“Dual‐Track” platform governance on content

A comparative study between China and United States

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ID21837558
AuthorsJinhe Liu (0000-0002-5311-0452, Tsinghua University, corresponding author), Le Yang (0000-0001-9985-7458, Tsinghua University)
Year2022
Volume14
Issue2
Pages304-323
Publication date2022-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolicy & Internet (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1944-2866 • E-ISSN: 1944-2866
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/poi3.307
OpenAlexW4281976808
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited35

An Internet platform carrying information content has dual properties of content (information) and technology (medium). We deconstruct the complicated relationships of platform governance on content in China and the United States by building a theoretical framework of dual‐track governance of content and technology. China's mechanism of platform governance on content focuses more on content governance, while the U.S. focuses more on technology governance. China and the U.S. is dominated by the state and the market separately, forming the two mechanisms of “Statism with Content Regulation First” and “Marketism with Technology Governance First”, with four different characteristics. TikTok Path, following the "Separation Principle" of content governance and technology governance, is a feasible approach for the platform company that attempts to go abroad to adapt to different or even conflicting governance contexts

Business · China · Corporate governance · Information governance · Information system · Internet governance · Political science · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Copyright and Intellectual Property · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Law · Mathematics · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Finance · Management Information Systems

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