KETU 3610 - The Digital Services Act and the role of civil society and academics in the regulation of digital pl

Course Description

The 2022 EU Digital Services Act (DSA) aims at drastically increasing the accountability of very large online platforms (social networks and market places). A key ingredient of the DSA is to empower civil society and academics to be active players in the regulatory scheme, in particular by organizing access to platform data. During the course, you will learn the architecture of the DSA, discover the tools available for academics and NGOs, analyse practical cases that lead to enforcement by the EU commission and design new use cases. You will also have to propose (in group) your own use case and defend it at the end of the semester.

Enseignants

Théophile LENOIR,Benoît LOUTREL

Type

Séminaire

Language of tuition

English

Workload

THE INTEREST OF A CASE STUDY RELIES ON IMPORTANT PREPARATORY WORK (INDIVIDUAL OR COLLECTIVE) BY THE STUDENTS BETWEEN SESSIONS AND ON YOUR COMMITMENT AND PARTICIPATION DURING THE SESSIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, READING THE CASE STUDY FILE IS MANDATORY BEFORE SESSION 1.

Semester

Autumn 2024-2025

Course validation

Participation (⅓): Third party hearing preparation Case Studies prentation Final written assigment (⅓) + oral presentation (⅓)

Pedagogical format

Most classes will consist in deep dive discussion and analysis, the examination of a case studies and hearing of civil society oracademics actor related to the case study.