{"id":23888,"date":"2024-05-01T22:15:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/navigating-the-tiktok-conundrum-balancing-national-security-and-free-expression-in-social-media-governance\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T22:15:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T22:15:50","slug":"navigating-the-tiktok-conundrum-balancing-national-security-and-free-expression-in-social-media-governance","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/navigating-the-tiktok-conundrum-balancing-national-security-and-free-expression-in-social-media-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the TikTok Conundrum Balancing National Security and Free Expression in Social Media Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social Media Content Moderation Final Paper<\/span><\/span>
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Assignment<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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For the paper on special topics, you will be expected to take and defend a position on one of the policy issues we discuss in class.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Your papers should be no more than 10 pages, double-spaced, no longer than 2,500 words<\/b>.  You should submit them by email by close of business on the due date, in a format that allows me to comment on them electronically, and so not in PDF.<\/span><\/p>\n


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No AI or Plagrism!!!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


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Course Outline<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\t<\/span>This course examines contemporary policy issues in the governance of content moderation by social media companies.  The course starts with an overview of the traditional justifications for a regime of free expression: its role in leading to progress in science and the search for truth, the requirement of free information flows for effective and legitimate political governance, including democratic self-governance, and its necessity as a fundamental element of individual identity, autonomy, and dignity. We will also review some of the critiques of free speech as an abstract value.  Moving from theory to practice, we\u2019ll then examine how governments regulate social media companies in the U.S., Europe, and China, focusing on how they embody different assessments of the balance between free expression and other values.  The second major part of the course concerns special issues in contemporary content moderation regulation including transparency requirements, kids\u2019 online safety, liability and dispute resolution, TikTok and national security, jawboning and political pluralism in social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Required References<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark MacCarthy, <\/span>Regulating Digital Industries<\/span><\/u>, Brookings Press, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nigel Warburton, <\/span>Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction<\/span><\/u>, Oxford University Press, 2009<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Anu Bradford, <\/span>Digital Empires<\/span><\/u>, Oxford University Press, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Margaret E. Roberts, <\/span>Censored: Distraction and Diversion inside China\u2019s Great Firewall<\/span><\/u>, Princeton University Press, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Restricting <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>(Part II): Legislative Proposals and Considerations for Congress, CRS, March 15, 2024, https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/LSB\/LSB10942<\/a> Focus on the description of H.R. 7521, which passed the House on March 13, 2024, on pp. 1-2 and the first amendment discussion on pp. 3-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

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TikTok<\/span><\/span>: Recent Data Privacy and National Security Concerns, Congressional Research Service, March 29, 2023, https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/IN\/IN12131<\/a> Describes the risk that data on US citizens would be turned over to the Chinese government and that China would influence the content on <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cecilia Kang, David McCabe and Sapna Maheshwari, <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>Hearing Before House Energy and Commerce Committee, Lawmakers Appear Unconvinced by <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>Chief\u2019s Testimony, New York Times, March 24, 2023, <\/span>https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/03\/23\/technology\/tiktok<\/span><\/span>-hearing-congress<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Matt Perault and Samm Sacks, Project Texas: The Details of <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span>\u2019s Plan to Remain Operational in the United States, Lawfare Blog, January 26, 2023, <\/span>https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/project-texas-details-tiktok<\/span><\/span>s-plan-remain-operational-united-states<\/span><\/a>  This lays out the security conditions <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>has been discussing with CFIUS<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matt Perault, What Happened to <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span>\u2019s Project Texas? Lawfare, March 20, 2024, <\/span>https:\/\/www.lawfaremedia.org\/article\/what-happened-to-tiktok<\/span><\/span>-s-project-texas<\/span><\/a> TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>developed a plan to address U.S. government national security concerns, but it was dismissed without serious consideration. Why?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Milton L Mueller and Dr Karim Farhat, <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>and US national security, <\/span><\/p>\n

Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy, Internet Governance Project, January 8, 2023,<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.internetgovernance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/TikTok<\/span><\/span>-and-US-national-security-3.pdf<\/span><\/a> Read just the executive summary.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Megan McArdle, There\u2019s no need to ban <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>or make ByteDance divest, Washington Post, November 15, 2023,<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/11\/15\/tiktok<\/span><\/span>-ban-bytedance-divest-mccarthy-americans\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Washington’s barefaced theft of <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span>: China Daily editorial, March 16, 2023, <\/span>https:\/\/enapp.chinadaily.com.cn\/a\/202303\/16\/AP64130052a3103705a5f41e4b.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hu Xijin, Regarding US <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>plunder, ByteDance must not back down, Global Times, March 10, 2024, <\/span>https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202403\/1308565.shtml<\/span><\/a> Thids comment notes that ByteDance’s equity structure has long been completely internationalized, with roughly 60 percent owned by global institutional investors, 20 percent owned by the company’s founders, and 20 percent owned by its employees \u2014 including over 7,000 Americans. The new push to free <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>from foreign control is just \u201cplunder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Eleanor Olcott, China hits out at US push to ban <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>as Steven Mnuchin plots bid, FT, March 14, 2024, <\/span>https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/b0b949cd-d1d3-40f5-8a52-beaf3b29badc<\/span><\/a> China\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said US had shown a \u201crobber\u2019s logic\u201d towards <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span>. \u201cWhen you see other people\u2019s good things, you must find ways to own them,\u201d Wang said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Dwoskin and Drew Harwell, Mnuchin\u2019s plan to buy <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>has some insiders bewildered, Washington Post, March 30, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/03\/30\/tiktok<\/span><\/span>-mnuchin-sale-algorithm\/<\/span><\/a>  He wants to buy <\/span>TikTok<\/span><\/span> <\/span>without the algorithm to get around Chinese government objections, but he\u2019s in an awkward position.  He first proposed a mandated divestment as Treasury Secretary. Imagine \u201cif the highest-ranking minister in China ordered Apple or Tesla to sell the entirety of their operations to a Chinese consortium, and then eventually this minister ended up leading the consortium in the sale.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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