Overview
This committee will function as a traditional crisis committee, with an emphasis on teaching foundational MUN crisis skills. The committee will function on a two-pad note system, where delegates will be given two legal notepads to write their crisis notes on, and the backroom takes one pad per cycle. Each of the two pads should be filled with notes addressed to one external contact, such as a mother, spouse, or powerful relative. The note cycle duration will vary depending on staffing and the speed of committee debate. On average, it will take 30 minutes to process one pad and collect the second. Crisis updates will take place interspersed with committee, likely coinciding with the note-collections.
Topic: TikTok Board of Directors
TikTok has taken the world by storm, transforming how millions of people consume media, shape trends, and build online communities. In just a few years, the platform has become one of the most influential social media apps ever created, shaping culture, politics, music, fashion, and even global conversations. Its algorithm has proven incredibly powerful, delivering content to billions of users through personalized feeds that keep audiences engaged for hours. But with immense influence comes immense criticism. Governments around the world, especially the United States, have raised concerns about national security, data privacy, and the platform’s ties to its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. Lawmakers and regulators argue that sensitive user data could potentially be accessed by foreign governments, turning the platform into a major political and security concern.
Lawmakers are debating whether or not to ban the app entirely unless it separates from its current ownership. Behind closed doors, TikTok’s executives and board members must decide how to respond to the mounting pressure. Should the company fight the accusations in court, negotiate a sale of its American operations, restructure its leadership, or reinvent its platform entirely? At the same time, the company must continue to maintain its massive user base. With billions of users and massive financial stakes, the future of one of the most influential social media apps in the world hangs by a thread.