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IS-3044: The Politics of Internet Governance

Description: Introduces students to theoretical, technological, and policy debates in Internet governance. Topics include multistakeholder governance, cybersecurity and cybercrime, network investigative techniques, data protection, vulnerability disclosure, use of anonymity-granting technologies, network neutrality, virtual currencies, big data, algorithmic bias and decision-making, politics of the domain name system, privacy, free expression, cross-border dispute resolution, data ownership, and challenges to state authority.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: GEOG-2054 or IS-2054 or PSCI-2054

Required By: IS-4074, PSCI-4074

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: PSCI-3044

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 2

Average GPA: 3.13 (B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 25.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Eric H Jardine201825.0%75.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.211
Aaron F Brantly202375.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%12.5%0.0%3.051

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