The 15th Cyber and Information Law Roundtable and the Seminar on Platform Responsibilities Held in Beijing

The Fifteenth Roundtable on Cyberspace and Information Law: the Seminar on Platform Responsibilities was held at CASS Law Institute in Beijing on August 25, 2019. The roundtable was jointly sponsored by Cyber and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society and CASS Law Institute and jointly organized by CASS Center for Culture Law Studies, the Cyber and Information Law Department of CASS Law Institute, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cyber and Information Law, and attended by of experts and scholars from various state supervisory organs, universities and research institutions, and Internet companies. At the seminar, the participants gave speeches and carried out discussions on a wide range of issues around the theme of the seminar.

The roundtable was sponsored by the Cyberspace and Information Law Research Committee of China Law Society, and jointly organized by CASS Center for Culture Law Studies, Cyber and Information Law Department of CASS Law Institute and the Alliance of New Governance Think Tank. It is an interdisciplinary and cross-cutting small pragmatic meeting mechanism participated by the government, the internet and information industry, the academic circle and the mass media. Its purpose is to facilitate discussions on major issues in the development of the of cyber and information legal system and to provide advices and suggestions to the government on these issues.