0/ Many interesting questions circulating re. online content moderation & cyber policy. Given that the DEADLINE TO APPLY IS THIS TUESDAY Jan. 12, here's a plug for @Stanford 's fantastic cyber policy degree
https://fsi.stanford.edu/masters-degree 
@StanfordCyber @stanfordio @FSIStanford

1/ TRUST & SAFETY ENGINEERING (current students, this class starts MONDAY and you can still enroll): Learn from industry-expert @alexstamos how to respond to online harms, from surveillance & disinformation to child exploitation & terrorism. Lectures are dynamic & practical!

2/ FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNET SPEECH REGULATION Ever want to learn *what the heck Section 230 actually means* from world-expert @daphnehk?Here's your chance

Syllabus
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1yCw95j-5Nc1QtbG3ZQh6dj2vwb5y3gCZxCCm2BQkBLE/mobilebasic#
CC-licensed side deck w/ basics of platform speech liability
https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2020/01/intermediary-liability-101-update-2020

3/ ONLINE OPEN SOURCE INVESTIGATION @shelbygrossman will teach you to catch bad guys online like the awesome researchers at @bellingcat @Graphika_NYC & @stanfordio. She will give you the tools, from social media research to geolocation to chronolocation & image verification

4/ GOVERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: LAW, POLICY, AND INSTITUTIONS with @MarietjeSchaake, David Engstrom, & Tino Cuellar. Marietje is super-devoted to students & runs a discussion group, "Wonks & Techies" for those interested in the intersection of Technology & Policy.

5/ ETHICS, PUBLIC POLICY, & TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE w/ legends @robreich (reppin' big philosophy) @MehranSahami (reppin' big tech) & Jeremy Weinstein (reppin' big gov.). Will algorithms ever be fair? Do we have a right to data privacy? Is automation always good?

6/ FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER POLICY explores how cyber policy & security relate to economics, psychology, law, warfare, international relations, critical infrastructure, privacy, & innovation. W/ @GrottoAndrew & @HerbLinCyber, both caring & excellent profs w/ practical experience.

7/ HACK LAB teaches the most common types of attacks used in cybercrime & cyberwarfare. Taught by long-time cybersecurity practitioner @alexstamos (how to hack) & recovering cyberlaw litigator @Riana_Crypto (how not to get arrested hacking).

8/ FREE SPEECH, DEMOCRACY & THE INTERNET @persily covers contemporary challenges to democracy presented by the Internet. Topics such as disinformation, polarization, hate speech, media transformation, election integrity, & legal regulation of platforms in the U.S. and abroad.

9/ Not all cyber stuff! Learn about DECISION MAKING IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY from practitioners @ColinKahl and @brett_mcgurk (though they may be tied up for the next few years...)

10/ @McFaul & @LTGHRMcMaster teach amazing courses on strategy and comparative foreign policy decision-making. They both care deeply about getting to know students and are inspiring leaders on campus and off.

11/ 20-week POLICY CHANGE STUDIO with @FukuyamaFrancis & Jeremy Weinstein. Collaborate with a real-world partners to define solutions to pressing policy problems (included travel in pre-COVID times)

12/ DIGITAL CIVIL SOCIETY @p2173 @sbradshaww @NothiasT & team @StanfordPACS couldn't be a warmer crew! Their course analyzes the opportunities and challenges digital technologies present for associational life, free expression, privacy, and collective action.

13/ TECHNOLOGY & PUBLIC PURPOSE @AnjaManuel1
teaches about emerging technologies & the dilemmas each create: digital media (privacy, truth, and election interference); AI/big data (algorithmic bias); the coming biotech revolution (gene editing, bio weapons) etc.

14/ Oh, did I mention electives? Hop across campus for some world-class Computer Science / Business / Law classes. @StanfordEng @StanfordHAI @StanfordGSB @StanfordLaw etc.

15/ Phew! Embarrassment of riches. Long story short, apply! Feel free to DM me if you have further questions. To those who can't commit to a full master's degree, some of these classes are available to the public through @StanfordCSP and @StanfordCPD.