Analysis of the intervention of social media platforms in government

Within the scope of this master's thesis study, the interventions of social media platforms in the state administration were analyzed. As seen in the history of political thought, states naturally have the reflex to protect their imperium areas. This situation causes the state, which wants to protect the imperium area, to enter into a power struggle with social media platforms. Social media censorship was exposed to US President Donald Trump during the 6 January 2021 U.S. Congress Raid reveals this situation. Trump's exposure to censorship has been being expressing by data pulled from Twitter. Possible scenarios had been evaluated that may arise from the deepening of the power struggle between states and social media platforms. In this context, to prevent the power struggle, a special governance model has been proposed in which the interests of both actors can be protected, efficient communication can be established, multi-stakeholder participation can be ensured, and norms and behavioral principles can be determined. It has been revealed that the Global Social Media Governance Model has the capacity to prevent the power struggle between the state and social media and to protect individual rights and freedoms.