Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	Lecture outlines
1	Course Overview and Introduction Policy Making and the Structure of Law
Unit A: Regulating the Decentralized Internet
2	The Internet meets the U.S. Constitution	(PDF)
3	The Legacy of Reno: The Strengths and Limits of Filtering and User Control
Unit B: Regulating Government Use of Surveillance Technology
4	Fourth Amendment Foundations and the First Century of Electronic Surveillance	(PDF)
5	International Issues	(PDF)
6	Technology-driven Public-private Boundary Shifts The Crypto Wars (PDF ‑ 2.1 MB)	(PDF)
7	Profiling and Datamining Post-9/11	(PDF)
	Midterm Exam
Unit C: The Transparency Challenge
8	Anonymity vs. Transparency	(PDF)
9	Personal Information on the Web	(PDF)
10	Transparency in Consumer Protection and Commercial Regulation	(PDF)
11	Origins of Broadcast Regulation	(PDF)
12	Semantic Web Public Policy Challenges	(PDF)