Become a legal expert at the intersection of law and technology
How should the law deal with new technologies such as artificial intelligence, online platforms, or autonomous weapons systems? How can legislation protect human rights and democracy while leaving room for innovation?
New technologies are increasingly governed by international and European law, and both the technologies and the laws change fast. The EU's Artificial Intelligence Act was still being negotiated when generative AI broke through and sent the drafters back to the table. It was then amended before most of its provisions had ever applied.
Cases like this are central to the International Technology Law track. We examine how the law responds to technological chance across a wide range of fields, from online content moderation and automated decision-making, to biotech, space exploration, and warfare. To do so, we study the international and European frameworks applicable to new technologies, including privacy law, platform regulation, crypto regulation, and international space law. We also ask whether these laws work. Do they achieve their often ambitious aims? Where are the legal gaps? Do we need new rules, or better enforcement of the ones we already have?
If that sounds like the law you want to study, the International Technology Law track within the Master's in Law at VU Amsterdam is the right choice for you.
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