Northeastern Law Team Receives Grant to Study How Platform Design Limits User Data Control
By
Shreya Deepak Kumar
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Summary
Northeastern University law professor Hilary Robinson and law student Nadir Hamid have received a NULab seed grant to research how digital platform design (both legal and technical architecture) limits users' control over their own data. The project is one of the first grants awarded to a law student-faculty team collaborating with another university unit, and aims to explore alternative platform designs that could restore meaningful data autonomy to users.
Key quotes
· 2 pulledEmpirical research is the basis of technical engineering – and it can and should be the basis of legal engineering.
The legal and technical architecture of digital platforms strips users of meaningful control over their own data.
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