Freedom of Expression on Online Platforms. To delete or to ignore? (TLS_0096-3002)

Objectives

The course offers problem-based learning. After completing the course, the student should acquire technical and individual working skills, as well as master the following four levels of competence:

• knowledge
• understanding
• analyzing
• application to practice

By the end of the course, the student should acquire the following course-specific skills:

• understand both provider- and user-centric approaches
• interpret processes and phenomena analyzed in the course
• recognize and critically analyze multiple legal and socio-legal aspects concerning commenting and moderation as well as apply the knowledge in practice
• identify the relevant cases issued by international courts
• master the basic international legal literature on the topics covered in the course, jurisprudence, and normative documents; and be able to apply them in written argumentation

Additionally, the student should acquire the following generic skills:

• learn to compose summaries and concise study aids from course materials and lectures
• learn to present arguments in writing