Society of Internet Platforms V.

Thursday 2 Jul 2026, 09:00 → 17:00 Europe/Budapest

Ludovika Szárnyépület/Földszint-John Lukacs Társalgó (Ludovika Szárnyépület)

Government Power in the Age of Online Platforms

The Conference aims to bring together prominent experts and esteemed scholars from Europe and the USA to have a lively international discussion about online platforms that play an important role in our contemporary societies worldwide. The Conference will be an event to discuss the most exciting developments and narratives about various aspects (legal, social, economic, etc.) of online platforms shaping our societies. The Conference aims to present the consequences of the widespread use of online platforms in terms of social and constitutional doctrines, protection of free speech, media/e-commerce regulation, protection of intellectual property.

 

Morning Session

 

9:15 Opening

9:30-9:55 Péter Paczolay, Judge, European Court of Human Rights

Positive Obligations of States Over Platform Power

9:55-10:20 Joan Barata, Visiting Professor at Catholic University in Porto; Member of the Center for Law, Democracy and Society, Queen Mary University in London

Public Power through Platforms

10:20-10:45 Mariette Jones, Senior Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University London

From Platform Autonomy to State Mandate: Government Power and the Duty of Care under the UK Online Safety Act 2023

10:45-11:10 Coffee Break

11:10-11:35 Enrique Armijo, Professor of Law, Elon University School of Law

The Rage Engine: Social Media as Epistemic Leveller

11:35-12:00 Gilad Abiri, Associate Professor of Law at Peking University

Epistemic Subordination

12:00-12:30 Discussion

12:30-13:30 Lunch

 

Afternoon Session

 

13:30-13:55 Christopher Marsden, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Technology and the Law, Monash University

Comparative AI and Digital Sovereignty: The Anglo-Australian and EU Approaches

13:55-14:20 Ian Drake, Professor, Political Science and Law, Montclair State University

Free Speech During Wartime

14:20-14:45 Irini Katsirea, Reader in International Media Law, University of Sheffield

Germany’s tug of war on recommender system transparency: The Spotify and Facebook cases

14:45-15:15 Coffee Break

15:15-15:40 Zsolt Ződi, Research Professor, Ludovika University of Public Service

The Future of Automated Decision-making Regulation – ADM on Platforms

15:40-16:10 Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School

Against Anomie: Taxing Platforms to Revitalize an Exhausted Public Sphere

16:10-16:30 Discussion

16:30 Concluding remarks