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Join us for an insightful discussion led by Professor Ash Bhagwat on the global efforts to regulate social media platforms. The conversation will cover significant developments such as the laws enacted in Florida and Texas in response to Donald Trump's deplatforming, the European Union's Digital Service Act, the arrest of Telegram's founder in France, and Brazil's recent ban on X (formerly Twitter). Professor Bhagwat will also examine the legal implications of these initiatives and explore how different jurisdictions are navigating the complex landscape of social media regulation.
Ash Bhagwat is a Professor of Law at UC Davis, having joined the faculty in 2011 after seventeen years at UC Hastings. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, Bhagwat earned his law degree from The University of Chicago, where he served as Articles Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court. He practiced appellate law in Washington, D.C., before transitioning to academia.
He is the author of The Myth of Rights (Oxford University Press, 2010) and Our Democratic First Amendment (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and his work has been published in leading law journals such as the Yale Law Journal and Supreme Court Review. Bhagwat has also served on the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator and is a member of the American Law Institute.
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