Law of Online Platforms
Objectives
The course aims to introduce students to the legal and policy developments on the regulation of online platforms, making them familiar with the EU scenario and equipping them with a toolkit to draw further comparative analysis.
General characterization
Code
33259
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Giulia Priora
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - 36
Teaching language
English
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Excerpts from Andrew Murray, Information Technology Law (Oxford University Press 2019);
Fabio Bassan, Digital Platforms and Global Law (Edward Elgar 2021);
Tatiane-Eleni Synodiou et al (eds), EU Internet Law in the Digital Era. Regulation and Enforcement (Springer 2020), optional reading of research papers from JIPITEC, EJLT, Internet Policy Review journals.
Teaching method
Lectures; peer presentations; moderated in-class discussions.
Evaluation method
The assessment will be based either on a take-home essay assignment or a final exam. Each option will count 100% of the final grade.
- CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT: CLASS PRESENTATION + ESSAY (100%)
Students can decide to deliver a 15-minute-long class presentation on one of the selected topics. One week after the class presentation, students will have to upload an individual literature review of maximum 3000 words (footnotes included) on the same topic.
- FINAL EXAM (100%)
Students can decide to sit on a 3-hour-long, open-book, questions-based final exam.
All assignments and exams will be checked for plagiarism. Where this is detected, a fail grade will be awarded. Students who fail the exam will be offered the possibility to re-take it. Students with special needs (e.g., medical needs, visual impairments or disabilities, maternity needs) are encouraged to reach out to Prof. Giulia at the beginning of the course to arrange together a fitting assessment method.
Subject matter
Session 1: Introduction
Session 2: Legal definitions of online platforms
Session 3: Private ordering
Session 4: EU E-Commerce Directive
Session 5: EU Digital Service Act
Session 6: EU Digital Markets Act
Session 7: Platforms¿ liability for product and contractual liability (sale)
Session 8: Platforms - liability for data protection
Session 9: Platforms - liability for copyright infringement
Session 10: Platforms - liability for hate speech and child protection
Session 11: Platforms - liability for terrorist content and misinformation
Session 12: Q&A discussion