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Welcome to Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw, a January course taught by Professor Jonathan Zittrain and Elizabeth Stark, co-hosted by Stanford Law School and Harvard Law SchooI.
phone : 0905 80 90 11
 
địa chỉ: 144 Hồ Xuân Hương, Khuê Mỹ, Ngũ Hành Sơn, Đà Nẵng
In addition to this wiki, this class maintains a [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/difficultprobs/ blog] and [http://twitter.com/DifficultProbs twitter feed]. Check them out!
tag: #haigiacat #shoptuouhaigiacat #shopruoungoaitaidananghaigiacat
 
Liên hệ:
If you are a student, please see the [[Student Responsibilities]] section and [[Course Logistics]].  For admins looking for details on field trips, please visit [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/difficultproblems/Main_Page#Field_Trip_Logistic here].  All regular class meetings will be at '''Stanford Law School Classroom 280B'''.
https://www.tumblr.com/blog/haigiacat
 
https://www.pinterest.com/haigiacat
This [http://www.law.stanford.edu/contact/#maps map site] has a map of the [http://www.aaccessmaps.com/show/map/us/ca/bayarea Bay Area], [http://ucomm.stanford.edu/map/ Stanford campus], and [http://transportation.stanford.edu/images/visitor-bus.pdf visitor parking] at Stanford.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/haigiacat/
 
https://twitter.com/haigiacatt
The four main difficult problems to be addressed are:
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*[[Global Network Initiative]] ([[GNI Brainstorming |Group Page]])
*[[Ubiquitous Human Computing]]  ([[Ubicomp Brainstorming |Group Page]])
*[[Future of Wikipedia]]
*[[Cybersecurity]] ([[Cybersecurity Project|Final Project]]) ([[Cybersecurity Brainstorming |Brainstorming Page]])
 
Cross-cutting themes include:
*[[Due process on the Internet among private sheriffs]]
*[[The role of intermediaries]]
*[[Motivating good and bad actors]]
*[[Collaborating and relying on masses]]
*[[Privacy and Anonymity on the Internet]]
 
Group presentation schedule:
*Friday, Jan. 15th: Ubiquitous Human Computing
*Tuesday, Jan. 19th: Cybersecurity
*Wednesday, Jan. 20th: Global Network Initiative
*Thursday, Jan. 21st: Future of Wikipedia
 
 
==WEEK ONE: DEFINING THE PROBLEMS==
 
<center> '''Monday, January 4th''' </center>
 
'''LUNCH''': 12-2pm SLS, Room 280B
:Student introductions
 
'''CLASS''': 7:20-9:20pm SLS Room 280B
:A brief overview of the course, its goals and expectations, including an introduction to the difficult problems and the cross-cutting themes. 
:A quiz on Zittrain's book, <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span> will be given.
:Brief introduction to the Global Network Initiative
 
''Readings For Class'':
*Read <span style="font-variant:small-caps">[http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>
*Explore the [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ Global Network Initiative] website
*Read the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberlaw_winter10/GNI GNI Wiki Primer]
 
''Assignments'': Before next class, post [[Day 2 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 1 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Tuesday, January 5th''' </center>
 
'''CYBERSECURITY BACKGROUND: ''BONUS''''': 2-4pm SLS Room 280B
: Professor Zittrain will interview Professor [http://www.law.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/index.html?id=559 Jack Goldsmith] as an overview of cybersecurity as it has evolved and as it can potentially be addressed.
 
*''Bonus Writing Opportunity'': produce a summary of the cybersecurity event, to be used as background reading for Thursday
 
'''CLASS''': 5:15-7:15pm SLS Room 280B
:Identify the first-order problems regarding corporate responsibility and free expression on the internet. Examine how GNI attempts to address these problems and then evaluate whether GNI is a success and whether better approaches could be taken.
:Introduction to ubiquitous human computing.
 
''Guests:''
*Mark Chandler, CISCO
*Chuck Cosson, Microsoft
*Dunstan Hope, BSR
 
''Readings:''
*Read Rhys Blakely, ''[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article728898.ece Yahoo in second Chinese blog Row],'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">TimesOnline</span>, Feb. 9, 2006.
*Read Colin Maclay, "[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/maclay-access-controlled-pdf Protecting Privacy and Expression Online]," ''in'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Access Controlled</span> (Ronald Diebert et al., eds., MIT Press: Cambridge, MA, 2010).
*Read GNI [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/cms/uploads/1/GNI_-_Principles_1_.pdf Guiding Principles]
*Read the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberlaw_winter10/Ubiquitous_Human_Computing UbiComp Wiki Primer]
 
''Assignments'': Before next class, post [[Day 3 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 2 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Wednesday, January 6th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm
:Examine the nature of ubiquitous human computing and potential future applications of human computing and the dangers.
:Introduction to cybersecurity.
   
 
''Guests'':
*Lukas Biewald, [http://crowdflower.com/ CrowdFlower]
*Bjoern Hartman, see his [http://bjoern.org/projects/catbook/ Mechanical Turk Cats Book]
*Aaron Koblin, see his [http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work.html Ten Thousand Cents and Sheep Market projects]
''Readings'':
*Visit [http://www.mturk.com/ Mechanical Turk], [http://www.liveops.com/ LiveOps], [http://www.crowdflower.com CrowdFlower] or other human computing site
**Watch the [http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2167086 12-minute video] of Lukas' CrowdFlower presentation at TechCrunch
*Skim Nancy R. Mansfield, ''[http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/internet-technology/618188-1.html The information revolution and its impact on the employment relationship: an analysis of the cyberspace workplace]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">American Business Law Journal</span> (2003).
*Kate Thomas, ''[http://www.seiu.org/2009/12/insurers-hire-mafia-to-spam-congress.php Insurers Hire Mafia to Spam Congress]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">SEIU.org Blog</span>, Dec. 10, 2009.
*Read Jonathan Zittrain, ''[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/ssrn-id1140445-pdf Ubiquitous Human Computing]'', SSRN Paper No 32/2008 (July 2008).
*Read the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberlaw_winter10/Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Wiki Primer]
 
'''ASSIGNMENT: Due -- Email Admin with Problem Topic Choice'''
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 4 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 3 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Thursday, January 7th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am
:Cybersecurity has been identified as one of the greatest threats facing the United States today, but it is ill-defined and almost impossible to address. How can we frame this problem to better inspire solutions?  How should government, military, businesses, and internet/tech approach the problem from different angles and do these different approaches work together?
:Introduction to Future of Wikipedia
 
''Guests'':
*Chuck Cosson, Microsoft
 
''Readings'':
*Listen to David Clark, [http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/sl20090304 The Internets We Did Not Build].
*Col. Allen & Lt. Col Demchak, ''[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10 The Palestinian-Israeli Cyberwar]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Military Review</span> (2003).
*Kim Zetter, ''[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/08/revealed-the-in/ Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Wired</span> (2008).
*Review <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Zittrain, [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>; Chapter 3
*Skim CENTRA Technology, [http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10 Cyber Compendium] Workshop, Nov. 2009.
*Skim the White House [http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Cyberspace_Policy_Review_final.pdf Cyberspace Policy Review] (2009); focus on the introduction/overview and the Near & Mid-Term Action Plans.
*Read [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberlaw_winter10/Future_of_Wikipedia Future of Wikipedia] wiki background paper
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 5 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 4 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Friday, January 8th''' </center>
 
'''FIELD TRIP: ''BONUS''''': 10:30 am eBay office visit (shuttle from SLS), including JZ talk and meeting with eBay lawyers and security experts
*If you're unable to attend, you might want to watch JZ's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw3h-rae3uo Minds for Sale talk].
 
'''CLASS''': 3:00-5:00pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 3:30pm
:Wikipedia has grown quickly and rapidly to become one of if not the largest online content-generating collaboration. Following the 2009 Wikimania, Wikimedia has undertaken a self-review, looking at strategies for the future of Wikipedia. Is it a sustainable model?  and if so, to what other fields is it applicable? How can its reception in academia be improved? and what are its applications for education?
:Brief introduction of next week's cross-cutting themes
 
''Guests'':
*Stu West, [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Stu_West Wikimedia Foundation Board Member]
*Mike Godwin, Wikimedia General Counsel
*Phoebe Ayers, Wikimedia volunteer
 
''Readings'':
*Review <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Zittrain, [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>; Chapter 6
*Peruse Wikipedia's [http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Strategy Page]
*Strona, ''[http://prawo.uni.wroc.pl/~kwasnicki/EkonLit6/WikipediaSoul.pdf The Battle for Wikipedia's Soul]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">The Economist</span>, March 6, 2008.
*''[http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/01/26/wiki A Stand Against Wikipedia?]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Inside Higher Ed</span>, Jan. 26, 2007.
*Browse [http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/ Wikipedia Watch] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia Criticism of Wikipedia]
*''[http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/11/23/wsj-volunteers-log-off-as-wikipedia-ages/ Wikipedia Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Wall Street Journal</span>.
*''[http://infodisiac.com/blog/2009/12/new-editors-are-joining-english-wikipedia-in-droves/ New editors are joining English Wikipedia in droves?]'', <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Infodisiac</span>, Dec. 6, 2009.
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 6 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 5 Thoughts]]
 
'''EVENING EVENT: ''BONUS''''': Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at David Hornik's office in Palo Alto after class.
 
----
 
<center> '''Saturday, January 9th''' </center>
 
Tour of San Francisco (Optional); details TBD. To give input and suggestions, visit [[Tour Ideas]].
 
==WEEK TWO: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES==
 
<center> '''Monday, January 11th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 7:20-9:20pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:50pm
:One potential way to address some of the problems addressed in this course is through innovations and technological solutions. Several solutions have changed the way our browsers work and thereby changed the way we interact with the internet, making life better. In what other areas could a similar approach be applied? Change the technology, save the world.
:Introduction to cross-cutting theme of privacy, anonymity and liability on the internet
 
''Guests'':
*John M. Agosta, [http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/ DisputeFinder]
*Tye Rattenbury, DisputeFinder
*Rob Ennals, DisputeFinder
*Tad Hersch, DisputeFinder
 
''Readings'':
*Visit [http://www.herdict.org/web/ HerdictWeb]
*Watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NggzBHSXdCo Video explanation of Herdict] (student suggested)
*Zittrain's [http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2009/02/10/berkman-jz-on-herdict/ Comments on Herdict] at a Berkman Center Lunch
*Visit [http://disputefinder.cs.berkeley.edu/ DisputeFinder] (Test it out!)
*Visit [https://www.new.net/ New.net]
**How can .church domain names exist when it does not exist? Look at the new.net domain decoder
**Compare with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains List of Internet Domains]
*Read Introduction to Ann Bartow, ''[http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlg/vol322/383-430.pdf  Internet Defamation As Profit Center: The Monetization of Online Harrassment]'', 32 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Harvard Journal of Law & Gender</span> 383 (2009).
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 7 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 6 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Tuesday, January 12th''' </center>
 
'''WORKSHOP: ''BONUS''''': 1-2pm Faculty Lounge, Stanford [http://public.resource.org/law.gov/ law.gov workshop]
Hosted by Carl Malamud
:Some students attend the entire workshop, 10am-3pm
 
 
'''CLASS''': 5:15-7:15pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 5:45pm
:Privacy and anonymity can raise significant issues for accountability for online actions. Users often believe they are more anonymous than they truly are online - how can we better educate the public about the reality of privacy online? Consider the Drumbeat privacy project and creative commons issues.
:Introduction to the cross-cutting theme of due process and dispute resolution on the internet.
 
''Guests'':
*Ryan Calo, SLS Fellow
*Ebele Okobi-Harris, Yahoo! Director of Business and Human Rights
*Mark Surman, Mozilla
*Michael Fertik, Reputation Defender
*Carl Malamud
*Julie Martin, Mozilla
*Aza Raskin, Mozilla
 
''Readings'':
*Browse [http://creativecommons.org/ Creative Commons] for discussion
*Review <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Zittrain, [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It]</span>; Chapter 9 on Data Genealogy
*Odia Kagan, ''[http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=latestnews&id=1915 Fighting Anonymous Defamation],'' <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Int'l Business Law Services</span>, November 26, 2007.
*Consider commercial applications; visit [http://www.reputationdefender.com/ ReputationDefender]
*[https://wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/Challenges/Privacy_Icons Drumbeat privacy icon challenge] backgrounder
 
''Additional Materials'' (suggested by student):
*Watch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ Message from Anonymous to the Church of Scientology];
*Skim [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29 Wikipedia's article about Anonymous Group];
*Read about (and use!) [http://www.torproject.org/ Tor]
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 8 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 7 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Wednesday, January 13th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm
:How do our due process concerns translate to the internet and online communities? Should due process exist on the internet? Is the internet public or private space and under what terms do we have the privilege or right to access? 
:Consider, for example, how much due process should be required to remove an account from Facebook, Google or Twitter. How much due process is necessary for a take-down on YouTube and what right of appeal do you have in any of these circumstances?
:Introduction to online collaboration and group motivation strategies
 
''Guests'':
 
* Kim Scott, Google
 
''Readings'':
 
* Skim Elizabeth Thornburg, ''[http://faculty.smu.edu/ethornbu/Thornburg%20Macro.doc Going Private: Technology, Due Process, and Internet Dispute Resolution]'', 34 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Univ. Cal. Davis</span> 151 (2000).
* Read through the Facebook or Google terms of service (see the primer above)
* Recall Zittrain, Chapter 7, on [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/18#48 Private Sheriffs]
* Terri Wells, ''[http://www.seochat.com/c/a/Search-Engine-News/Beware-the-Google-Death-Penalty/ Beware the Google 'Death Penalty']'',<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Search Engine News</span> (2006).
 
''Assignment'': Before next class, post [[Day 9 Predictions]].
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 8 Thoughts]]
 
----
 
<center> '''Thursday, January 14th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am
:Online collaboration projects require internet organizations to motivate and coordinate large groups of people.  This requires both motivating good actors to participate and motivating bad actors either to not participate or to conform to the rules/standards of the site.  How can website hosts face these challenges? How involved should the users of cooperatively developed sites be in their governments?
 
''Guests'':
*Daniel Hoffer, [http://www.couchsurfing.org/ Couchsurfing]
*Micah Schaffer
*Dan Scholnick, [http://www.trinityventures.com/venture-capital-team/bio.php?first-name=Dan&last-name=Scholnick Trinity Ventures]
*Ben Rigby, [http://beextra.org The Extraordinaries]
*Stu West, [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Stu_West Wikimedia Foundation Board Member]
 
''Readings'':
*F. Gino, Jun Gu, & Chen-Bo Zhong, ''[http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10 Contagion or Restitution? When bad apples can motivate ethical behavior]'', 45 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">J. Experimental Social Psychology</span> 1299-1302 (2009).
*Browse [http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/ OpenCouchSurfing.org] posts and complaints
*Review readings from Friday, January 8th on Wikipedia and motivation of contributors
 
''Thoughts after class'': [[Day 9 Thoughts]]
 
'''CLASS SOCIAL''': Bonus, evening, details TBD
 
----
 
<center> '''Friday, January 15th''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 1:00-3:00pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 1:30pm
:Ubiquitous Human Computing presentation (60 min)
:Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider
 
''Guests'':
*Fabio Rosati, Elance
 
''Group Documents'':
*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVl_o5lQOXEqZGMzejN4OG5fMjEzZnFyeG54ZG4&hl=en Best practices ]
*[http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVl_o5lQOXEqZGMzejN4OG5fMjE2Z3pjNWR2ZGM&hl=en Technological solutions ]
 
''Thoughts about the discussed solutions'': [[UHC Solutions]]
 
==WEEK THREE: SOLUTIONS==
 
<center> '''Monday, January 18th''' </center>
 
'''NO CLASS''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day]
 
----
 
<center> '''Tuesday, January 19th''' </center>
 
'''FIELD TRIP: ''BONUS''''': Google, 3:30pm
 
'''CLASS''': Held at Google during visit
:Cybersecurity presentation (60 min)
:Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider
 
''Guests'':
*Mitchell Baker
 
----
 
<center> '''Wednesday, January 20th''' </center>
 
'''FIELD TRIP: ''BONUS'':''' Facebook, 12:30-2pm (TBC)
 
'''CLASS''': 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm
:Global Network Initiative presentation (60 min)
:Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider
 
''Guests'':
*Esther Wojcicki
 
----
 
<center> '''Thursday, January 21st''' </center>
 
'''CLASS''': 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am
:Future of Wikipedia presentation (60 min)
:Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider
 
''Guests'':
*Craig Newmark, [http://www.craigslist.org/about/craig_newmark Craigslist founder] and [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Advisory_Board#Craig_Newmark Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board member]
*Edward Wes
*Jack Herrick, founder of [http://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page WikiHow]
*Stu West, [http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees#Stu_West Wikimedia Foundation Board Member]
 
'''WRAP-UP DINNER''': 7:20-9:20pm SLS Student Lounge
 
<center> '''Friday, January 22nd''' </center>
 
'''ReputationDefender visit''': 2:30pm
----
 
<center> '''January 31st''' </center>
 
'''FINAL PROJECTS DUE'''

Latest revision as of 14:12, 23 June 2022

Welcome to Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw, a January course taught by Professor Jonathan Zittrain and Elizabeth Stark, co-hosted by Stanford Law School and Harvard Law SchooI.

In addition to this wiki, this class maintains a blog and twitter feed. Check them out!

If you are a student, please see the Student Responsibilities section and Course Logistics. For admins looking for details on field trips, please visit here. All regular class meetings will be at Stanford Law School Classroom 280B.

This map site has a map of the Bay Area, Stanford campus, and visitor parking at Stanford.

The four main difficult problems to be addressed are:

Cross-cutting themes include:

Group presentation schedule:

  • Friday, Jan. 15th: Ubiquitous Human Computing
  • Tuesday, Jan. 19th: Cybersecurity
  • Wednesday, Jan. 20th: Global Network Initiative
  • Thursday, Jan. 21st: Future of Wikipedia


WEEK ONE: DEFINING THE PROBLEMS

Monday, January 4th

LUNCH: 12-2pm SLS, Room 280B

Student introductions

CLASS: 7:20-9:20pm SLS Room 280B

A brief overview of the course, its goals and expectations, including an introduction to the difficult problems and the cross-cutting themes.
A quiz on Zittrain's book, The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It will be given.
Brief introduction to the Global Network Initiative

Readings For Class:

Assignments: Before next class, post Day 2 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 1 Thoughts

Tuesday, January 5th

CYBERSECURITY BACKGROUND: BONUS: 2-4pm SLS Room 280B

Professor Zittrain will interview Professor Jack Goldsmith as an overview of cybersecurity as it has evolved and as it can potentially be addressed.
  • Bonus Writing Opportunity: produce a summary of the cybersecurity event, to be used as background reading for Thursday

CLASS: 5:15-7:15pm SLS Room 280B

Identify the first-order problems regarding corporate responsibility and free expression on the internet. Examine how GNI attempts to address these problems and then evaluate whether GNI is a success and whether better approaches could be taken.
Introduction to ubiquitous human computing.

Guests:

  • Mark Chandler, CISCO
  • Chuck Cosson, Microsoft
  • Dunstan Hope, BSR

Readings:

Assignments: Before next class, post Day 3 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 2 Thoughts

Wednesday, January 6th

CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm

Examine the nature of ubiquitous human computing and potential future applications of human computing and the dangers.
Introduction to cybersecurity.


Guests:

Readings:

ASSIGNMENT: Due -- Email Admin with Problem Topic Choice

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 4 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 3 Thoughts

Thursday, January 7th

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am

Cybersecurity has been identified as one of the greatest threats facing the United States today, but it is ill-defined and almost impossible to address. How can we frame this problem to better inspire solutions? How should government, military, businesses, and internet/tech approach the problem from different angles and do these different approaches work together?
Introduction to Future of Wikipedia

Guests:

  • Chuck Cosson, Microsoft

Readings:

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 5 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 4 Thoughts

Friday, January 8th

FIELD TRIP: BONUS: 10:30 am eBay office visit (shuttle from SLS), including JZ talk and meeting with eBay lawyers and security experts

CLASS: 3:00-5:00pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 3:30pm

Wikipedia has grown quickly and rapidly to become one of if not the largest online content-generating collaboration. Following the 2009 Wikimania, Wikimedia has undertaken a self-review, looking at strategies for the future of Wikipedia. Is it a sustainable model? and if so, to what other fields is it applicable? How can its reception in academia be improved? and what are its applications for education?
Brief introduction of next week's cross-cutting themes

Guests:

Readings:

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 6 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 5 Thoughts

EVENING EVENT: BONUS: Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at David Hornik's office in Palo Alto after class.

Saturday, January 9th

Tour of San Francisco (Optional); details TBD. To give input and suggestions, visit Tour Ideas.

WEEK TWO: CROSS-CUTTING THEMES

Monday, January 11th

CLASS: 7:20-9:20pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:50pm

One potential way to address some of the problems addressed in this course is through innovations and technological solutions. Several solutions have changed the way our browsers work and thereby changed the way we interact with the internet, making life better. In what other areas could a similar approach be applied? Change the technology, save the world.
Introduction to cross-cutting theme of privacy, anonymity and liability on the internet

Guests:

  • John M. Agosta, DisputeFinder
  • Tye Rattenbury, DisputeFinder
  • Rob Ennals, DisputeFinder
  • Tad Hersch, DisputeFinder

Readings:

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 7 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 6 Thoughts

Tuesday, January 12th

WORKSHOP: BONUS: 1-2pm Faculty Lounge, Stanford law.gov workshop Hosted by Carl Malamud

Some students attend the entire workshop, 10am-3pm


CLASS: 5:15-7:15pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 5:45pm

Privacy and anonymity can raise significant issues for accountability for online actions. Users often believe they are more anonymous than they truly are online - how can we better educate the public about the reality of privacy online? Consider the Drumbeat privacy project and creative commons issues.
Introduction to the cross-cutting theme of due process and dispute resolution on the internet.

Guests:

  • Ryan Calo, SLS Fellow
  • Ebele Okobi-Harris, Yahoo! Director of Business and Human Rights
  • Mark Surman, Mozilla
  • Michael Fertik, Reputation Defender
  • Carl Malamud
  • Julie Martin, Mozilla
  • Aza Raskin, Mozilla

Readings:

Additional Materials (suggested by student):

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 8 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 7 Thoughts

Wednesday, January 13th

CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm

How do our due process concerns translate to the internet and online communities? Should due process exist on the internet? Is the internet public or private space and under what terms do we have the privilege or right to access?
Consider, for example, how much due process should be required to remove an account from Facebook, Google or Twitter. How much due process is necessary for a take-down on YouTube and what right of appeal do you have in any of these circumstances?
Introduction to online collaboration and group motivation strategies

Guests:

  • Kim Scott, Google

Readings:

Assignment: Before next class, post Day 9 Predictions.

Thoughts after class: Day 8 Thoughts

Thursday, January 14th

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am

Online collaboration projects require internet organizations to motivate and coordinate large groups of people. This requires both motivating good actors to participate and motivating bad actors either to not participate or to conform to the rules/standards of the site. How can website hosts face these challenges? How involved should the users of cooperatively developed sites be in their governments?

Guests:

Readings:

Thoughts after class: Day 9 Thoughts

CLASS SOCIAL: Bonus, evening, details TBD

Friday, January 15th

CLASS: 1:00-3:00pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 1:30pm

Ubiquitous Human Computing presentation (60 min)
Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider

Guests:

  • Fabio Rosati, Elance

Group Documents:

Thoughts about the discussed solutions: UHC Solutions

WEEK THREE: SOLUTIONS

Monday, January 18th

NO CLASS: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 19th

FIELD TRIP: BONUS: Google, 3:30pm

CLASS: Held at Google during visit

Cybersecurity presentation (60 min)
Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider

Guests:

  • Mitchell Baker
Wednesday, January 20th

FIELD TRIP: BONUS: Facebook, 12:30-2pm (TBC)

CLASS: 6:30-8:30pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 7:00pm

Global Network Initiative presentation (60 min)
Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider

Guests:

  • Esther Wojcicki
Thursday, January 21st

CLASS: 11:10am-1:10pm SLS Room 280B, guests to begin arriving at 11:40am

Future of Wikipedia presentation (60 min)
Discussion of solution's strengths and weaknesses and other approaches to consider

Guests:

WRAP-UP DINNER: 7:20-9:20pm SLS Student Lounge

Friday, January 22nd

ReputationDefender visit: 2:30pm

January 31st

FINAL PROJECTS DUE

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