
Instructor:
Using the case of TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, students will examine urgent ethical questions about social media, technology, and privacy globally. The course explores the international consequences of US-based companies and the US government having ignored data regulation in favor of the explosive and unchecked growth of Silicon Valley. It explores how China is emerging as the major shaper of global information and technology governance, in part through the United States' lack of attention to internet policy. Finally, The course invites students to identify ways to mitigate ethical, economic, and security issues resulting from the data trade between the US and China.