Phoebe Galbally

Phoebe Galbally serves as a Lecturer at the University of Western Australia Law School and is affiliated with the Robert French Centre of Public Law. She completed her LLM and PhD at Melbourne Law School. Her research specializations encompass media law, comparative and public law, and the regulation of the right to freedom of expression in the digital age, particularly focusing on social media communication that causes democratic harm. Galbally coordinates the postgraduate unit Media Law (LAWS6152) and engages in academic service as Co-Convenor of the Western Australia Chapter of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law and Assistant Editor of the International Association of Constitutional Law Blog.

Galbally's scholarly contributions include her 2024 PhD thesis titled 'Regulating Democratically Harmful Social Media Communication.' Her forthcoming monograph, 'Defending Democracy in the Digital Age: Regulating Democratic Harm on Social Media Platforms,' is scheduled for publication in 2025 with Hart Publishing. Other key publications feature 'Criminalising Nazi Symbols: Comparing Australian and German Legal Prohibitions' (2025), 'Freedom of Speech in the Age of Social Media: A Comparative Analysis of the Regulation of Antidemocratic Social Media Expression,' and the working paper 'Playing the Victim: A Critical Analysis of Canada's Bill C-36 from an International Human Rights Perspective.' She has published articles in the Cambridge Law Journal, Melbourne Journal of International Law, and Media and Arts Law Review, as well as 'Meta's Approach to Disinformation and Misinformation' for the Law Society of Western Australia in 2025. Galbally has chaired public seminars such as 'The Changing Landscape of Immigration Detention' and Australian Association of Constitutional Law events, and participated in conferences on public holidays and neurorights in the age of artificial intelligence. Her work advances discussions on constitutional law, digital platform regulation, and human rights.