The career of Jonathan Zittrain is profiled by IEEE Spectrum.
"We need more lawyers and public policy experts who have a grounding in computer science...so they understand the complexities and challenges of monitoring and moderating large-scale social media forums like Facebook and Twitter. Or of not doing so...Knowing how software works and doesn’t work, both abstractly and in reality, is hugely helpful in thinking about what kinds of digital futures are possible—and what means of technical, political, and social intervention are available to get there.”
Read more in IEEE Spectrum.