Caitlin Chin-Rothmann
Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Chin-Rothmann is a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she researches the impact of technology on geopolitics and society. The following is an excerpt from an op-ed written by Chin-Rothmann and published on the center’s website in March 2023 with the title, “Banning TikTok Will Not Solve U.S. Online Disinformation Problems.” The spread of false or harmful online content is a negative externality of the vastly underregulated social media environment in the United States — U.S. policymakers should not mistake corporate ownership as a proxy for safety. Because proposals to ban TikTok focus on the wrong…
