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Overview
Join the University of Richmond Journal of Law & Technology for their annual symposium highlighting the ever-changing intersection of law and technology. This year’s theme, Platform Power: The Rise of Private Governance in Tech, explores how major technology companies increasingly function as private governors, shaping online speech, enforcing internal rules with legal significance, and influencing global regulatory landscapes.
Panels will examine the tension between content moderation and free-speech values, the emergence of “platform courts” and their legitimacy, and the growing power of terms of service as a form of private law. The program also considers how U.S. based platforms impose policies across borders, raising complex questions about conflict of laws, extraterritoriality, and the future of democratic oversight in a digitally interconnected world.
Event is free, but registration is required. This event will be held in-person (no virtual attendance option).
4.0 Virginia CLE credits pending.
Check-in begins at 8 a.m.
Agenda
8:00 AM – 8:55 AM
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- Check-In
8:55 AM – 9:15 AM
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- Opening Remarks
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
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- Panel – Content Moderation and Its Impact on Free Speech
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- Mary Anne Franks, Michael Goodyear, Gabriel Walters, Moderated by Henry Chambers
10:15 AM – 10:25 AM
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- Break
10:25 AM – 11:25 AM
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- Panel – Digital Due Process
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- Cody Corliss, Colleen Chien, Moderated by Jessica Erickson
11:25 AM – 12:35 PM
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- Lunch
12:35 PM – 1:35 PM
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- Panel – Terms of Service
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- Andrew Schwartz, James Gibson, Jim Moye, Moderated by Ashley Dobbs
1:35 PM – 1:45 PM
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- Break
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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- Panel – Cross-Border Regulation of Internet Platforms
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- Peter Swire, Kenneth Propp, Brian Downing, Moderated by Rebecca Crootof
2:45 PM – 2:50 PM
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- Break
2:50 PM – 3:00 PM
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- Closing Remarks
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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- Dessert Reception