Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU

<span class="abs_content">Action against disinformation has become more important than ever in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to the synchronous global scale of the problem and its potentially deadlier consequences as the public seeks out guidance regarding what th...

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Autores principales:	Fabrizio Di Mascio, Michele Barbieri, Alessandro Natalini, Donatella Selva
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Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2021
Materias:	fake news free speech misinformation online platforms social media Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:cc18fc16cde94a458bfa963a413f2aa22021-11-21T15:11:42ZCovid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v14i1p221https://doaj.org/article/cc18fc16cde94a458bfa963a413f2aa22021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/24023https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">Action against disinformation has become more important than ever in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to the synchronous global scale of the problem and its potentially deadlier consequences as the public seeks out guidance regarding what they might do to lower the risk of infection. This article investigates the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the regulation of social media platforms as it is mediated by the legacy of previous responses to disinformation. It shows that the Covid-19 crisis has catalyzed the shift to co-regulatory approaches that imposed reporting obligations on platforms at the European level. It also raises concerns about the implementation of the new European regulatory package that will largely depend on the initiatives of individual Member States such as Italy, where the low level of societal resilience to disinformation increases the incentives for political leaders to ignore the problem of disinformation.</span><br />Fabrizio Di MascioMichele BarbieriAlessandro NataliniDonatella SelvaCoordinamento SIBAarticlefake newsfree speechmisinformationonline platformssocial mediaPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 221-240 (2021)
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description	<span class="abs_content">Action against disinformation has become more important than ever in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to the synchronous global scale of the problem and its potentially deadlier consequences as the public seeks out guidance regarding what they might do to lower the risk of infection. This article investigates the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on the regulation of social media platforms as it is mediated by the legacy of previous responses to disinformation. It shows that the Covid-19 crisis has catalyzed the shift to co-regulatory approaches that imposed reporting obligations on platforms at the European level. It also raises concerns about the implementation of the new European regulatory package that will largely depend on the initiatives of individual Member States such as Italy, where the low level of societal resilience to disinformation increases the incentives for political leaders to ignore the problem of disinformation.</span><br />
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author	Fabrizio Di Mascio Michele Barbieri Alessandro Natalini Donatella Selva
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title	Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU
title_short	Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU
title_full	Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU
title_fullStr	Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU
title_full_unstemmed	Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU
title_sort	covid-19 and the information crisis of liberal democracies: insights from anti-disinformation action in italy and eu
publisher	Coordinamento SIBA
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/cc18fc16cde94a458bfa963a413f2aa2
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Covid-19 and the Information Crisis of Liberal Democracies: Insights from Anti-Disinformation Action in Italy and EU

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