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Disinformation, misinformation, and democracy : legal approaches in comparative context / edited by Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr., András Koltay, Charlotte Garden.

Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781009373272
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disinformation, misinformation, and democracyOnline resources:
Contents:
Disinformation, misinformation and democracy : defining the problem, identifying potentially effective solutions, and the merits of a using a comparative legal approach / Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. -- The internet, democracy and misinformation / Robert C. Post -- Democratic freedom of expression and disinformation / Andrew T. Kenyon -- Communication of state authorities : the power of the office / Indra Spiecker genannt Döhmann -- Public officials' lies and their effects for the proliferation of disinformation : another way to approach the crisis / Eduardo Bertoni -- Freedom of expression and the regulation of disinformation in the European Union / András Koltay -- The fight against disinformation in the Council of Europe, and the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Bernát Török -- The perils of fundraising using the disinformation of the big lie / Ciara Torres Spelliscy -- Fake news under siege : a century of regulation in Chile / John Charney -- The battle against disinformation : legislative challenges in South Korea / Ahran Park -- Disinformation, misinformation and democracy : an Indian constitutional perspective / Gautam Bhatia -- Disinformation and democracy in Africa and South Africa / Joanna Botha -- Navigating the nexus of elections, technology and democracy amid escalating disinformation and misinformation challenges in Kenya / Victoria Miyandazi, Lucianna Thuo -- Knowledge institutions and resisting 'truth decay' / Vicki C. Jackson -- Freeing speech at work : journalists' unions, workplace democracy, and political democracy / Charlotte Garden -- Afterword : for whose benefit Is the freedom of speech / Vincent Blasi.
Summary: "Dis- and misinformation propagated across traditional and social media clearly undermines democracy - yet so does repressing political speech in the name of truth. This book brings together legal experts from democracies worldwide to explore the challenges of balancing free speech and combatting dis- and misinformation"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disinformation, misinformation and democracy : defining the problem, identifying potentially effective solutions, and the merits of a using a comparative legal approach / Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. -- The internet, democracy and misinformation / Robert C. Post -- Democratic freedom of expression and disinformation / Andrew T. Kenyon -- Communication of state authorities : the power of the office / Indra Spiecker genannt Döhmann -- Public officials' lies and their effects for the proliferation of disinformation : another way to approach the crisis / Eduardo Bertoni -- Freedom of expression and the regulation of disinformation in the European Union / András Koltay -- The fight against disinformation in the Council of Europe, and the relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Bernát Török -- The perils of fundraising using the disinformation of the big lie / Ciara Torres Spelliscy -- Fake news under siege : a century of regulation in Chile / John Charney -- The battle against disinformation : legislative challenges in South Korea / Ahran Park -- Disinformation, misinformation and democracy : an Indian constitutional perspective / Gautam Bhatia -- Disinformation and democracy in Africa and South Africa / Joanna Botha -- Navigating the nexus of elections, technology and democracy amid escalating disinformation and misinformation challenges in Kenya / Victoria Miyandazi, Lucianna Thuo -- Knowledge institutions and resisting 'truth decay' / Vicki C. Jackson -- Freeing speech at work : journalists' unions, workplace democracy, and political democracy / Charlotte Garden -- Afterword : for whose benefit Is the freedom of speech / Vincent Blasi.

"Dis- and misinformation propagated across traditional and social media clearly undermines democracy - yet so does repressing political speech in the name of truth. This book brings together legal experts from democracies worldwide to explore the challenges of balancing free speech and combatting dis- and misinformation"-- Provided by publisher.

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