Society of Internet Platforms 28-29 October 2021.

convened by the Institute of the Information Society at the University of Public Service

Venue: University of Public Service, Main building (Ludovika tér 2, Budapest, HU-1083) & ONLINE

Thursday

Welcome coffee
13.25
Bernát Török

Director of the Institute of the Information Society at UPS

Welcome

13.30
András Koltay
Rector, University of Public Service
Introduction and welcoming thoughts – a brief overview of social media regulation in the light of freedom of expression
14.00
Jack Balkin

Knight Professor of Constitutional Law, founder and director of the Information Society Project of Yale Law School (online)

Speech Platforms – keynote
15.00
Ľuboš Kukliš

Chair, European Platform of Regulatory Authorities

The User, the Platform and the Regulator: The Future of Content Regulation in a Triangular Shape
View Abstract
15.30-15.45
Q+A
Coffee break (15.45-16.15)
16.15
Peter Coe

University of Reading, School of Law (online)

The Potential Free Speech Implications of the United Kingdom’s Draft Online Safety Bill and the Regulation of ‘Online Harms’
View Abstract
16.45
Uta Kohl

Professor of Commercial Law, Southampton Law School

Platform Liabilities on Hate Speech – A Compromise between the First Amendment and European Dignity Concerns?
View Abstract
17.15
Anett Pogácsás

Associate Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University

Internet Folklore and its Impact on Free Speech

View Abstract
17.45
Q+A
END OF DAY 1

Friday

Welcome coffee
9.30
Zsolt Ződi

Senior Research Fellow, University of Public Service

Platform as a Coordination Mechanism and its Consequences to the Legal Regulation
View Abstract
10.00
Anikó Grad-Gyenge

Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Copyright in the world of platforms
View Abstract
10.30
David Mangan

Associate Professor, Maynooth University; Adjunct Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School

Digitalization of work: the threshold is the place to pause
View Abstract
11.00
Mark D. Cole

Full Professor, Université de Luxembourg

After the Rise of the Platform Economy the Rise of Platform Regulation? An evaluation of European Union and Council of Europe Approaches to New Regulatory Frameworks
View Abstract
11.30-11.45
Q+A
Lunch break (11.45-13.00)
13.00
Bernát Török

Associate Professor, University of Public Service

How to regulate platforms: the downside of technology-focused horizontal rules
13.30
Joanna Kulesza

Assistant Professor of International Public Law, University of Lodz

Self-regulation, co-regulation or no regulation? On norms and principles in cyberspace
View Abstract
14.00
Oreste Pollicino

Professor of Constitutional Law, Bocconi University

Digital Constitutionalism in action: which is the future of Rule of Law in the digital age?
View Abstract
14.30-14.45
Q+A
Coffee break (14.45-15.00)
15.00-16.00
Lawrence Lessig

Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School

How Platforms Change Democracies — for the worse – closing speech
View Abstract
16.00
Q+A
END OF EVENT
Live streams 28-29 October 2021