Marilyn Bromberg

Associate Professor Marilyn Bromberg ("M") is the Deputy Head of School (Community and Engagement) at the UWA Law School. She researches Social Media Law, most types of harm online (e.g. cyberbullying and deepfakes), Body Image Law and Public Health Law. Her research has been quoted or cited by judges in the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal. In 2014, M graduated with a PhD in Social Media Law. She was a visiting scholar at STRIPED at the TH Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University/Boston's Children's Hospital in 2025 and is currently on their International Expert Advisory Panel. She is also a Principal Fellow at the Frontier Technologies and Society Research Lab and a Founding Member of the National Taskforce for Social Media, Body Image and Eating Disorders. M is the 2024 winner of the UWA Law School Award for Research Impact and Innovation and the 2017 winner of the Blackstone Society Teacher of the Year Award. M also co-edited the <em>Research Handbook on Social Media and the Law </em>with Professor Thaddeus Hoffmeister and wrote the world's only book on Body Image Law: <em>Body Image Law: Revolutionising Images of Thin Ideal Women.</em> M currently also works as a lawyer at Janssen + Maluga Legal. She has worked as a litigator for many years and also taught civil litigation for approximately seven years. Some of the venues where she has spoken include: the Australian Federal Parliament, Harvard University, The Supreme Court of Canada, the Queensland Parliament, the Nova Scotia Legislature, the Parliament of New South Wales, the Family Court of Western Australia, the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne, the Western Australian Parliament, the Victorian Parliament and the Australian National University Law School. Social media, Social media and the law, Body Image Law, Cyberbullying, Deepfakes, Deepfakes and the law, E-cigarettes and the law, Public Health Law, Influencers, Influencers and the law, Kidfluencers, Kidfluencers and the law

A Thumbs Up for Emojis in Contracting and Legal Communication (Part 1) - Andersen, C., Bromberg, M. & Pendl, M., May 2026, In: The Transatlantic Law Journal. 2026, 3, p. 152-158 7 p. A Thumbs Up for Emojis in Contracting and Legal Communication (Part 2) - Andersen, C., Bromberg, M. & Pendl, M., 25 Jul 2026, In: The Transatlantic Law Journal. 4, 4, p. 200-204 4 p. Body Image Law: Revolutionising Images of Thin Ideal Women? - Bromberg, M., 2026, 1 ed. UK: Taylor & Francis. 125 p. Legislation Concerning Pro-Eating Disorder Content Online Overseas - Bromberg, M., 2026, Australia: National Taskforce for Social Media, Body Image and Eating Disorders. The Doctrine and Scope of Australia's New E-Cigarette Marketing Restrictions - Report for Healthway - Cardaci, N. & Bromberg, M., 2026, 65 p.