Michael Karanicolas

UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy

Yale University - Yale Information Society Project

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Subverting Democracy to Save Democracy: Canada’s Extra-Constitutional Approaches to Battling 'Fake News'

17(2) Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 201 (2019)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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fake news, misinformation, freedom of expression, election law, disinformation, freedom of speech

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Squaring the Circle Between Freedom of Expression and Platform Law

20 Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law & Policy 177, 2020
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 08 Jun 2020
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Platform Law, Freedom of Expression, Facebook, Content Moderation, Human Rights Law, ICCPR, Business and Human Rights, International Public Law

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Even in a Pandemic, Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant: COVID-19 and Global Freedom of Expression

Michael Karanicolas, Even in a Pandemic, Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant: COVID-19 and Global Freedom of Expression, 22 Oregon Review of International Law 101 (2021).
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 25 May 2021
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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misinformation, COVID-19, fake news, freedom of expression, right to information, human rights law

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Tackling the 'Fake' Without Harming the 'News': A Paper Series on Regulatory Responses to Misinformation

Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information, 2021
Number of pages: 107 Posted: 05 Apr 2021
Nathalie Maréchal, Elizabeth Renieris, Jan Rydzak, Ivar Alberto Hartmann, Jonathan A. Obar, Akriti Gaur, Lisa Macpherson, Michael Karanicolas and Amanda Keton
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator, Insper Learning Institution, York University, National Law University Jodhpur (NLUJ), Faculty of Law, Students, Public Knowledge, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy and Wikimedia Foundation
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Information Disorder, Fake News, Freedom of Expression, Platform Law, Misinformation, Disinformation

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Overseeing Oversight

Connecticut Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, 2022
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Margaret B. Kwoka and Michael Karanicolas
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Too Long; Didn't Read: Finding Meaning in Platforms’ Terms of Service Agreements

University of Toledo Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2021
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Aug 2021
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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boilerplate, freedom of expression, privacy, platform law, contract law, section 230, law and technology, facebook, twitter, youtube

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To Err is Human, to Audit Divine: A Critical Assessment of Canada’s AI Directive

Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, Volume XIV:1, 2019
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 19 May 2020
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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AI, Algorithmic Transparency, Discrimination, Public Policy, Canadian Law, Administrative Law, Open Government, Public Accountability, Artificial Intelligence

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The New Cybersquatters: The Evolution of Trademark Enforcement in the Domain Name Space

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2020
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Feb 2020
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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trademark law, IP law, ICANN, domain names, UDRP, URS, trademark clearinghouse

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A FOIA for Facebook: Meaningful Transparency for Online Platforms

66 St. Louis University Law Journal 49 (2021).
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2022
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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FOIA, Facebook, Misinformation, Transparency, Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Rights, Fake News, Freedom of Expression, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Right to Information

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Understanding the Internet as a Human Right

10:2 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 264 (2012).
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 15 May 2020
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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freedom of expression, law and technology, human rights, international law, digital rights

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The Costs of Secrecy: Economic Arguments for Transparency in Public Procurement

This paper was drafted for the Open Government Partnership, to be published as part of their series: "The Skeptic's Guide to Open Government".
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 26 Jun 2019
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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open government, open contracting, transparency, anti-corruption

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Stand Up for Rights: Recommendations for Responsible Tech

Stand Up for Digital Rights! Recommendations for Responsible Tech, 2016; ISBN: 978-0-9878751-8-1
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 15 Jun 2019
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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Reconceptualising Copyright: Adapting the Rules to Respect Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age

This paper was originally drafted for the Centre for Law and Democracy, when the author was employed as Senior Legal Officer with that organization.
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Jul 2019
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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freedom of expression, intellectual property, copyright, digital rights, law and technology

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Authoritarianism as a Service: India’s Moves to Weaponize Private Sector Content Moderation with the 2021 Information Technology Rules

Indian Journal of Law & Technology (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Jun 2022
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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platform law, content moderation, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, constitutional rights, law and technology, internet law

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Building the Plane While Flying It: Technology and Legal Scholarship

27 UCLA Journal of Law & Technology 5 (2022).
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 09 May 2022
Michael Karanicolas
UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy
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