PBPL 179: Public Policy and Digital Platforms

2025-26

Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours

Catalog page 591

Prerequisites: restricted to class level standing of junior, or senior

Description: Explores digital platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and X and their rapid global user growth during the past few decades. Discusses the issues resulting from this boom including free speech, censorship, and online safety. Addresses the question of government’s role in regulating digital platforms.

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