platform governance. Cambridge & UCL Press author. Former corporate lawyer. corinnetan.net