INTERNET LAW AND GOVERNANCE.

Catalog description

This seminar will examine the legal and policy challenges presented by the many private actors that make up the Internet, including internet service providers (ISPs), search engines, and social media platforms such as Facebook, Google, and X. Course themes include the jurisdictional challenges posed by the global Internet as well as changing conceptions of freedom of speech, intellectual property rights, and privacy. We will also touch on issues of cybersecurity, defamation, antitrust, and contract law.