Disinformation, misinformation, and democracy : legal approaches in comparative context /

In today's digital age, the spread of dis- and misinformation across traditional and social media poses a significant threat to democracy. Yet repressing political speech in the name of truth can also undermine democratic values. This volume brings together prominent legal scholars from democra...

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Other Authors: Krotoszynski, Ronald J., 1967- (Editor), Koltay, András, 1978- (Editor), Garden, Charlotte (Editor)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009373272
Table of 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.