School of Public Policy 597GP - ST-InternetGovernce&InfoPolicy

This seminar introduces students to enduring and emerging information policy issues in public interest battles fought locally, nationally and globally for the control of Internet infrastructure, code and content. We will analyze how policy and regulation, politics, commercial interests, nation-states, transnational organizations and organized civil society actors are shaping our digital communication environment, considering the implications of Internet governance for democracy and human development. The seminar is structured around key topics of Internet governance including: access and inclusion; interoperability and network neutrality; privacy, surveillance, cybercrime and security; intellectual property, freedom of expression, communication rights, diversity and content regulation.