"How should social media be regulated?" Today at 3:30pm

[Daniel Lake]

*The Institute for Ethics in Public Life Presents "How should social media
be regulated?" a hybrid forum at 3:30pm on Wednesday, April 24. Please join
us in-person at the Institute (Hawkins 233) or via Zoom (see below) for
this discussion.*

With Dr. Ben Medeiros, of the Communications Studies Department.

On April 20, as part of the bills passed by the House providing aid to
Ukraine, Israel, Gaza, and Taiwan there was also a requirement that TikTok
be sold or shut down within nine months. While there is no guarantee that
particular policy will make it to President Biden's desk for signature, it
is still a significant step towards more regulation of social media. That
also is only one of many recent efforts to regulate social media in the
United States and in Europe. While efforts to regulate social media
platforms in the U..S. have been limited due to the Constitutional
protections for speech and the press found in the First Amendment, there
are still steps that platforms can take voluntarily, and courts have
entertained the possibility that platforms can be forced to reveal or even
change the way that they recommend content to users and make content
moderation decisions.Beyond that, though, our question for this discussion
is not whether we can regulate social media, but whether we should, and how.

Social media is blamed for a variety of ills including contributing to the
rise in diagnosed mental illness among young people observed in recent
years, undermining our ability to focus, violating our privacy, and
spreading extremism, misinformation, and disinformation.

This forum will examine various issues associated with social media and
consider ways those could be addressed through regulation if Constitutional
concerns could be addressed.
Daniel Lake is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Institute Forum on Regulating Social Media
Time: Apr 24, 2024 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://plattsburgh.zoom.us/j/91516377402

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*Daniel Lake*

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Assoc. Prof.  and Chair of Political Science

Director, Institute for Ethics in Public Life

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