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Some good insights and arguments. Among these is the argument that media systems matter a lot regarding a country's resilience to disinformation. They then proc
by jruohonen 3y ago
Some good insights and arguments. Among these is the argument that media systems matter a lot regarding a country's resilience to disinformation. They then proceed to warn that disinformation is perceived in many countries as a security threat; a perception that leads to surveillance, censorship, and drastic measures like the outright bans of Russia's state media. But alternatives are pursued too in the realms of data protection, media law, education, and competition policy. They conclude that it is necessary to debate the possibility, or lack thereof, of a shared epistemic understanding of 'truth' in democratic policy-making and the ever-increasing reliance on private companies in all things.