Join the Cyber Policy Center October 1st, from 1 PM-2 PM, for the kick-off of our Fall Seminar Series. Sessions will run October through December and will be moderated by Nate Persily, co-director of the CPC. Our first seminar features Daphne Keller, Director of the Program on Platform Regulation, for her talk, The Supreme Court and Internet Platforms. Stanford affiliates are invited to join us at 12:40 PM for lunch, prior to the seminar.

About the Seminar

The Supreme Court issued major new rulings about platforms and online speech in 2023 and 2024. That trend will continue in 2025. Keller will review the recent cases and their implications, and preview coming ones. Past cases include the Gonzalez and Taamneh rulings about platform liability for ISIS activity, as well as the Moody ruling about so-called "must-carry" laws in Texas and Florida. Pending cases include at minimum a highly consequential First Amendment case about age verification mandates and adults' First Amendment rights to read online material without compromising their privacy and protection from surveillance, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton. The Court could also, potentially agree to hear a case about algorithmic ranking and platforms' immunities under Section 230, as well as a case about platform transparency mandates. The webinar will take place every Tuesday, starting October 1st from 1 PM - 2 PM Pacific Time and lunch will be served to Stanford affiliates. Please arrive 5 - 10 minutes before 1:00 pm to allow yourself time to grab lunch and get situated in the room prior to the event starting.

About Daphne Keller

Daphne Keller's work focuses on platform regulation and Internet users' rights. She has testified before legislatures, courts, and regulatory bodies around the world, and published both academically and in popular press on topics including platform content moderation practices, constitutional and human rights law, copyright, data protection, and national courts' global takedown orders. Her recent work focuses on legal protections for users’ free expression rights when state and private power intersect, particularly through platforms’ enforcement of Terms of Service or use of algorithmic ranking and recommendations. Until 2020, Daphne was the Director of Intermediary Liability at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society. She also served until 2015 as Associate General Counsel for Google, where she had primary responsibility for the company’s search products. Daphne has taught Internet law at Stanford, Berkeley, and Duke law schools. She is a graduate of Yale Law School, Brown University, and Head Start.