DIRITTI E POLITICA NEL WEB
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Students should have passed the Public Law exam
The final exam is written.
The Course aims to consolidate students' knowledge about the connection between the legal phenomenon and the dynamics of Internet. In particular, we will analyze the web governance tools and the related problem of protection of rights on the Net, starting from freedom of communication, with particular regard to the management of information circulating within social networks. Specific attention will also be given to the broad issue of e-democracy and digital citizenship, with a particular focus on new models of political participation that are emerging in our country, and the related prospects for the affirmation of a web democracy.
The course will analyse the following topics:
1. Digital citizenship (1 hour)
2. Free access to the Net (1 hour)
3. Internet governance (1 hour)
4. Net neutrality (1 hour)
5. Rights and responsibilities in the Net (2 hours)
6. Internet and democracy (3 hours)
7. Political parties and Internet (2 hours)
8. New media: nature and limits (4 hours)
9. Pluralism of information on the Net (1 hour)
10. E-administration (3 hours)
11. Fake news and hate speech (1 hour)
S. Rodotà, Il mondo nella rete. Quali i diritti, quali i vincoli, Laterza, 2014 (capitoli 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, Epilogo)
M. Mensi, P. Falletta, Il diritto del web, con prefazione di E. Albamonte, Cedam, 2018 (par. 4 del cap. I; capitoli VII, VIII, XIV)
Further reading material will be available on the e-learning platform
Teaching method: twenty hours of lectures.
Seminars on specific issues
Professor office hours: Tuesday, from 12 a.m to 1 p.m. (room 24)