The course explores the legal issues arising out of the Internet’s growing role as a commercial, public and personal platform. The course looks at how regulators and courts respond to the novel issues raised by the rapid changes in digital technologies. Topics include, among others: jurisdictional questions over the borderless Internet; intellectual property rules around digital content and how they can be enforced online; liability of intermediaries, such as social networks or digital content platforms; online privacy protection; and freedom of speech questions.

The course covers global legal developments, as well as those in the major jurisdictions of the United States and the European Union.