Unfortunately, due to inclement weather in Connecticut expected to start tonight and continue through tomorrow evening, we are making the decision to reschedule Tuesday afternoon’s debate on whether to ban TikTok until another date in the future.

Keep an eye out for updates.

Editor's note: Our reporter received an email from Barclays and specially reprinted it. There will be a live line debate soon: Should the United States ban TikTok (ByteDance US company), the offline and online live line debate, those who are interested in participating or watching, can choose according to the following information.

On Tuesday, February 28, at 4:30pm in WLH 119, the Buckley Program will be hosting a Firing Line debate on whether the U.S. should ban the social media platform, TikTok. 

This event is free and open to the public, but visitors must be in compliance with Yale COVID policies.

 

 

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Clare Morell is a Policy Analyst at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where she works on EPPC’s Technology and Human Flourishing Project. Prior to joining EPPC, Ms. Morell worked in both the White House Counsel’s Office and the Department of Justice, as well as in the private and non-profit sectors. At the Department of Justice, Ms. Morell worked as an Advisor to Attorney General Bill Barr.

 

Prior to her role with the Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Morell worked on judicial nominations for the White House Counsel’s office and monitored all nominations data to create high-level presentations for briefing White House leadership. From her experience, Ms. Morell brings an intimate knowledge and understanding of how policy is advanced within the Executive Branch of the federal government, particularly in the Department of Justice and the White House.

 

Elizabeth Nolan Brown is a senior editor at Reason and the main author of Reason's morning newsletter, the Reason Roundup. She is also co-founder of the libertarian feminist group Feminists for Liberty, and a professional affiliate of the journalism program at the University of Cincinnati. Brown has covered a broad range of political and cultural topics since starting at Reason in 2014, with special emphasis on the politics, policy, and legal issues surrounding sex, speech, tech, justice, reproductive freedom, and women's rights.