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dc.contributor.authorHarcourt, A
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-22T09:57:07Z
dc.date.issued2021-03-24
dc.description.abstractDisinformation and misinformation are not new phenomena but, as many authors explain, as old as time. Two states, Germany and France, have introduced laws to tackle disinformation. This chapter outlines different responses in case studies on Germany, France, and the UK. This is explained through existing legal instruments namely, hate speech and strong privacy laws and right of reply in France and Germany whereas the UK takes a more self-regulated approach as supported by recent case law. Due to Germany's highly legalistic culture, laws are highly detailed with little flexibility as to implementation. Unlike in Germany and France, the main statutory legal instruments are the obligation of duty of care, the adoption of technical measures, and codes of practice. Legal basis for statutory action within the European Union is, however, tenuous. There has, however, been a rise in fake news stories in the German traditional press since their move online.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipEconomic and Social Research Council (ESRC)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationIn: Routledge Companion to Media Misinformation and Populism, edited by Howard Tumber and Silvio Waisbord. Chapter 40en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003004431
dc.identifier.grantnumberES/N015460/1en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/122071
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_GB
dc.rights.embargoreasonUnder embargo until 24 September 2022 in compliance with publisher policyen_GB
dc.rights© 2021 Routledge
dc.subjecthate speechen_GB
dc.subjectinternet regulatoinen_GB
dc.subjectplatform regulationen_GB
dc.subjectEuropean Unionen_GB
dc.titleLegal and regulatory responses to misinformation and populismen_GB
dc.typeBook chapteren_GB
dc.date.available2020-07-22T09:57:07Z
dc.contributor.editorTumber, Hen_GB
dc.contributor.editorWaisbord, Sen_GB
exeter.place-of-publicationLondonen_GB
dc.descriptionThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Routledge via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserveden_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-07-22
exeter.funder::Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)en_GB
rioxxterms.versionAMen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-03-24
rioxxterms.typeBook chapteren_GB
refterms.dateFCD2020-07-22T09:54:20Z
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