Law of Online Platforms

General characterization

Prerequisites

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Bibliography

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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 and the Pedagogical Council will be informed, so that a decision on whether additional sanctions are appropriate is made. 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 the professors at the beginning of the course to arrange together a fitting assessment method.

Subject matter

Introduction

Overview of the problems

Legal definitions of online platforms

Private ordering

EU E-Commerce Directive

EU Digital Service Act

EU Digital Markets Act

Platforms - liability for product and contractual liability (sale)

Platforms - liability for data protection

Platforms - liability for copyright infringement

Platforms - liability for hate speech and child protection

Platforms - liability for terrorist content and misinformation

Platforms - dark patterns, manipulation and addiction

Influencers

Q&A discussion

Programs

Programs where the course is taught: