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STS.487 Foundations of Information Policy
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Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Credit cannot also be received for 6.4590, STS.085
Studies the interaction of law, public policy, and technology in today's controversies over control of the Internet. Students use technical, legal, and rhetorical skills to analyze and participate in the evolution of global public policy frameworks. Explores lessons for the future of increasingly large-scale data analytics systems including AI-based technologies. Instruction on how to write persuasive technology policy pieces, refine oral policy presentation skills through role-playing simulations, and develop original responses to contemporary digital policy challenges provided.Topics include: history of Internet policy, the relationship between technical architecture and law, privacy, freedom of expression, platform regulation, privacy, intellectual property, digital surveillance, and international affairs. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments. Enrollment limited.
H. Abelson, M. Fischer, D. Weitzner
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