Information Economy Project

Thomas Hazlett: TikTok regulation sparks debate over balancing national security with free speech protections

Contributed by: Thomas Hazlett, Hugh H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University Judge Srinivasan’s lower court opinion analogizes regulation of the TikTok platform, otherwise left to the protections of free speech, because of “the government’s well-established practice of placing restrictions on foreign ownership or control where it could have national security implications.” That references […]