Class meetings: Thursday 1-4 Room 66-168
Instructors: Weitzner, Abelson, Fischer, Edelman
Communication instructors: Weitzner, Abelson, Fischer, Edelman
TA: Willie Boag
Course Calendar
| Week | Topic | Writing Assignment Due | Research Project Milestones | ||
| 0: | See Assignment 0 on the page for Week 1 for details and turn-in instructions. Pre-semester assignment due before the first class: Before Sept. 1 at 11:59PM. No one will be admitted to the course unless they have submitted this assignment on time. (No exceptions). |
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| 1: Sept 5 | Introduction to Internet Law and Architecture | 0: Mainstream Marketing brief (9/4) | |||
| 2: Sept 12 | Internet Freedom of Expression | 1: Brief Reno v. ACLU (due: 9/11) | |||
| 3: Sept 19 Sept 20 is a student holiday |
Internet Platforms & Intermediary Liability | 2. OECD policy analysis memo (due: 9/17) 3: Jigsaw lab writeup (due: 9/20) |
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| 4: Sept 26 | Mock Congressional hearing: Section 230 in the age of machine learning | 4: Congressional hearing testimony (due: 9/26) |
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| 5: Oct 3 | Fourth Amendment Fundamentals | 5: A quantitative view of the Fourth Amendment: reflects on stop and frisk data with the Whatif Tool (due: 10/3) 6: Team Plan |
#6: Team Plan (due: 10/4) Communication workshop #1 (reading strategy) |
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| 6: Oct 10 | Electronic Surveillance, Internet Data and Pervasive Sensor Networks | Communication workshop #2 (collaboration) | |||
| 7: Oct 17 Oct. 14-15 Indigenous People’s Day |
7: Moot court brief/questions (due 10/16 @ 6pm) 8: Project proposal (due 10/18) |
Project proposal (due 10/18) Communication workshop #3 (Policy Writing) Reading: Algorithmic Accountability: A Primer |
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| 8: Oct 24 | Communication workshop #4 (argument & logic) | ||||
| 9: Oct. 31 | Cybersecurity – domestic | Communication workshop #5 Sources, argument, peer review Readings: Keys Under Doormats |
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| 10: Nov 7 | Cybersecurity – global |
9: First Draft (due 11/8) |
First draft (due 11/8) (feedback 11/16) Communication workshop #6 (policy, environment, stakeholders) Readings: Brain science & habits ; Interview with Wendy Wood |
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| 11: Nov 14 Nov. 11 is Veterans Day Nov. 20 is drop date |
Why Privacy? A US legal perspective with global counterpoints |
10. Cybersecurity assignment (due 11/13) | Communication workshop #7 (formalized peer reviews) | ||
| Nov. 21 | How Privacy? Implementing Privacy in the US and European Union | ||||
| Nov. 28 Thanksgiving (Nov 28-29) |
11: Full draft (11/25) | Complete draft (due 11/25) | |||
| 13: Dec 5. Dec. 6 is last day papers can be due |
Final project presentations | 12: Final draft (12/5) | 12/5: Final draft due |
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