Freedom of expression is probably the most widely acknowledged human right in the world. Lip service is paid to it even in totalitarian states. Freedom of expression is not worth much in Russia or North Korea, but their constitutions guarantee …
Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm legislation
by Dr Piers Robinson. Also published in Propaganda in Focus *
We are living through an era in which freedom of expression is evaporating. Numerous scientists have been censored during Covid-19, having been labelled as spreaders of ‘disinformation’ or ‘misinformation’,…Threats to Freedom of Expression: Covid-19, the ‘fact checking counter-disinformation industry’, and online harm legislation
by Dr Piers Robinson. Also published in Propaganda in Focus *
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The UK’s Online Safety Bill is set to integrate an ‘Advisory Committee on Disinformation and Misinformation’ with the Bill.
The EU’s 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation is set