Elettra Bietti

Elettra Bietti is a second year S.J.D. Candidate at Harvard Law School, where her principal supervisor is Professor Yochai Benkler.

Her research is on platform power understood through a moral and political philosophy lens. Her interests span widely into digital rights, intellectual property and antitrust, data protection and AI. She is currently focusing on the role of consent as a justificatory tool for online practices, on constitutional aspects of fake news and on the regulation of mergers and acquisitions in the third party tracking sector.

Prior to starting her doctorate, Elettra was a lawyer at a magic circle firm in London and Brussels, focusing on intellectual property disputes, EU and antitrust law. Recently she also worked for an LA-based company in film distribution and sales and volunteered for Privacy International. Elettra is qualified to practice law in New York, USA, and England and Wales, UK.