Program

8:30 Welcoming participants

9:00 Opening speech
Florence Guillaume | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel | Founder of the LexTech Institute

9:10 Human Rights and Dispute Resolution on Social Media Platforms

Moderated by Anja von Rosenstiel | Lecturer @ Boston University School of Law

The Meta Oversight Board: A new Human Rights tribunal in town?
Sabrina Ahmad | Senior Case Screening Officer @ the Meta Oversight Board

Content moderation as dispute resolution: Are Human Rights an efficient framework for the regulation of Social Media platforms?
Marie-Caroline Arreto | Lecturer @ Institut Catholique de Paris

The relationship between States and Social Media platforms in balancing freedom of expression online
Sophie Weerts | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Lausanne

10:10 Discussion

10:30 Coffee break

11:00 Procedural Guarantees in Social Media Platform Dispute Resolution (Part 1)

Moderated by Florence Guillaume | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel

Due process in online content moderation: Between speed and fairness
Pietro Ortolani | Professor @ Faculty of Law of Radboud University

Algorithmic content moderation: The right to a human in the loop
Emmanuel Vargas | PhD Candidate @ Faculty of Law of the Örebro University

Mapping social justice organisations' perspectives on online harms and access to justice
Naomi Appelman | PhD Candidate @ Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam

12:00 Lunch break

13:30 Procedural Guarantees in Social Media Platform Dispute Resolution (Part 2)

Moderated by Pietro Ortolani | Professor @ Faculty of Law of Radboud University

Contestation of internal moderation decisions under the Digital Services Act (DSA)
Thibault Douville | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Caen Normandie

The platforms' perspective on the implementation of DSA-compliant internal content moderation mechanisms
Emmanuel Netter | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Strasbourg

The regulation of large communication platforms in Switzerland
Jonathan Bory | Lecturer @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel | Fellow @ LexTech Institute
Leonel Constantino Ferreira | PhD Candidate @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel | Fellow @ LexTech Institute

14:30 Discussion about Procedural Guarantees in Social Media Platform Dispute Resolution

15:15 Coffee break

15:45 Decentralized Justice as a Dispute Resolution Mechanism for Social Medias

Moderated by Florence Guillaume | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel

Decentralized Justice as an evolution of online dispute resolution and its applicability to disputes on Social Medias
Anja von Rosenstiel | Lecturer @ Boston University School of Law
Helen Winter | Professor @ Pepperdine Caruso School of Law

Would Decentralized Justice produce fair decisions for disputes on Social Medias?
Bruno Deffains | Professor @ University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas

Kleros Moderate: Decentralized Social Media moderation in practice
Federico Ast | CEO @ Kleros

16:45 Discussion about the need for Decentralized Justice in Blockchain Governance and its Applicability to Disputes on Social Medias

Bruno Deffains | Professor @ University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
Helen Winter | Professor @ Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Anja von Rosenstiel | Lecturer @ Boston University School of Law
Yann Aouidef | PhD Candidate @ University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
Federico Ast | CEO @ Kleros
Martin Schmidt | Co-initiator @ Q Protocol
Jessica Smith | Legal Officer @ Aragon

17:30 Closing speech
Florence Guillaume | Professor @ Faculty of Law of the University of Neuchâtel