Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy
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- 09 January 2025
- 23 January 2025
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- 9781009373272
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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 democracies worldwide to explore and evaluate different regulatory approaches for addressing this complex problem – all taking into account that the cure must not be worse than the disease. Using a comparative lens, the book offers important and novel insights into methods ranging from national regulation of politicians' speech to empowering civil-society groups that are well-positioned to blunt the effects of disinformation and misinformation. The book also provides solutions-oriented recommendations for policymakers, judges, legal practitioners, and scholars seeking to promote democratic values by encouraging free political speech while combatting disinformation and misinformation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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‘… a timely and relevant collection that moves beyond diagnosing the complex challenges posed by disinformation to consider the kinds of solutions that might improve our current predicament and reshape public discourse itself. … This book serves not only as a valuable guide for developing new strategies at various levels to address the effects of disinformation on democracies and publics, but also as an important catalyst for shifting disinformation scholarship toward work that does not simply lament the ills but seeks to remedy them.’
Zoe Tzanis Source: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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Contents
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Notes on Contributors
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Part I - Theoretical Approaches to the Disinformation Problem
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2 - The Internet, Democracy, and Misinformation
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3 - Democratic Freedom of Expression and Disinformation
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Part II - The Case of Government Disinformation
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4 - Communication of State Authorities
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Part III - Regional Regulatory Approach to Disinformation: Europe
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6 - Freedom of Expression and the Regulation of Disinformation in the European Union
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Part IV - National Approaches to Disinformation
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8 - The Perils of Fundraising Using the Disinformation of the Big Lie
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9 - Fake News under Siege
pp 222-241 - A Century of Regulation in Chile
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10 - The Battle against Disinformation
pp 242-257 - Legislative Challenges in South Korea
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11 - Disinformation, Misinformation and Democracy
pp 258-269 - An Indian Constitutional Perspective
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12 - Disinformation and Democracy in Africa and South Africa
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Part V - Civil Society and Tackling Disinformation
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14 - Knowledge Institutions and Resisting ‘Truth Decay’
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15 - Freeing Speech at Work
pp 375-398 - Journalists’ Unions, Workplace Democracy and Political Democracy
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Afterword
pp 399-414 - For Whose Benefit Is the Freedom of Speech?
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