Case 10 — Drafting a policy

Writing one clause of a synthetic-media disclosure policy that handles a case the real-world example didn't

26 April 2027

Reading someone else’s policy for its gaps is a different skill from reading content for its tells, and it’s one this course has been building toward all along: knowing exactly how far a rule reaches, and naming precisely where it stops.

Before the session#

Read the real platform policy linked from this week’s lecture before you arrive, and bring one case you think it handles badly.

In the session#

In small groups, pick the single worst gap the room found and draft one clause that closes it, without accidentally closing off the legitimate uses (satire, research, consented synthetic likeness) that week 10’s lecture flagged as the cases every current policy gets wrong.

Afterwards#

Post your clause to the discussion thread. The best ones from across the room become the discussion material for week 11, where you’ll have to argue against a policy position you don’t actually hold.

Before you leave, post one more paragraph: a pitch for your Assignment 4 case. This isn’t graded, and it isn’t a proposal you’re locked into — it’s a tripwire. A4 hands you no passage, no side and no method, which is exactly the kind of freedom that quietly eats a week if your case turns out to be too broad, too narrow, or not actually contestable. Your tutor reads every pitch and will tell you now, not in week 12, if yours has that problem.