Emily B. Laidlaw is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, prior to which she spent almost ten years in the United Kingdom where she completed her LLM and PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science and held a lectureship at the University of East Anglia. She researches and advises in the areas of information technology, copyright and media law, human rights and corporate social responsibility.

• 1. The internet as democratising force; 2. A framework for identifying internet information gatekeepers; 3. Corporate social responsibility in cyberspace; 4. Mechanisms of information control: ISPs; 5. Mechanisms of information control: search engines; 6. A corporate governance model for the digital age.

Emily B. Laidlaw is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, prior to which she spent almost ten years in the United Kingdom where she completed her LLM and PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science and held a lectureship at the University of East Anglia. She researches and advises in the areas of information technology, copyright and media law, human rights and corporate social responsibility.

• 1. The internet as democratising force; 2. A framework for identifying internet information gatekeepers; 3. Corporate social responsibility in cyberspace; 4. Mechanisms of information control: ISPs; 5. Mechanisms of information control: search engines; 6. A corporate governance model for the digital age.