Dr. Gábor Polyák is a lawyer and media expert. He is a professor at the Eötvös Loránd University and the head of the Department of Media and Communication of the Faculty of Humanities. Further, he is a senior researcher at the Institute of Law of the Social Sciences Research Centre. He is the head of the Mertek Media Monitor, a Hungarian watchdog organisation dealing with media policy research. Previously, he was the head of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs. From 2014 to 2016 he worked as a researcher at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. Prior to that, he was a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pécs. In 2020, he won the Voltaire Prize for Tolerance, International Understanding, and Respect for Differences at the University of Potsdam. His latest book: Algoritmusok, keresők, közösségi oldalak és a jog – A forgalomirányító szolgáltatások szabályozása [Algorithms, Search Engines, Social Media and the Law – Regulation of Traffic Management Services] (Budapest: HVG-Orac, 2020).
