[Air-L] Legal challenges for research

[Dan L. Burk]

Hi Mirko -- 

That is quite a request!  You are casting an enormously wide net, across
multiple jurisdictions and subject matters -- the Zoom incident was a
U.S. antiterrorism Patriot Act problem; GDPR is another matter entirely,
when you throw in contract law and other ToS problems, you have
literally a lifetime's worth of work to get up to speed on all your
topics below (I certainly am not!).  There are very steep learning
curves on any of these topics, let alone all of them together. 

If you are looking for reliable commentary on a good cross-section of
the issues that interest you, I recommend monitoring Eric Goldman's
Technology and Marketing Law blog: 

https://blog.ericgoldman.org/ 

(Be sure to use his "categories" menu on the right margin to do some
sorting.)  He is religious about highlighting any new developments.  It
is primarily U.S. focused, but it may help you zero in on what you
ultimately want to pursue. 

Cheers, DLB 

On 2020-10-28 07:26, Schaefer, M.T. (Mirko) wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> probably, you have seen the latest reports of Zoom shutting down a panel on Zoom censorship or Facebook's cease and desist letter to the NYU's political ad targeting project. I am interested whether there are more examples of legal challenges for researchers. I am particularly interested in issues revolving around GDPR and social media research, contract law and data collection from services such as LexisNexis or others, and terms of use and platforms.
> 
> I am also interested in the role of university DPO's in reviewing research design, and the infrastructure or the modus operandi put in place (or not) by universities to enable researchers to comply with GDPR, and the legal support (or the lack of it) universities provide for their researchers to carry out their tasks.
> 
> I'd be very grateful for hints to literature, case examples, your own experience etc.
> 
> Thanks a lot and best wishes,
> mirko
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Dan L. Burk 

Chancellor's Professor of Law  

University of California, Irvine 

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