The Impact of Social Media and AI on Public Trust in the Judiciary

The Honourable Justice Peter Quinlan, Chief Justice of Western Australia, delivered the following speech on 9 July 2025 at the Global Summit of Hellenic Lawyers, in Athens. His thesis is the inimical role that social media and artificial intelligence have played – and continue to play – in the diminution of the perception of objectivity on the part of the independent judiciary in democracies.

The Impact of Social Media and AI on Public Trust in the Judiciary