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How law and computer science can work together to improve the information society

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posted on 2023-06-09, 09:40 authored by Chris Marsden
In this column, I explore the various means by which lawyers can be helped by computer scientists to stop the (inevitable) collateral damage to innovation when the unstoppable force of legislation hits the irresistible innovation of the Internet. I will explore some current controversies (fake news, Net neutrality, platform regulation) from an international perspective. The conclusion is familiar: lawyers and computer scientists need each other to prevent a disastrous retrenchment toward splintered national-regional intranets. To avoid that, we need to be intellectually pragmatic in pursuing what may be a mutually disagreeable aim: minimal legislative reform to achieve co-regulation using the most independent expert advice. The alternatives are to allow libertarian advocates to so enrage politicians that severe over-regulation results.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Communications of the ACM

ISSN

0001-0782

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ACM Press

Issue

1

Volume

61

Page range

29-31

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  • Law Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-01-08

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-01-09

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-01-09

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