Janet H. Kim’s practice focuses on platform regulation, including regulations concerning content liability and content moderation, artificial intelligence, data privacy, assessment and mitigation of risks, and user choice. Janet is a hands-on and pragmatic advisor to companies navigating risk, and defends companies facing regulatory inquiries and investigations.
Janet helps companies navigate major regulatory reforms relating to digital media, artificial intelligence, and content, including the EU Digital Services Act (DSA), the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), the EU AI Act (AIA), and U.S. state laws on content moderation and artificial intelligence.
As lead counsel for multiple digital services coming into compliance with global content and AI regulations, Janet has advised on all aspects of the regulatory compliance lifecycle – including horizon scanning, legislative advocacy; scoping and current state assessments; pragmatic design and implementation advice; cross-regulatory (or regulation agnostic) design of key processes, systems, tools, and controls; design, conduct, and documentation of risk assessments; governance briefings; and regulatory engagement.
She routinely advises on clients' engagement with international regulators and policymakers – including the European Commission, member state Digital Services Coordinators, Ofcom, and civil society—as well as U.S. regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission, the Department of Justice, and investigative committees of the U.S. Congress. She has counseled on informal regulatory engagements – including regulatory engagements in connection with ongoing legislative efforts and requests for public comments. She has also conducted internal investigations in service of, and served as lead drafter, for written submissions responding to investigative inquiries.
She has represented companies in independent audits of technology platforms, advising on testing and evidencing of platform systems, data, controls, and processes; applicability of financial regulatory auditing standards to tech / data contexts; and management of privilege and sensitive information in connection with third-party independent audits.
Janet has a diverse range of experience in the federal government. Janet served in the White House Counsel’s Office, where she advised senior White House officials and Executive Branch officials on high-risk matters, including congressional oversight investigations. She also served as the Chief Counsel for Investigations for the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, the principal investigative committee of the House of Representatives, where she led multiple high-profile investigations into topics related to the financial sector, environment, energy, national security, technology, the coronavirus pandemic, health care, personnel practices, ethics, consumer products.
Janet’s recent experience includes:
- serving as cross-border lead counsel to a multinational technology company in regulatory engagement and defense relating to the EU Digital Services Act (DSA)
- serving as cross-border lead counsel on regulatory compliance design for the DSA, the UK Online Safety Act (OSA), the EU AI Act (AIA), the Australia Online Safety Act (AUOSA) and U.S. content regulations
- advising on content liability regimes for generative AI
- defending independent audits required by the DSA
- defending online platforms in regulatory inquiries relating to content moderation from international regulators (European Commission and member state Digital Services Coordinators) and U.S. regulators (e.g., state attorneys general, Federal Trade Commission)
- representing a company under investigation by multiple congressional committees related to scrutiny over the collection and use of personal location data in the wake of the Dobbs decision

