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INTLPOL261

Current Topics in Technology Platform Policy

International Policy H&S - Humanities & Sciences

Course Description

This weekly seminar will bring in guest speakers from industry, public policy organizations, and academia to discuss emerging and developing challenges in developing comprehensive, productive policy both within and outside of technology companies. Topics will span from detecting and removing coordinated inauthentic activity on platforms, to the growth of end-to-end encryption, to implications of legal regulations such as GDPR. Coordinated by the Stanford Internet Observatory.

Grading Basis

RSN - Satisfactory/No Credit

Min

1

Max

1

Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?

Yes

Total Units Allowed for Degree Credit

3

Course Component

Seminar

Enrollment Optional?

No

Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?

No

Programs

INTLPOL261 is a completion requirement for: