Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont Scripps Senior Theses Scripps Student Scholarship 2012 Freedom of Speech through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the Governance of Political Discourse in China, the United States, and the European Union Emily Alice Chesbrough Scripps College Recommended Citation Chesbrough, Emily Alice, "Freedom of Speech through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the Governance of Political Discourse in China, the United States, and the European Union" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 93. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/93 This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Scripps Student Scholarship at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scripps Senior Theses by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. FREEDOM OF SPEECH THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: REFLECTIONS ON THE GOVERNANCE OF POLITICAL DISCOURSE IN CHINA, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE EUROPEAN UNION by EMILY ALICE CHESBROUGH SUBMITTED TO SCRIPPS COLLEGE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS PROFESSOR MONA MEHTA PROFESSOR MINXIN PEI April 20 th , 2012 1 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction……………………..………………………………………………………………………….. 4 Chapter 2: China Case Study Micro-blogging and Other Dangerous High-Speed Projects ………………………...………….…….…33 Chapter 3 : US Case Study How the Internet Stopped the Stop Online Piracy Act ………………………………….….……………48 Chapter 4 : EU Case Study Disagreement on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ………………………….…………………74 Chapter 5: Conclusion Regime Types and Internet Governance ……………………………..…….………………………..….. 100 Works Cited ...……………………………………………………..……………………………………109 2 Acknowledgements Constructing a thesis is never a solo endeavor; while I am the sole writer of this thesis, I want to thank the many faculty, family, and friends who supported me in completing this project.