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Victor Jiawei Zhang

Victor Jiawei Zhang is a research fellow & Lloyd M. Robbins J.S.D. Fellow at U.C. Berkeley Law School. He is also a Ph.D. researcher at the Technical University of Munich School of Social Sciences and Technology. His research interests include information technology law, competition law, AI governance, and comparative policy study of various jurisdictions.
Antitrust and Competition

The TikTok Ban Was a Model for Digital Competition Policy

Victor Jiawei Zhang
Victor Jiawei Zhang revisits the 2025 United States ban on TikTok and explores how it represented a case study of how the government led users to act collectively to override network effects and introduce competition to the digital market. The case study highlights research from his new article, “Digital Antitrust Collectivism,” where he explores the possibility that users’ collective power can invigorate digital market competition.
Antitrust and Competition

China Seeks To Save Innovation by Choking Competition

Victor Jiawei Zhang
China has enacted a new competition policy that seeks to boost innovation by stifling cutthroat price competition. Padding companies’ margins will enable collusion and regulatory capture rather than innovation, write Victor Jiawei Zhang and Yahui Song.

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