110政大國傳1. Media regulation is a thoughtful and disputable subject in all liberal democracies. In existing dialogues concerning the Internet’s influence on global democracy, the anticipation of governmental regulation of social media has been proposed as a response to matters such as “hate speech, fake news and conspiracy- mongering”.

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Media regulation is a thoughtful and disputable subject in all liberal democracies. In existing dialogues concerning the Internet’s influence on global democracy, the anticipation of governmental regulation of social media has been proposed as a response to matters such as “hate speech, fake news and conspiracy- mongering”.

1. How do you define the concept of free speech on the Internet? (20%)
2. Do you believe content regulations pave the way to a functional reaction to these matters?
   （15%）
3. How do you think legislative measures on social media will be able to defend democracy against illiberal challenges? (15%)